Vic Barrett

Barrett is proud of his roots, with his family being part of the Garifuna community. He appreciates the uniqueness of his heritage of being Afro-Indigenous and Afro-Latino which inspires a lot of his connection to the natural world and the ways we can challenge ourselves to understand it better. Vic is deeply invested in finding the best ways to exchange stories and lived experiences as a tool for promoting better understanding amongst people. He is incredibly motivated in building bridges to help people understand that Black, brown, and Indigenous leaders hold a lot of the knowledge and values we need to not only beat this climate crisis but also beat the negative values that have perpetuated the climate crisis. . He attended and spoke at the COP21 UN Conference on Climate Change at the age of 16 and traveled and organized with fellow activists at COP24 in Poland at 19. He’s spoken to the United Nations General Assembly for the signing of the Paris Agreement and has presented at the World Economic Forum. One of the experiences that’s most important to him was speaking at the NYC Climate Strike in 2019 and rallying hundreds of thousands of his peers to recognize their power. He cares deeply about climate change, justice, and human rights, especially regarding the ways climate change affects young people like him.