NY RENEWS
• Video Working Group Facilitator | Video Producer (2023 - present) •
I lead a sub group of the NY Renews Media and Communications Committee to develop and implement a video strategy that bolsters intra-coalition communications and public narrative around the Climate, Jobs & Justice Campaign and broader climate justice movement engagement. Once a project is approved, I produce and direct it. Check out CLIMATE LAW 101!
Thematically, we aim to offer a video medium through which to understand the work that we do collectively (coalition members + coalition base); how we are moving the needle (as a climate justice movement and as an intersectional part of other social justice movements); what and specifically, who, we’re up against (primarily, the fossil fuel industry); how to get involved .
Together, we develop concepts and draft scripts for key campaign videos and social media clips.
Once approved by committee, I produce and direct the content through pre-production, production, and post-production.
• Coalition Organizing Fellow (2022 – 2023) •
CLIMATE, JOBS & JUSTICE CAMPAIGN
Pre-Legislative Session work: Workspace Infrastructure set up and maintenance (Bill Tracker updates - via Legislative Retrieval System, Legislator & Staff Contact List updates - via Politico Pro/Interactive Advocacy Institute, Legislature Call-Through Trackers, etc.); Campaign Launch & Rally planning and coordination; Grassroots Lobby Visits coordination and participation.
Legislative Session work: Workspace Infrastructure development and maintenance; Lobbies at the state Capitol planning and coordination (Mass Lobby Day, Youth Lobby Day, Recurring Lobby Series); Weekly Coalition Update Call co-facilitation; In-District Rally planning and coordination; Co-Sponsorship Pushes / Targeted Ask planning, mail-merging, and individual outreach.
NY Renews “Projects of the People’s Climate Justice Budget” Video Playlist
Community-led climate solutions! That's what we're organizing for. Clean air, community gardens, restored public lands, and a climate-ready sustainable workforce are just a few solutions to tackling the effects of the climate crisis.
The People's Climate Justice Budget would implement this vision by funding community-led projects from Brentwood to Buffalo, including renewable projects and infrastructure to protect our communities, create sustainable jobs, and prioritize the health and safety of our people and planet. These five videos show how the People’s Climate Justice Budget will shape the future of sustainability in New York, and what our state can look like when we empower our communities to lead the charge of taking care of each other and the planet.
TEAM
Presented by: NY Renews
Director/Producer: Devyn Inez Fusaro
Editor: Hana Wuerker
Illustrator/Animator: Angélique Georges Composer: Shareef Keyes
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SOURCES & CITATIONS
NY Renews “Climate Law 101” Video
What the NY State climate law means for us,
What’s at stake if we don’t protect it,
What we're organizing around in the coming year to advocate for climate justice for all New Yorkers!
TEAM
Presented by NY Renews
Presenters - Hennessy Garcia and Javier Bautista
Director/Producer - me!
Director of Photography - Andrei Zakow
Gaffer/Key Grip/AC - Anh Vu
Sound - Eunice Chung
Editor - Brian Erickson
Composer - Shareef Keyes
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Sources: https://bit.ly/CL101Sources
SHUT THE FOSSILS UP ( STFU )! CAMPAIGN
an STFU x YELLOW DOT STUDIOS collaboration
• Project Coordinator | Organizer (2023 - present) •
The STFU campaign calls out fossil fuel industry lies and bolsters public awareness of climate justice opposition in NY state using satirical videos and internet content. Affectionately referred to as the “belly laugh rebellion” to protect our climate, the STFU movement mobilizes to shut the fossils up!
Threatened by the power of New York's grassroots organizing for climate justice action, the fossil fuel industry wages all-out campaigns of public disinformation and government lobbying to stop our progress. They spending millions of dollars to maintain their obscene profits at the expense of our lives. You can read more about their Greenwashing, Gaslighting, and Price-Gouging on the STFU website.
Nevertheless, we know the best answer to organized money is organized people. Sign up to join the STFU movement.
SHUT THE FOSSILS UP
National Fuel Gas Cohort Video Playlist
I’ve also organized as a member of…
Jews for Racial and Economic Justice, Brooklyn Neighborhood Group (2022 - present)
A home for Jewish New Yorkers organizing with our neighbors and allies to transform New York from a playground for the wealthy few into a real democracy for all of us, free from all forms of racist violence. Drawing from our Jewish values, our diverse histories, with persistence, commitment, and care, we will dismantle the systems and institutions that perpetuate racism, inequity, and injustice, and grow something new and beautiful in their place.
Black Women’s March, volunteer (2020 - 2021)
A grassroots Black feminist liberation organization based in New York. I worked with co-founders Caroline and Kimberly to organize marches and direct actions, donation drives, and the “Black Women in History” social media campaign.
Community
If you are a community organizer looking for volunteers to organize, canvas, etc., or if there’s an organization, people-powered candidate, educational resource, etc. that you think I’d like to learn more about, please get in touch.
These are some organizations that I look to for movement work...
NYC-DSAManna-hatta FundNative Renewables The Red NationR2S ProjectAdalah Justice ProjectJFREJCompton Pledge | Fund for Guaranteed IncomeNoname Book ClubKatal CenterLegal Aid SocietyStill She RisesSylvia Rivera Law ProjectBlack Women’s BlueprintPlanned ParenthoodDemocracy Now!