Jodi Lasseter

Originally from Asheville, NC, Jodi Lasseter is an educator, facilitator, organizer and ritualist who has been engaged at all levels of the climate justice movement. She founded and serves as the Co-Executive Director of the NC Climate Justice Collective (NCCJC), a statewide movement ecosystem of environmental justice communities doing popular education, civic engagement and cultural organizing. Through previous leadership positions at the Amazon Alliance, Engage Network, and Friends of the Earth, she has partnered with hundreds of communities in the US and abroad. She co-founded the HOME Jam and created the 4Rs of Social Transformation framework used by Yes! Jams all over the world.

She also founded and leads Womyn of Wunjo, a women’s training program in European earth based spirituality and ecofeminism. Jodi has a BA from UNC-Chapel Hill and earned her MA as a Social Change Fellow at Clark University’s International Development, Community and Environment program. She currently lives near Durham NC, where she delights in song circles, playing frame drums, and exploring the best local swimming holes.

www.ncclimatejustice.info