Dr. Myanna Dellinger, the Executive Director of the EinStrong Foundation, interviews Sarah Jakle, who is the Founder and Executive Director of DemocraShe, a nonpartisan nonprofit empowering a critical national pipeline of high school girls as be our future leaders, voters, civically engaged citizens and elected leaders.

Previously, Sarah served as the Get Out The Vote Director for the California National Organization for Women and as the National Outreach Director for Field Team 6, leading efforts in the 2020 election through mobilizing women and innovative voter registration. Before serving in politics, Sarah worked in direct service work with the unhoused community dealing with mental illness in Los Angeles.

Sarah has a Bachelors from Yale (Phi Beta Kappa), a Masters in Social Work from USC and a Masters in Public Policy from UCLA. She was a Fellow with Obama’s Organizing For Action and a Board Member for Urban Partner Los Angeles.

DemocraShe website: https://democrashe.org

Dan Galpern is an environmental and climate attorney and policy analyst. Since 2011, Dan has served as legal and policy adviser to the climate scientist James E. Hansen. He is also founder, General Counsel and Executive Director of Eugene, Oregon-based Climate Protection and Restoration Initiative, a non-profit, public interest organization that works nationally and internationally.

We reached Dan in The Hague, Netherlands, where he has been monitoring the just-completed proceedings before the International Court of Justice concerning the legal obligations of states in respect of climate change. Dan has also discussed the ICJ proceedings in at least two of his recent blog entrees at cprclimate.org/archive/blog/

This EinStrong Foundation episode summarizes some of the main findings of the October 2024 United Nations Environment Programme report on the emissions gap between promised and actual action against climate change No More Hot Air… Please! The episode also discusses what individuals, organizations, and governments can and should do to curb climate change. The podcast introduces listeners to the EinStrong Foundation’s groundbreaking technology that will help donors give directly to individuals in need while taking steps towards environmental and educational justice.

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