Climate Justice Fellowship & Academy Program

Overview

The NYC Climate Justice Hub Fellowship Program provides an emerging generation of climate justice leaders from across CUNY with the skills, networks, and opportunities they need to advance climate solutions through study, service-learning, professional development, campaign organizing, and engagement with participatory policy-making.

By establishing a leadership vine that links CUNY students to their CUNY peers—as well as community-based organizations in their own neighborhoods—the program creates key access points for student engagement in just transitions and aims to build a cohort of environmental justice-minded student ambassadors across NYC.

Apply by Aug 17 to be 2025-2026 fellow or intern now!

Find out about our 2024-2025 Fellows and interns

The 2024-2025 inaugural cohort of Climate Justice Fellows kicked off on June 17, 2024 with an intensive 4-day Academy. Through a highly competitive application process, 20 CUNY undergraduate and graduate students were ultimately selected for the year-long Fellowship. Additionally, five outstanding graduate students were selected to participate in the Fellowship program as Interns working directly with NYC-EJA member organizations. Learn more about these exceptional emerging climate justice leaders below!

2024-2025 Fellows and Interns meet together on Day 1 of the Climate Justice Academy to discuss critical elements of power mapping, a conversation facilitated by Xaver Kandler, NY Renews’ Campaigns Director; Annel Hernandez, NYC Council’s Director of Climate and Environmental Policy; and Naomi Schiller, Associate Professor of Anthropology at Brooklyn College. Photo by Pierina Pighi Bel

25 CUNY undergraduate and graduate students selected for the 2024-2025 Climate Justice Fellowship & Internship program participated in an intensive week-long training Academy in June 2024, featuring dynamic speakers, interactive sessions, and site visits with the Hub’s community partners. Watch the video and learn more about the Academy here!