ABOUT THE EXPERT:

Diamond Spratling, MPH (she/her) is an award-winning environmental justice activist, storyteller, and public speaker. In 2019, she founded Girl Plus Environment, the national non-profit organization designed to educate, engage, and empower Black and Brown girls, women, and non-binary folx to stand up for environmental justice in their own neighborhoods. Diamond’s leadership in environmental justice and beyond is driven by her own lived experiences in Detroit as well as the motivation to dismantle health, racial, and environmental inequities in other Black and Brown communities alike. The Detroit native and two-time TEDx speaker has spent years at the intersection of environment and health. Her strong dedication to the sector has earned her the William H. Sterner Memorial Award (2017), the Elmore Manufacturing Award (2018) and the Yale New Horizons in Conservation Award (2021, 2022). In addition to her work at Girl + Environment, she has helped many cities, companies, and organizations globally to adopt meaningful, equitable processes that prioritize community and protect our planet. Namely, Diamond has supported projects at Bloomberg Associates, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, City of Atlanta, Climate Advocacy Lab, Greenlink Analytics, International Society for Urban Health, among others. Subject matter expertise include: environmental justice; health equity; energy justice; nonprofit management; public speaking; spatial analysis; climate storytelling; equitable community engagement; digital media advocacy Notable speaking engagements: Earth Day at Hasbro, Columbia University, COP27, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Detroit Mayor’s Council on Equity, Families USA Health Action Conference, World Resource Institute, University of Michigan, MIT Energy Conference.

CONTACT:

Contact Diamond Spratling at Experts@diversegreen.org.