Christine Nieves

Christine Nieves is a Puerto Rican community organizer and climate change activist. She is the founder of Emerge Puerto Rico, a community redevelopment non-profit.

Christine E. Nieves
Born
London, England
NationalityPuerto Rican
Alma materUniversity of Pennsylvania
University of Oxford
OccupationCommunity organizer
EmployerEmerge Puerto Rico

Nieves focuses on building community resilience before and after environmental disasters, such as Hurricane Maria in 2017 and the series of earthquakes in Puerto Rico in 2020.[1][2][3] Her organization, formerly called Apoyo Mutuo Mariana, provided free meals for a mountainous community that was heavily impacted by the storm.[4][5]

Education

Nieves attended the University of Pennsylvania for her bachelor's degree.[6] She later earned a master's degree at University of Oxford.[6][5]

Activism

Nieves emphasizes the importance of community and self-sufficiency when preparing for climate change, in part because of the lack of government assistance after Hurricane Maria.[1] Nieves has worked with "anarchist organizers" to accomplish greater community independence.[7][8][9] She also speaks about mental health and challenges that come after disasters.[3]

Nieves founded Emerge Puerto Rico, a "climate change leadership startup" and non-profit.[10] She gave a talk about her work toward community-based resilience at TEDMED in 2018.[11]

She is a 2020 Echoing Green fellow.[12]

References
  1. Crabapple, Molly (October 16, 2017). "How One Small Town In Puerto Rico Found Food And Community After Maria". BuzzFeed News. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
  2. Firke, Sam (April 11, 2019). "What Can Kids Learn From Taking Action on Climate Change?". TNTP. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
  3. "'Sad, worried, inconsolable': Earthquake triggers anxiety in Puerto Rico, post-Hurricane Maria". NBC News. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
  4. "A Small Puerto Rico Town's Makeshift Relief Center". NPR.org. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
  5. Serrato Marks, Gabriela (October 7, 2019). "After Hurricane Maria, an isolated community rescued itself, with help from their abuelas". Massive Science.
  6. "Bio". Christine Nieves. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
  7. Bascomb, Bobby (October 3, 2018). "In Puerto Rico, neighbors turn to each other in Maria's aftermath". The World.
  8. "A Small Puerto Rico Town's Makeshift Relief Center". NPR. June 3, 2018.
  9. Dilawar, Arvind (2018-09-11). "Puerto Rican "anarchistic organizers" took power into their own hands after Hurricane Maria". Newsweek. Archived from the original on 2018-09-11. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
  10. Meadows, Rasheed (November 28, 2018). "Introducing the 2019 Bridge Fellows". TNTP. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
  11. "Why community is our best chance for survival—a lesson post-Hurricane Maria". TEDMED. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
  12. "Meet the 2020 Class of Echoing Green Fellows". Echoing Green. 2020-07-28. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
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