SPEAKING

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

Marcelo does keynotes, panels, and workshops. Inquire about availability by emailing marcelo@jediheart.com.

Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (J.E.D.I.) in the Environmental Movement (February 12, 2019)

A keynote talk delivered at Ohio State University and the Ohio Environmental Professionals Network.

Diversifying the Sustainability Movement (November 18, 2013)

A keynote talk at Portland State University

PODCASTS, ARTICLES, AND INTERVIEWS

• “We can’t protect the environment until we get DEI right.” with Marcelo Bonta, Yale Podcast Network (6/22/2020)
  http://yalepodcasts.blubrry.net/2020/06/22/we-cant-protect-the-environment-until-we-get-dei-right-marcelo-banta-of-j-e-d-i-heart/

• Environmental Equity: What’s It All About? Brown Girl Green host, Kristy Drutman, interviews Marcelo (podcast and video interview)
  https://www.crowdcast.io/e/environmental-equity/1

• Green Line Series Interview | Marcelo Bonta, Philanthropy Northwest Momentum Fellow, Meyer Memorial Trust (8/10/2017)
  https://gogreenconference.wordpress.com/2017/08/10/green-line-series-interview-marcelo-bonta-philanthropy-northwest-momentum-fellow-meyer-memorial-trust/

• Bringing Cultural Diversity to the Environmental Movement, Orion Magazine (6/20/2012)
  https://orionmagazine.org/article/bringing-cultural-diversity-to-the-environmental-movement-a-discussion/

• Activist brings diversity to green orgs: Marcelo Bonta helps color the environmental movement, High Country News Article (12/24/2010) https://www.hcn.org/issues/42.22/activist-brings-diversity-to-green-orgs

• Audubon/Toyota Togethergreen- Diversifying the Environmental Movement Forums (9/24/2010)
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmOt4fislGk

• The movement’s greatest challenge is its own lack of diversity, Grist Magazine (1/3/2008)
  https://grist.org/article/how-to-diversify-environmentalism/

WRITING

Blogs

• Equity in Grantmaking: Walking the Walk
  https://philanthropynw.org/news/equity-grantmaking-walking-walk

• What We Can Do About Environmental Philanthropy's White Privilege
  https://philanthropynw.org/news/what-we-can-do-about-environmental-philanthropys-white-privilege

• Final reflections: Departing Fellow Marcelo Bonta reports out (Marcelo shares his experience and lessons learned co-creating a new environmental grantmaking program with equity at its core.)
  https://mmt.org/news/final-reflections-departing-fellow-marcelo-bonta-reports-out

Articles

•  Diversifying the American Environmental Movement by Marcelo Bonta & Charles Jordan
  https://grist.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/05-bonta-and-jordan.pdf

• Diversifying the Conservation Movement by Marcelo Bonta & Charles Jordan
  https://cdeinspires.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/diversifying_conservation.pdf

Reports

• Diversity & The Conservation Movement by Marcelo Bonta, Tony DeFalco, & Chandra Taylor Smith
  https://cdn.naaee.org/sites/default/files/eepro/resource/files/diversity_module.9.22.15.pdf

HOW FOUNDATIONS CAN SUPPORT EFFECTIVE DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION (dei) CAPACITY BUILDING EFFORTS IN ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

A growing number of environmental organizations and foundations are investing more time, money, and energy in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) capacity building activities than ever before. They are realizing that DEI enhances their mission, creates a higher-performing organization, provides them relevance in a rapidly changing world, and leads to deeper relationships and more successful work with the staunchest supporters of environmental protection—people of color (Fery et al. 2018, Metz and Weigel 2009, and many others). Often these organizations (and the funders who support them) view their launch of DEI capacity building efforts as a success in and of itself, without asking if these efforts are effective.

This report provides a guide to how funders and others can support and advance effective DEI efforts in the environmental movement. It analyzes how seven funders are supporting DEI capacity building and how 43 staff of color and 24 DEI point people (staff who have a core role in coordinating, managing, and leading DEI capacity building efforts) view and experience different DEI capacity building approaches within their organizations. Our research revealed a clear need for long-term investment of effective DEI capacity building practices that especially focus on “the how”; address and remedy root issues (such as white dominant culture and institutional racism); create an inclusive culture; and center the experiences of staff of color.