Jolisa Brooks
Senior Advisor, Organizational Systems
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Taproot Earth is a U.S.-based nonprofit, non-governmental organization advancing Global Climate Reparations.
We are a committed collective of senior advisors, Krewe, formations, and global facilitation team members who bring deep relationships, political clarity, and a shared belief in climate justice to everything we do. Together, we choose now for repair, for power-building, and for frontline governance rooted in community and carried across regions and borders.
Senior Advisor, Organizational Systems
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Senior Advisor
Veronica Coptis é consultora sênior da Taproot Earth.
Ama Francis (they/them) is a Senior Advisor at Taproot Earth. They grew up loving the rivers of their home island Dominica, and fully committed to reparative climate finance and climate migration work supportive of remaining, moving and returning after Hurricane Maria devastated many islands across the Caribbean. Dominica is the land that most claims Ama, but they live in Oakland, California where they enjoy being part of a vibrant political community.
Senior Advisor, Financial Systems
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Global Policy & Partnerships Specialist
Eliane Lakam (she/her) is the Global Policy & Partnerships Specialist at Taproot Earth. Her climate awakening began during childhood on the African continent, shaped by firsthand experiences of extractivism, drought, and other climate-related shocks that deeply affected her community and sense of purpose. She draws strength from the spirit of ubuntu that transcends borders and binds communities together in shared responsibility and care.
Diretor de Política Nacional
Kendall Dix é diretora nacional de políticas da Taproot Earth.
Bolsista sênior do projeto
Fayenisha “Faye” Matthews é bolsista sênior de projetos da Taproot Earth.
Gerente de comunicações de programas nacionais
Zanetta Rose Jones é gerente de comunicações para programas domésticos na Taproot Earth. Anteriormente, Zanetta liderou a estratégia de comunicação digital e conteúdo da Florida Rising, uma organização estadual comprometida com o fortalecimento do poder político e social das comunidades BIPOC da classe trabalhadora da Flórida.
Gerente de relações com a mídia
Jade Jacobs é gerente de relações com a mídia da Taproot Earth. Ela traz anos de experiência em notícias e mídia para o espaço da justiça climática.
Gerente, banco de dados e arrecadação de fundos
Caitlin é gerente de banco de dados e arrecadação de fundos da Taproot Earth.
Coordenador Executivo
A.L. “A” McCullough (eles/ele/ela) é o coordenador executivo de Anthony Giancatarino na Taproot Earth. Eles giram o volante do local de trabalho por meio de agendamento, produção de eventos e suporte operacional. A aproveita sua experiência em design paisagístico e desenvolvimento de políticas climáticas para trabalhar sempre em prol da justiça climática.
Coordenador da Taproot Noire
Sophia Andrews é coordenadora da Taproot Noire.
Creative Content Manager
Lynette Aluoch (they/them) is a Creative Content Manager at Taproot Earth. Witnessing widespread hyacinth invasion in Nam Lolwe, where her grandfather fished in the 1930s and 40s, forms the basis of her climate justice work and deep ties to the East African queer human rights movement. Lynette calls Kilifi and Nairobi, Kenya home. She is a queer artist with a fierce passion for Pan-African revolution, community building, philosophy, and the art of questions.
Network Manager, Gulf South to Appalachia
Carlos Torrealba is the Network Manager of Gulf South to Appalachia (GS2A). Growing up in Florida, Carlos witnessed the escalating impacts of disasters and the harmful consequences of disaster capitalism year after year. These firsthand experiences fueled his passion for driving change and advancing solutions that support frontline communities facing growing climate challenges.
Gerente de programas para jovens
Jamie Dardar é gerente de programas para jovens da Taproot Earth. Como orgulhosa membro tribal da United Houma Nation, ela traz uma vida inteira de compromisso pessoal às comunidades indígenas da linha de frente.
Manager, Website and Digital Infrastructure
Eghosa Asemota (she/her) supports Taproot Earth as its Website and Digital Infrastructure Manager. Her climate awakening came at age 11, witnessing the media coverage of Hurricane Katrina. What stayed with her wasn’t just the devastation, but the injustice, both visible and ignored, that shaped her understanding of the power of stories to mobilize care. Home, for Eghosa, is both Queens, NY and Benin City, Edo State. In both, communal care and action are part of the living story.
Manager, Curriculum and Archiving
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Taproot Earth’s Global Facilitation Team is a network of frontline climate leaders from across the globe who serve as conduits for Global Climate Reparations.
Through ongoing training and shared practice, they facilitate Taproot’s global gatherings and convenings, helping cultivate collective leadership, community-governed decision-making, and alignment across regions and movements.
Formations are frontline-led networks practicing shared governance to build alignment, deepen relationships, and advance collective strategies rooted in self-determination.
Convened and resourced by Taproot Earth, they are spaces where frontline leaders connect, coordinate, and move solutions forward across regions, building community power, climate repair, and justice together.
A global formation of Black leaders across the African Diaspora connecting climate frontline wisdom to build models of governance, stewardship, and repair rooted in Black liberation, Black joy and collective self-determination.
A regional formation of frontline organizations and leaders across 17 states building political power, shared strategy, and community-led climate solutions rooted in the interconnected histories, lands, and waters of the Gulf South and Appalachia.
A formation of attorneys and legal workers supporting frontline-led movements with legal strategy, protection, and infrastructure to dismantle extractive systems and advance equitable, democratic futures.
Taproot Earth works in relationship with a broad network of partners, coalitions, and movement spaces advancing climate justice, Black liberation, and Indigenous sovereignty.
We hold these partnerships and affiliations with care, as each reflects where we build, contribute, and organize alongside others in support of reparative climate action.
We are proud partners of:
We are active members of:
What we've helped build:
Southern Movement Assembly (Founder)
Southern Power Fund (Founder)
Energy Democracy Project (Co-Founder)
The Water Equity and Climate Resilience Caucus (Co-Founder)
