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Dr. Brett Matulis

Communities Program Director, ecoAmerica

Brett Matulis

Dr. Brett Matulis is the Communities Program Director at ecoAmerica and works to engage the public in climate solutions. His work is concerned with helping community-based national organizations address the country's most pressing environmental challenges. He is guided by the priorities of people whose voices are too often neglected or ignored within environmental decision-making.

Brett is an educator and researcher by training and holds a PhD in Geography from the University of Edinburgh. He previously held a career in academia and has worked closely with the United Nations on a range of climate and environment-related programming. He has lived in four countries and visited many more.

Panel Information

Uprooted: Migration and the Climate Crisis

11:00 AM

The LULAC Academy is a cornerstone of our movement because it invests in the force of the future—young leaders ready to step up. The Latino experience has always been rooted in fearlessness: the bold decision to leave one’s homeland in search of something better, and the courage to build it. For many Chicanos, this also means reclaiming a heritage long silenced—reviving culture, identity, and pride after generations of erasure. That fearless spirit lives in the next generation, and it’s what will unlock solutions to the persistent challenges facing our communities and so many others. This session will feature key leaders in LULAC who are deeply committed to that mission.