Vic Barrett | |
|---|---|
 Vic Barrett, in 2019 | |
| Born | c. 1998or1999(age 24–25) [1] |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Organization | Our Children's Trust |
| Movement | Climate justice |
Vic Barrett (born c.1998or1999) is an American climate activist. He is a plaintiff in Juliana v. United States and appeared in a documentary about the case, Youth v. Gov. [2] [3] [4] [5]
After experiencing Hurricane Sandy, Barrett started eating with the nonprofit Global Kids when he was 14. [6] [7] He was a fellow and then a senior fellow with the Alliance for Climate Education, working to expand climate education in public schools and encourage people to vote. [7] [8] [9] [10] In 2015, Barrett spoke at COP21 and joined the Juliana v. United States case. [11] [6] Barrett prominently protested at COP24, calling U.S. energy policy "a joke." [12] The time commitment led him to temporarily withdraw from his undergraduate studies. [9] In 2019, Barrett appeared in Ilana Glazer's Generator Series and promoted the September 2019 climate strike and spoke at the NYC strike in Foley Square. [13] [14] [15] Barrett was nominated for a Pritzker Award from the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability in 2020. [16] He is currently a network organizer for the Power Shift Network. [4] Barrett has spoken about the power of storytelling in engaging people in activism. [4]
Barrett is from White Plains, New York, and resides in the Bronx as of August 2023. [10] [17] He is neurodivergent, queer, and of Garifuna descent. [7] [9] [18] Barrett is also a first-generation American and a trans man who transitioned in 2017, after moving away for college. [4] [18] He attended an all-girls high school in Manhattan, and has studied political science at UW-Madison. [4] [9] [10] [19] Barrett has a tattoo that refers to the atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration in parts per million. [6] He has identified Berta Cáceres as a personal hero. [6]
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