Robert Raben, founder of an influential public relations and government affairs firm known as The Raben Group, recalled the moment about a year ago that kicked his personal commitment to expand diversity within the environmental movement into high gear.
Speaking to a standing room only briefing at the National Press Club recently, he spoke of how he was a guest of a prominent environmental organization at its annual dinner. “It was extremely well attended; well more than 1200 people,” Raben recalled. “And I could not identify a single person of color other than the servers.”
After discussions with environmental stakeholders, Raben concluded that the lack of diversity within mainstream environmental organizations “is too much the norm.” His response - to launch Green 2.0 as a working group of professionals dedicated to diversifying the green movement.
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