Nina Rizzo

If you would like to plan a speaking event with Nina, please email her at nina@globalexchange.org or narizzo@gmail.com!

Nina Rizzo is the California Freedom from Oil Campus Organizer at Global Exchange. She studied Geography as well as Conservation and Resource Studies at UC Berkeley, where she was a lead organizer for the victorious UC Sweatfree campaign, as spearheaded by United Students Against Sweatshops. Nina played a pivotal role in passing the University of California's recent climate policy; she organizes with students in public, private and community colleges as well as with other organizations participating in the Campus Climate Challenge. She's working to build a youth movement that understands the links between human rights and the environment and takes action, focusing on climate and sustainable transportation policies to address global warming.

Topics covered

• Global Warming and Sustainable Transportation
• Student Activism/Campus Organizing
• Oil and Human Rights