Climate Change is Personal | Episode 3: Alexia Leclercq

Today we’re here with the thoughtful Alexia Leclercq, a French and Taiwanese 21 year old community organizer working at the intersection of climate justice and disability justice in Texas. Alexia is passionate about bringing awareness to the disproportionate harm that climate change causes people of color with disabilities, particularly mental disabilities, which are often overlooked even in disability justice spaces. Climate change is personal to Alexia because they have experienced how climate change grief, fear, and anxiety exacerbate disability. Alexia is a fierce advocate for people with disabilities leading in the climate movement and the wisdom that their communities have around effective advocacy.