252. How Rihanna's Clara Lionel Foundation Is Fighting for Climate Justice + Resiliency - Justine Lucas and Fiona Korwin Pawlowski

Meet Justine & Fiona. They're leading the charge not only at Rihanna's Foundation, Clara Lionel Foundation (named after her grandparents😭💚), but also educating the world that climate disasters do not impact all communities equally. Tune in and hear how the foundation is using local people to solve problems in the Caribbean leading to climate resiliency - all supporting Rihanna's dream that her "philanthropy will be as big as my music and my fashion." 

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

• Justine’s story and journey to where she is today (4:00)
• Fiona’s story and journey to where she is today (5:30)
• The history and mission of Clara Lionel Foundation (8:00)
• CLF’s scope of work and their global footprint (11:00)
• Leveraging community based partnerships (12:30)
• CLF’s Climate Resilience Initiative (15:00)
• CLF’s climate justice work (18:00)
• What resilience looks like in tangible terms (18:40)
• A powerful moment of philanthropy in Fiona’s life (31:00)
• A powerful moment of philanthropy in Justine’s life (34:00)
• Fiona’s One Good Thing: Close the loop. (38:00)
• Justine’s One Good Thing: Nonprofits should be working to put themselves out of business. (38:53)
• Connect with CLF (41:00)

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