Cameron wears many hats, including environmental justice organizer, storyteller, journalist, environmental policy expert, and outreach and engagement specialist at a clean energy investing firm. As On-Site Programs and Volunteer Co-Chair, Cameron helps ensure the conference program runs smoothly with support from the BWEEMS community. She enjoys coordinating with the volunteers to make sure every detail of the conference program is well executed. BWEEMS 2025 will be Cameron’s first in-person event, and she’s looking forward to being in a judgment-free, restorative space with other Black women with interdisciplinary interests.
Q: What is your dream job?
A: EPA Administrator - something that intersects an understanding of policy, environmental justice, ecosystems, and health, with the power to shape systems and structures for communities in greatest need.
Q: What are your favorite things to do in your free time?
A: When I’m not at work, I’m building out my oral history projects, planning family events (this year is our farm’s Centennial celebration), and being outside regardless of the weather. I also paint when I can, and I hope to get more into a series of flower-painted windows I’ve been developing over the summer.
Q: Who are some Black gender minorities who look up to (in EEMS & beyond) and why?
A: Vernice Miller Travis (one of the originators of the First Annual People of Color Leadership SUmmit) and Dollie Burwell (the Mother of the EJ Movement). Same answer for both of them: There’s something so moving about interacting with someone so impressive, amazing, and all-encompassing as a legend in your field and who is also so down to earth and willing to invest in you. These are women who I have had the immense honor of working with, interviewing, and holding space with consistently. They have always welcomed me openly, honestly, and with great warmth as someone just trying to pick up their torch and carry their work into the future. They inspire me with their conviction, their humility, and their kindness in the face of adversity.
Q: What’s your favorite place in nature and why?
A: My family’s farm in Maryland. Walking out there rain or shine, in summer or winter, and regardless of the time of day, it just really hits me what it means to stand on land that has been cultivated and cared for by your ancestors. The air is so clear out there, the land so vast… it’s near-incomprehensible at times to look upon the acreage and try to quantify the amount of labor and love that must have gone into keeping the property lush and whole. So in addition to the bees, butterflies, dense foliage, and abundance of other native fauna, this land holds the joy of my ancestors. I can feel that very tangibly when I’m out there walking the property; it is that feeling that guides my work in environmental justice and rural America.
Learn more about the BWEEMS 2025 conference and the planning committee here!
