Climate, racial, and social justices are deeply intertwined, yet, public discourse and policies continue to treat them as separate issues - undermining the contributions of these communities, seeing them as passive “beneficiaries,” not as leaders. Vulnerable, rather than agents of change.
intersection exists to break through these silos, centre frontline voices, and build collective power and results.
Our goal?
Connect, amplify, and mobilise those at the intersection of these struggles, because real justice demands we address them collectively.
intersection is an independent, borderless community network bringing together people and movements at the frontlines of climate, social and racial justice.
We centre:> Black, Brown, Asian, Indigenous Peoples, and other racialised communities — including Arab, Latinx, Roma, and Pacific Islander peoples;
> people with disabilities,
> LGBTQIA+ communities,
> working-class, refugees, and stateless individuals,
> and all those living at the intersection.
These people and communities working in the frontlines of change have constantly been told they’re too complex, too angry, too radical - too much. Yet they’ve always been at the heart of resistance and change.The systems harming our planet are the same systems harming our communities: colonialism, white supremacy, capitalism, and extractive power. Climate solutions that ignore this only replicate the harm.
intersection exists to change that.
We reclaim space, connect those on the frontlines, and build collective power to organise, resist, and transform - locally and globally. We reject extractive spaces and performative inclusion. Instead, we centre lived experience, ancestral and frontline wisdom, bold ideas, and the leadership of those most impacted.


Through community, creative resistance, and collaboration,
we map the people — and with them, the projects — already driving transformation.From protest to mutual aid, storytelling to system change, this is where movements converge to reimagine a future that’s equitable, regenerative, and ours.
Because the fight for climate justice is the fight for justice. Full stop.
intersection is for those on the frontlines of change pushing climate justice through a social and racial justice lens:
Grassroot Organisers
& Frontline Community Leaders
especially from Black, Brown, Indigenous, Asian backgrounds.
Activists, Advocates
working across migration, housing, anti-racism, disability rights, LGBTQI+ and more.
Artists, Designers, Educators
& Communicators
shaping narratives for justice.
NGO Workers & Policy Advocates
pushing intersectional approaches.
Researchers, Writers & Thinkers
rooted in decolonial, anti-oppressive frameworks.
Lawyers, Law Practioners
working in-house, in private practice, or pushing for systemic change.
Young Changemakers
engaged in cross-issue work.
Every community member embodies resilience, compassion, and an unrelenting commitment to justice. They confront the challenges at the intersections of climate, social, and racial justice head-on - transforming deep care and passion into meaningful action and lasting change. We’re building a community for those often sidelined but always doing the work. For the ones connecting the dots, breaking the mould, and refusing to choose between issues - because justice is never one-dimensional.

Cinthya Sopaheluwakan
Founder & Managing Director
The Big Picture

Mohammed Elnaiem
Director
Decolonial Centre

Samira Ben Ali
Climate Justice Advocate

Lucas Wasson
Campaign Specialist
Rights and Resources Initiative

Rohit P.
Founder
Greentrip

Kirti Manian
Head of Community
Terra.do

Michael Kibedi
Design Researcher
First & Fifteenth

Bowie Yin Sum Kung
Activist

Eric Takukam
Artist, Artivist & Creative Director
We Are One

Tanya Haldipur
Program director - UK Hub Lead
Youth Climate Collaborative

Tory Stephens
Manager, Climate Fiction & Brand Partnerships
Grist

Emily Bandeira
Interpreter/Translator
Boca - Language Justice

Surajan Pokharel
Community Organiser

Raghul M R
Climate Communication Researcher

Bianca Inês Pedro
Strategic & Comms Consultant
If Not Us Then Who?

Asmaa Bahadi
Board Member & Comms Advisor
Mediator for Democracy & Human Rights

Katarzyna Michalik
PhD student

Sandra Camacho
Founder
Sandra By Design
Our values are more than words, they are actions. These commitments ground our work, guide how we show up, and ensure we remain accountable to the communities we serve. These commitments shape not just what we do but how we do it, collectively.
We Centre Justice
We believe climate action must address racial, social, and economic inequality, not as side issues, but as core to any just future.
We Uplift Marginalised Voices
We exist to amplify people and communities often left out of the mainstream climate narrative.
We Practice Intersectionality
Our work acknowledges that identities and struggles are interconnected. We reject one-size-fits-all solutions.
We Build With. Not For.
We work collaboratively, relationally, and across sectors, valuing lived experience as much as expertise.
We Are Unapologetic
We challenge systems, push boundaries, and refuse to water down our vision of equity, dignity, and collective liberation.
We Are Rooted in Care, Action & Accountability
Our work is grounded in community care, bold action, and a commitment to showing up with integrity, always.
We Grow Organically & Collectively
This community network is by essence about people, finding each other, sharing power, and building movements together.
intersection is supported by a small team of committed individuals who believe that the world is better understood - and better changed - when we look at it through an intersectional lens. We bring our time, care, and lived experience to this work because we believe more just, durable solutions emerge when climate, social, and racial justice are addressed together.
Find out more about the team >>

Chourouk Gorrab
Founder

Vedika Kushalappa
Community Manager

Loux Rutherford
Community Development Manager
How to Get Involved
intersection is a growing community powered by contributions and collaborations. Whether you want to take an active role, partner, or co-create, we’d love to hear from you. Share your skills, ideas, or initiatives at the crossroads of climate, social, and racial justice, and help us build collective power that rises beyond silos.→ Reach out to explore contributions, collaborations, or partnership opportunities.
intersection is in its early stages. Here’s how you can be part of it:
Stage 1: Register your Interest
Fill in our online form to express interest in joining the network.All collected data will be stored and used for internal purposes only. It's free to join.
Stage 2: Review & Approval
Submissions are reviewed by a team member. If aligned with our line of work and values, your membership will be confirmed by email.We may ask for additional information before processing your request.
Stage 3: Getting to Know You
We will gradually invite newly joined members to one-to-one conversations to better understand your work, needs, and interests.This will help us seed future connections and collaborations.
Stage 4: Engage with our Community
Approved members will be moved to a private directory, before moving to a community platform, to allow the team and community members to communicate and interact with each other.
A Values-Led Project
This is a living, evolving platform, shaped by those who join.We’re building this platform as a living lab. A space for collective collaboration, to test what meaningful connection, support, and collaboration looks like in climate justice work. As such, this platform currently relies on unpaid contributions, self-funding, and is currently not set up as a formal organisation.As a member, your details will be shared publicly only if you feel comfortable with it. If anything changes - in structure, funding, or purpose - members and the public will be informed transparently.
We're building a living map of individuals, across borders, working at the intersection of climate, social and racial justice.
Want to join us?
Collaborate with us?
Support the mission?
We want to hear from you.
Register your interest.
Rooted in the wisdom of Latin American Indigenous communities, this saying invites us to reimagine, rewrite, and regenerate the stories we live by - and the ways we show up in the work we do.
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Thank you for your patience.

Chourouk Gorrab
Founder
Long-time communicator and co‑founder of The Spill, an online publication working with writers from marginalised communities.I'm a strategic communications specialist passionate about representation - bridging the gap between climate, social, and racial justice through storytelling and systems change. Curious by nature and a late-bloomer to 'public' advocacy, I found solace and an insatiable appetite in exploring these spaces.For over a decade, I’ve worked at the crossroads of media, research, technology, sustainability, and equity - shaping narratives that move stories from the margins to the mainstream.
I founded intersection as a response to what I’ve witnessed throughout my career:
how climate action often leaves racial and social equity behind.
Through intersection, I’m building a safe space where justice-led leaders and changemakers can unite to reimagine how we collaborate - across movements, geographies, and lived experiences - to create lasting, collective impact. My work centres care, justice, and visibility because I believe that storytelling and solutions - when rooted in respect, inclusion, and liberatory justice - can transform not just perception, but power.Find me on LinkedIn

Vedika Kushalappa
Community Manager
Multimedia artist, designer, and community curator exploring the intersections of art, ecology, and justice.
My work moves between film, research, and community design, using storytelling as a way to imagine new forms of care, connection, and collective action.
At intersection, I help build and nurture our growing community - creating spaces for dialogue, collaboration, and solidarity. I’m guided by curiosity, reciprocity, and a belief that creativity can be a powerful tool for transformation.Find me on LinkedIn

Loux Rutherford
Community Development Manager
I’m entirely guided by a belief in the power of community and collective action to create lasting positive impact.
With a background in community building and engagement, I currently develop programmes and partnerships that meaningfully engage and involve younger voices in the climate justice movement.
What we’re building at intersection, the problems we seek to tackle as changemakers are so indefinitely interconnected, and it’s important that we, are too, connected in tackling them.Find me on LinkedIn