Marqus Cole is a Public Voices Fellow with the Op-Ed Project in partnership with the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication; a Grist 50 Fixer and is originating the role of Organizing Director with Georgia Interfaith Power & Light.
An attorney by training, his thought leadership sits at the intersection of racial, environmental & biblical justice with a passion for helping organize people and communities towards reconciliation and restoration.
Marqus finds himself living and working in a hinge community, at a hinge moment, for historic climate action. Marqus uses his unique voice to share stories, and teach others to share story, that bridge the gap between key stakeholder communities and the policies they need. He engages communities from his experience and context as a Black, millennial, professional, person of faith working in the civic arena in the Bible Belt.