Chad Martin is currently working for the The North Carolina Black Alliance as an Environmental Justice Policy Strategist. He recently became private grant reviewer for USDA and Virginia Food Access Investment Fund (VFAIF) grant evaluation committee. Chad has served on the Board of Directors for the Virginia Food System Council. He is a current 2021 Walking College Fellow, 2019-2020 Virginia Natural Resources Leadership Institute, 2019-2020 Leadership Southside Fellow, 2018-2020 Virginia Tech VALOR Fellow, 2017-2018 Roanoke City works Xpo Fellow, DC ’17 Starting Bloc Fellow, 2016-2017 Middle Border Forward Fellow, and recently become an AIR Shift Facilitator through Virginia Tech. USGLC Global Leader Network Class of 2022 and the Robert Woods Johnson Foundation Inaugural Gender Equity Learning Exchange Fellowship Class of 2022. JLUSA Emerging Leaders Training Program 2022. Virginia Tech Center for Food Systems and Community Transformation Fellow. The class of 2023 School for Food Justice, Faith, and Storytelling, Climate Equity Policy Fund Fellow 2023-2026, and The Climate Advocacy Lab’s Climate + Health Peer Learning Circle Cohort 2023-2024. The Carolina Farm Stewardship Association 2024 Member Advocacy Program and 2024 North Carolina Political Leadership Institute. 2024 IRA Cohort. Chad was inducted as a Global Goodwill Ambassador. Martin was just appointed to The State of Virginia Commission on Food Insecurity. Councilman Martin was just appointed to the International Code Council’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee and has spent his life in service to others.
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Since 2011, CEEJH has partnered with frontline and fenceline communities to address environmental, climate, and energy injustices through grassroots action and policy co-creation. We center those most impacted by harm to lead action and social change.
