About

Black Eco Bloom is a national Black women-led organization dedicated to empowering the next generation of climate and environmental justice leaders.

We provide essential support and resources to equip individuals with the knowledge, skills, and networks necessary to drive meaningful change in our communities.

We do this through our 3 Cs of change!

  • We’re committed to empowering our communities through diverse and sustainable education and training opportunities.

    This includes expanding access to valuable resources like conferences, events, and professional development programs.

  • We empower communities to build resilience and adapt to climate change by partnering with municipalities and climate action and equity-focused organizations to provide a variety of support services.

  • We foster community engagement by creating opportunities for community members to participate in our growth and development, including through community connection points.

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To truly achieve environmental justice, we must address systemic issues and create a more equitable and supportive environment for Black women in the sector.

Black women in the environmental sector often face significant challenges due to a lack of sustained structural, societal, and fiscal support

This includes:

  • fiscal: access to flexible, sustainable funding

  • structural: access to mentorship and sponsorship

  • societal: the presence of healthy and sustainable movement spaces for the mind and body;

  • communal: spaces to convene and collaborate

These barriers are literal roadblocks on our mission to move our communities (social and ecological) away from the state of needing to be resilient and into homeostasis with each other and our Earth.

Did You Know?

Meet the Team

Black Eco Bloom is primarily led by an amazing Board of Directors, a staff team and volunteers that make what we do possible!

  • Leïla, a McGill University graduate in international development, economics, and environmental studies, focuses on social justice through an intersectional lens in her environmental activism. She co-founded Black Eco Bloom in 2022 to promote Black women's leadership in the environmental sector and address ecological inequality. Additionally, Leïla participates in community organizations in Quebec aimed at empowering Black communities, particularly engaging youth and women.

  • Amanda is a Ghanaian-Canadian health scientist and social impact specialist with expertise in scaling community-based programs across Canada. As Black Eco Bloom’s Programs and Partnerships Coordinator, she oversees the Blooming Without Boundaries Fellowship, which focuses on building local leadership, knowledge, and climate adaptation solutions. Amanda is passionate about youth engagement, community development, and food systems, and aspires to build a world where everyone feels they belong and have the resources and support needed to thrive.

  • Nat Alexander is a Montréal-based community organizer, facilitator, speaker, and nonprofit leader whose work turns care into infrastructure. Their practice spans climate and environmental organizing, food sovereignty, and resource development, guided by a belief that collective thriving depends on dignity, purpose, and the freedom to imagine beyond endurance. Nat currently serves as Interim Executive Director of Black Eco Bloom, shaping a national network for Black women and gender-diverse people across climate and environmental sectors. As IED, their focus is on resourcing collective power and strengthening the infrastructure needed for BEB to thrive. Above all, Nat is a builder of meaningful possibility, drawn to spaces where people move resources with intention and create something more alive than what existed before.

  • Djamilla Toure is the Communications Director of Black Eco Bloom. A Montreal-based social entrepreneur, storyteller and strategist, she brings more than a decade of experience in media, community building and narrative change to BEB's mission. Djamilla holds a Master's degree in Sustainable Development from the University of Sussex. At BEB, she leads communications and supports fundraising and organizational development, guided by one conviction: Black women belong at the centre of the climate story, as leaders and as narrators.

FAQs

  • Black women and gender diverse individuals across Canada.

    Individuals interested in environmentalism, environmental justice work, conservation, sustainable development, geography and environmental non-profit work. 

    With special emphasis on Black women or gender diverse folks facing barriers accessing conferences, decision-making rooms, networking opportunities and would like more information on green careers, pathways to green jobs and education. 

  • We are a fully-remote team with our board, staff and volunteers being located across so-called Canada.

  • Visit our Programs page to see what is open right now. You can also follow us on Instagram and LinkedIn, or write to us at hello@blackecobloom.org.