Rebecca Watts Hull, Service Learning and Partnerships Specialist, Serve-Learn-Sustain, The Georgia Institute of Technology

Rebecca Watts Hull is Service Learning and Partnerships Specialist for the Center for Serve-Learn-Sustain and Adjunct Academic Professional in the School of History and Sociology at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Serve-Learn-Sustain (SLS) is the Institute’s campus-wide academic initiative preparing students to use their disciplinary expertise to create sustainable communities in collaboration with community, nonprofit, business, and academic partners. Dr. Watts Hull’s research and teaching encompass environmental history and governance, sustainability, campus-based organizing and advocacy, and social movements. Rebecca also has extensive professional experience in environment and sustainability education/outreach, curriculum design, and advocacy.

Ruthie Yow, Chair, Service Learning and Partnerships Specialist, Serve-Learn-Sustain, The Georgia Institute of Technology 

Ruthie joined the Center for Serve-Learn-Sustain in 2017. In her capacity as Service Learning and Partnerships Specialist, her work focuses on deepening the capacity of faculty and students to understand and act on equity as central to the creation of sustainable communities. Specifically, she supports course and project development around themes such as Water, Green Infrastructure, & Citizen Science; and Equitable and Sustainable Development. She is a graduate of the inaugural Transformation Alliance Academy which trained participants to organize stakeholders around equitable transit-oriented development. Before coming to Serve-Learn-Sustain, her research and teaching engaged equity at the intersection of race, power, and education in the American South. Her book, Students of the Dream: Resegregation in a Southern City, documents the erosion of educational opportunity in metro Atlanta schools and how to address that deepening crisis; it was published by Harvard University Press in 2017. Her volunteer work around equity includes service as the Secretary of the Board of Marietta YELLS (Youth Empowerment through Learning, Leading, and Serving) and as the Co-Director of Tutor Recruitment for Common Good Atlanta. Ruthie has a PhD in American Studies and African American Studies from Yale University.

Gwyn Rush, Public Relations Coordinator, Metro Atlanta Youth Energy Corps (MAYE Corps)

Gwyn Rush (she/her) is a recent Agnes Scott College graduate and Public Relations Coordinator at the Metro Atlanta Youth Energy Corps (MAYE Corps)–a youth-led environmental justice organization. While at Agnes Scott, she majored in International Relations and created her own major theme in Sustainable Development. In her senior capstone paper, she created a new theoretical framework that combined postcolonial & green political theories to better understand the success of the Green Belt Movement–an environmental justice movement in Kenya. At MAYE Corps, Gwyn leads a team of fellow young people to make sure the organization’s social media, website, and other communications reflect and advance MAYE Corps’ goals of racial and social justice, youth leadership, and local collaboration. Gwyn was recently accepted into the University of London to pursue an MSc in Environment, Politics, and Development starting fall 2021.

Unwanna Etuk, student and Education and Outreach Developer, The Georgia Institute of Technology and MAYE Corps

Unwanna Etuk graduated from Georgia Tech in the fall of 2019, specializing in Sustainability and Global Development. She volunteers with MAYE Corps (the Metro Atlanta Youth Energy Corps) as a part of the Education & Outreach committee with a focus on partnerships. Unwanna enjoys building a robust network with sustainability professionals across the metro area and sharing resources with her community. Unwanna works at a nonprofit called The Ray as the team’s Partnership Coordinator & Research Analyst, and she enjoys spending her free time dancing salsa, bachata, and zouk.

Marisol Mendez, student and Public Relations Developer, Kennesaw State University and MAYE Corps

Marisol Mendez is a senior at Kennesaw State University, majoring in International Affairs and Geography. She has served at her University’s Presidential Commission of Sustainability and works for MAYE Corps, a youth-led organization focused on addressing energy burdens in Metro-Atlanta. She is Climate Reality Leader and a Distinguished UN-SDG Ambassador for CIFAL Atlanta.

Brittany Judson, Independent Consultant

Brittany is a Just Growth Consultant at the Partnership for Southern Equity (PSE). Currently, her work involves research and community engagement planning for the City of East Point’s Equitable Growth and Inclusion Strategic Plan. She also provides logistical coordination for PSE’s Resident Leaders for Equity (RLE) Regional Academy. Brittany is also an independent consultant currently working on projects related to climate resilience planning with Agnes Scott College and the City of Decatur. Brittany is an advocate of youth-powered solutions and spends her time volunteering primarily with the Metro Atlanta Youth Energy Corps, an organization committed to addressing energy inequities through youth leadership, racial equity, and local collaboration. Her hometown is Tampa, Florida and she is the daughter of a Filipina mother and Caymanian father, both proud immigrants. Outside of work, Brittany loves bicycling, playing the ukulele, and journaling.

Zoie Moore, Education and Outreach Coordinator, Metro Atlanta Youth Energy Corps (MAYEC)

Zoie Moore (she/her) is a senior at Agnes Scott College majoring in Africana Studies with a double minor in Education and Environmental Studies and Sustainability. Zoie is very passionate about tackling environmental injustices and teaching sustainability practices to her community. When she’s not reminding her friends to recycle, you can find Zoie in the library catching up on the latest Young Adult novel, dancing, or watching anime and cartoons.