Sofia Owen
Senior Attorney & Director of Environmental Justice Legal Services (EJLS),
Alternatives for Community and Environment
Sofia is ACE's Staff Attorney. She works with ACE staff to ensure that the legal rights of people of color and low income residents are protected. She also provides systematic legislative and regulatory advocacy on behalf of environmental justice communities at the municipal and state level. Sofia comes to ACE from Toxics Action Center, where she provided organizing assistance to community groups in Eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island and built power to address environmental racism, settler colonialism, and other systemic barriers that disproportionately affect communities on the front lines of pollution. Previously, Sofia worked as a Trial Attorney for the Committee for Public Counsel Services. She has a J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law, a Masters in Environmental Law and Policy from Vermont Law School, and a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania. When not at work, Sofia organizes with the Deeper Than Water coalition and volunteers with the Boston chapter of Black & Pink.
Sessions
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25-Jun-2024BallroomOptimising Community Involvement in Infrastructure