Meet Your Greens: With Aziz Dehkan

Aziz Dehkan is a seasoned advocate for social and environmental justice. Raised in New York City, Aziz holds a degree in Biological Sciences from Rutgers University. His passion for sustainable living led him to construct an award-winning passive-solar house and pioneer one of New Jersey’s first organic farms. Aziz has held key roles throughout his career in organizations such as The Coalition for the Homeless and Mother Jones, demonstrating a steadfast commitment to positive change.

As a community organizer and Executive Director of the NYC Community Garden Coalition, Aziz has been at the forefront of the battle for land tenure and food security, particularly addressing systemic racism.

Aziz is the current Executive Director and Lead Organizer of the CT Roundtable on Climate and Jobs, which builds alliances among diverse constituencies to combat climate change, create jobs and promote racial, economic and environmental justice. In 2021The Roundtable passed historically significant legislation that attaches strong Labor standards on larger renewable energy projects in CT. The Roundtable’s most recent legislative action is The Carbon Free Healthy School Initiative, a Statewide Bill that seeks to rehab, renovate, and rebuild schools throughout CT.

Aziz will discuss his organization’s efforts to tackle climate change while fostering well-paying employment opportunities for Connecticut’s families and how shifting Connecticut towards a low-carbon economy will benefit the environment and empower its workforce.

Join us on Thursday, October 19, at Inn at Middletown at 5:30 PM – 70 Main St, Middletown, CT.