Creation Justice Stories: A young adult's hope for creation

by Jenna Hoover Cobb

​I’m not used to the environmental movement looking like me. As a biracial Indonesian-American woman in environmental education, the leaders on the stages and screens of my field rarely reminded me of the faces of my family and community. 

However, being a part of Creation Justice Ministries' Faithful Climate BIPOC Fellowship changed that. I felt hope in God’s Creation when I saw and learned from women of color and faith leading transformative climate action in their communities and organizations. 

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One of Jenna’s favorite places in creation: a meadow in Phil & Nell Soto Park in Pomona, CA.

I felt hope in God’s Creation when I saw and learned from women of color and faith leading transformative climate action in their communities and organizations.

While developing my project of a climate change presentation for youth groups with a focus on contextualizing it for my Asian American church, I was celebrated and resourced with affirmation and connections to other groups doing similar work like the Asian Pacific Environmental Network. As I go forward in my work of partnering with my local communities in Southern California to seek God’s transformation through education and advocacy,
​I don’t feel alone anymore. 

Both my community of fellowship peers and trainers as well as the work and organizations
I learned about give me hope that the changes we are making in our communities are a part of God’s work in bringing God’s community of creation here, even in the face of climate change. ​

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Jenna Hoover Cobb
Jenna was one of the fifteen Faithful
​Climate BIPOC Fellows in 2022.