Bernice Julie Shaw

Bernice has spent 8 years at CSS working with organizers and movement groups to transform narratives at the intersection of pollution, poverty, and racism. Prior to becoming Co-Director, Bernice accompanied the organization in an operations capacity as it evolved from its earlier years as the smartMeme Strategy and Training Project, and she most recently served as Strategic Partnerships Director. As a new WOC Co-Director, Bernice proudly uplifts the power of radical imagination and capacity-building in her own story of transformation and leadership development. She is originally from sunny Los Angeles, where she spent her time producing music festivals and building small businesses, and developed her commitment to collective-liberation as a student organizer at UCLA. Bernice is dedicated to bringing an entrepreneurial spirit to her work in social change. In her free time, she enjoys playing jazz flute and eating Chinese food.