An overview of the issues and campaigns on which Food & Water Watch works
Feb 07, 2022 6:40 PM
Thomas Meyer of Food & Water Watch
An overview of the issues and campaigns on which Food & Water Watch works
Thomas Meyer will provide Rotarians an overview of the issues and campaigns on which Food & Water Watch works, from stopping fracking to cleaning up our food system, to protecting water as a human right. He will also share the strategic approach that underpins Food & Water Watch’s successful campaigns and examples from his own organizing experience.
 
Thomas is the national organizing manager at Food & Water Watch, which is a national non-profit. Food & Water Watch mobilizes regular people to build political power to move bold and uncompromised solutions to the most pressing food, water, and climate problems of our time. The organization works to protect people’s health, communities, and democracy from the growing destructive power of the most powerful economic interests.
 
Thomas grew up in Port Angeles, Washington and attended American University in Washington, D.C. where he first got involved in the climate movement.  He co-founded and led a successful campaign to divest the University’s endowment from fossil fuel companies.  Since 2015, he has worked as an organizer on a range of campaigns at Food & Water Watch, working to change policy at the local, state, and federal levels. He lives in Seattle with his dog, Stanley.