Sudderth

Practitioner In Residence for the Repair Lab at the University of Virginia.

Wading Between Two Titans is a multi-stage research project focused on assessing the racially disparate impact of climate change and sea-level rise on residents in the Hampton Roads region. Through qualitative and quantitative research utilizing public records, participant observations, social media, surveys, and interviews, the project aims to identify and amplify the perspectives, experiences, concerns, and demands of the region’s most vulnerable and neglected communities. More broadly, it aims to re-center local, state, and federal approaches to addressing the threat of climate change and sea-level rise around those communities that have suffered the greatest environmental harms in the past, and whose experiences and insights offer the most valuable and urgent lessons for understanding and addressing the twin challenges of racial and environmental injustice.

Kim has been working professionally as an organizer for climate justice advocacy in 2016 as an organizer and strategist for a national organization. She has successfully brought together women from diverse backgrounds to form teams to take meaningful action for a livable climate for all children across Virginia. Her work has focused on outreach, advocacy, leadership development, and long-term strategic planning so that we can protect our families and the places where we and our children live, worship, learn and play.

Kim holds a bachelor’s degree in Sociology with a concentration in Diversity and Inequality as well as a certificate in Leadership, Organizing, and Action from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. I also serve on the Planning Commission for the city of Norfolk as Vice-Chair.