by Lizzy Gazeley | Oct 31, 2021 | Features, Staff Profiles
Teryn Yazdani: Advocating for Clients and Communities by Lizzy Gazeley | Oct 20, 2021 Growing up in the South, Teryn Yazdani witnessed and experienced some of the most destructive impacts of climate change. She was in the fifth grade in Jackson, Mississippi, when...
by Lizzy Gazeley | Oct 26, 2021 | Staff Profiles
Erin Hogan-Freemole: Sparking Change by Lizzy Gazeley | Oct 20, 2021 Not all career paths are linear. For Erin Hogan-Freemole, her path has had twists and turns. Erin, however, describes the beginning of this new chapter as somewhat of a fitting culmination of her...
by Bella Klosterman | Aug 24, 2021 | Blog, Features, Staff Profiles
Rebeka Dawit: Trailblazing for Environmental Justice by Bella Klosterman | Aug 24, 2021 Enormous redwoods towering overhead, lush fern-filled understory, crisp misty air, an ocean breeze, the sweet smell of eucalyptus and cliffs dropping to the Pacific Ocean. Who...
by Crag Law Center | Aug 31, 2020 | Features, Staff Profiles
Anu Sawkar joined Crag as a Legal Fellow in 2019 but has been a Crag volunteer and supporter for over a decade. She was born in Poughkeepsie, New York but considers Portland to be the place that shaped her. She has a B.A. in Politics with a minor in economics from...
by Crag Law Center | Aug 15, 2019 | Features, Staff Profiles
Patricia Donohue: Ready for Anything by Genevieve Beske | Aug 15, 2019 Patricia Donohue is a development and administrative assistant at Crag Law Center. Though she moved throughout the Southeast during her childhood, she calls Kentucky home. She studied anthropology...
by Jordan Bollmann | Mar 15, 2018 | Staff Profiles
Ralph Bloemers is co-founder of and Co-Executive Director and Staff Attorney with the Crag Law Center. He is originally from Holland and grew up in Virginia. He is a graduate of University of Colorado at Boulder, where he studied political science. He obtained his law...