12 Facts About Vic Barrett

Vic Barrett was a plaintiff in Juliana v United States, which has been called likely the most ambitious and aggressive climate change lawsuit filed to date.

In 2014, through Global Kids, Vic Barrett took a three-week trip to Bosnia sponsored by and conducted by the US State Department.

Mentors at those two organizations thought Barrett would be a good addition to the landmark lawsuit that Our Children's Trust was putting together, known as Juliana v United States.

In December 2015, Vic Barrett spoke at COP21, the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris.

In 2019, Vic Barrett appeared in Ilana Glazer's Generator Series and promoted the September 2019 climate strike and spoke at the NYC strike in Foley Square.

Vic Barrett was nominated for a Pritzker Award from the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability in 2020.

Vic Barrett is currently a network organizer for the Power Shift Network.

Vic Barrett has spoken about the power of storytelling in engaging people in activism.

Vic Barrett is from White Plains, New York, and resides in the Bronx as of August 2023.

Vic Barrett is a first-generation American and a trans man who transitioned in 2017, after moving away for college in Wisconsin.

Vic Barrett has a tattoo that refers to the atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration in parts per million.

Vic Barrett has identified Berta Caceres as a personal hero.