Hazel Chandler is an Arizona field coordinator for Moms Clean Air Force. She is a mom, grandmother, and recently a great-grandmother who has been advocating for a livable planet, clean air, climate solutions, and environmental issues since her oldest son was a baby. Joining Moms Clean Air Force is a next step in her journey to create a loving, peaceful, sustainable world that we are proud to give to our grandchildren.
Hazel has dedicated her life to listening to the community and helping to solve difficult challenges facing Arizona. As a champion for children, she has brought diverse groups together to find common ground and real solutions. She has a background in government, nonprofit, and business, working with people of all ages, and ethnic and cultural backgrounds, on issues including early childhood, elementary education, health care, social services, mental health, and environmental/climate change. She has a BA in early childhood development and an MA in management, and she is a Certified Public Manager. Hazel’s work has been featured in the New York Times, Yahoo! News, Yes! Magazine, and Public News Service.
Hazel previously served as outreach consultant for Union of Concerned Scientists, regional director for First Things First, and director for the Maricopa County Asthma Coalition. In 2018, she ran for Arizona House of Representatives.
She is on the National Steering Committee for Elders Climate Action, serves as the National Collaborations Chairman, and is the co-founder of the Arizona Chapter. She started and currently leads the Arizona Climate Action Coalition, an interfaith, intergenerational, and multicultural coalition of over 20 climate groups in Arizona.
She has been actively involved in finding real solutions to the changes facing our planet and assisting others to understand that we have real, creative, and innovative solutions to the challenges we face.
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