Dove Hughey
“Before working with Communitopia, I never really planned or organized anything before. Working with the WHYCAS team under the guidance of Communitopia, planning felt easy and organized. I'm a super shy person, and I don't like talking in front of people, but they helped me with that for our summit.”
Climate Change Maker Since 2019
COMMUNITY | North Braddock
SCHOOL | Rising 11th grader, Woodland Hills Junior/Senior High School
HOURS OF ACTION | 28+
ACTIONS & ACHIEVEMENTS |
Successfully Passed First School District Climate Change Resolution in Pennsylvania (Woodland Hills School District)
Founding and Current Member of Woodland Hills Climate Action Team
Lead Planner: Woodland Hills Virtual Youth Climate Action Summit, October 2020
Youth Liaison: Woodland Hills School District Climate Change Committee
Dove is a current leader and one of the founding members of the Woodland Hills Climate Action Team. She also served as a Woodland Hills Climate Change Committee Youth Liaison in the spring of 2021. Through this work, Dove attended meetings with district and community leaders to share her skills as a youth representative to propel the district’s work on the Climate Change Resolution. In July of 2019, she and her peers made history when they successfully petitioned the Woodland Hills School Board to unanimously pass a Board Resolution calling for climate action, becoming the first school district in the state of Pennsylvania to pass such a measure.
In the summer and fall of 2020, Dove served as a lead youth summiteer for the first-ever youth-led Woodland Hills Youth Virtual Climate Action Summit (WHYCAS). The first summit of its kind in the region, WHYCAS attracted nearly 200 attendees and raised over $1,500 for climate projects. Having participated in a wide range of work with Communitopia and its partners, Dove has increased her skills in public speaking, meeting planning and facilitation, event organizing, written communication, goal setting, and virtual presentation.
Dove encourages other young people to get involved with the work at Woodland Hills or Communitopia- “If you want to make a change and get the word out about climate change, you should join this team! You can learn so much about climate change and action. My vision for next year is more people joining our Climate Action Team and to have another summit.”