MEET MAGGIE
Maggie Thomas is a climate policy leader and political strategist who contributed to the climate plans heralded as the “gold standard” of climate policy for the 2020 presidential primary cycle. Maggie cares deeply about democracy, representation, and intentional, thoughtful policy to enact positive change.
2013-2015: Yale Forestry & Environmental Studies
Maggie completed a Masters of Environmental Management focused on federal environmental policy.
2015-2018: NextGen America
Maggie worked to increase youth voter turnout at college campuses around the country and advocated for comprehensive climate policy at the state and federal level.
2019: Inslee for America / Warren for President
Maggie served as Climate Policy Advisor to Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Deputy Climate Director to Gov. Jay Inslee to help craft the boldest presidential climate plans in American history.
2020: Running for the Yale Corporation
GET TO KNOW MAGGIE
Yale Graduate Student Union
I stand behind Local 33 as student workers work towards securing a fair and equitable contract. I urge Yale administrators to recognize its graduate students, research assistants, and teaching assistants as employees, and to recognize Local 33 as the representative body of those employees.
Yale’s Holdings of Puerto Rican Debt
Yale University should not derive profit from predatory loans collected at the expense of the financial security of the Government of Puerto Rico or the health of the Puerto Rican people. Puerto Rico’s unincorporated status as a colonial territory of the United States has left it unable to legally default on its loans, a privilege otherwise extended to all U.S. States, and has resulted in a lack of access to much of the same financial assistance afforded to Americans living in the States.
Yale's Relationship with New Haven
New Haven residents and workers provide the essential services that keep Yale’s lights on, streets swept, and students fed. Yale’s success as an institution is the result of the hard work not only of its faculty and students, but also of its support staff and the City of New Haven.
Police Brutality, the Yale Police Department, and Racial Justice
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Yale Graduate Student Union
I stand behind Local 33 as student workers work towards securing a fair and equitable contract. I urge Yale administrators to recognize its graduate students, research assistants, and teaching assistants as employees, and to recognize Local 33 as the representative body of those employees.
Yale’s Holdings of Puerto Rican Debt
Yale University should not derive profit from predatory loans collected at the expense of the financial security of the Government of Puerto Rico or the health of the Puerto Rican people. Puerto Rico’s unincorporated status as a colonial territory of the United States has left it unable to legally default on its loans, a privilege otherwise extended to all U.S. States, and has resulted in a lack of access to much of the same financial assistance afforded to Americans living in the States.
Yale's Relationship with New Haven
New Haven residents and workers provide the essential services that keep Yale’s lights on, streets swept, and students fed. Yale’s success as an institution is the result of the hard work not only of its faculty and students, but also of its support staff and the City of New Haven.
Police Brutality, the Yale Police Department, and Racial Justice