Ashel Eldridge, an Oakland-based artist-activist, works as an educator with the Alliance for Climate Education, and is the co-founder of the Oakland Resilience Alliance and CommuniTree. He is currently a music and meditation facilitator with Art in Action Youth, where he works to empower low income youth from urban communities.  He has worked with Green For All on contract to engage and mobilize youth of color in the green jobs movement. He has also served as the cultural coordinator for recent street actions calling attention to pollution caused by the Richmond, CA based Chevron Refinery. Ashel (aka Seasunz) performs spoken word, rap, and sings nationally with conscious Hip Hop, Dub, Reggae and Electronica bands. His song, “Sunshine,” was used as theme music for the first video produced by Van Jones addressing eco-equity in the green economy. Ashel is currently producing his second album, Earth Amplified.