Sarah White
Senior Communications Associate | Massachusetts | She/Her
Sarah is the Senior Communications Associate for CLF. She focuses on social media, blogging, and other outreach efforts. Before joining CLF, Sarah worked at The Immigrant Learning Center as a communications specialist, helping to spread positive, accurate messages about immigrants. Sarah has a bachelor’s degree in English from Wellesley College. In her free time, she likes to read, cook, and knit.
Recent Posts
Nov 13 2025
On a cold, drizzly morning, a crowd of people gathered in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. They stood before an old parking lot with cracking asphalt, framed by a chain link fence. But that’s not what they were seeing. Instead, they saw apartments, a market, a café. They saw Dexter Street Commons, a new housing and commercial…
Sep 30 2025
A bowling ball. A baby’s car seat. An eight-foot slab of foam. A cross-country ski. Balloons, zip ties, needles, food wrappers, cigarette butts, and plastic bottles. “You name it,” says Julie Silverman, CLF’s Lake Champlain Lakekeeper. From the bizarre to the mundane, Silverman’s fished it all out of the lake that she cares for. Silverman…
Jun 12 2025
Robin Hadlock Seeley has walked the rocky beaches of Maine’s Cobscook Bay for more than 40 years. As a biologist, she’s passionate about preserving the natural beauty and rich biodiversity of her home. That’s why she grew worried when she saw firsthand how industrial ocean fish farms were littering Maine’s beaches with plastic pipes and…
Jun 10 2025
Dr. Casey Thornbrugh is an environmental advocate with a doctorate in geography and a unique perspective as a citizen of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe. Thornbrugh co-founded Just Collective, a small consulting firm that supports ethical community engagement and climate resiliency for communities. Through his consulting firm, he has helped CLF better understand Indigenous perspectives on…
May 13 2025
Massachusetts has long faced an affordable housing crisis. There aren’t enough new housing developments. The ones that developers do build are often either of poor quality – for instance, lacking working heat or hot water – or aimed at attracting new, wealthy residents. Traditional measures of housing quality often don’t take into account the stories,…
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