Andrew Nazdin

Organizing & Campaigns Team

Title

Director of Youth Programming

Bio

"Andrew's first major organizing endeavor was comprised of organizing 12,000 college students across the state of Maryland to win a nation-leading sustainability plan for the University System of Maryland. In addition to his work with the Maryland Student Climate Coalition, Andrew has worked to fight the climate crisis with organizations like the Sierra Student Coalition, Greenpeace, and 350.org.

At NOI, Andrew is working to identify, train, and activate the nation’s savviest young organizers to either work on the country’s most urgent campaigns, or step up as leaders themselves and run their own campaigns. Off the clock, Andrew can be found riding bikes and reading books in various places around Washington, DC."

** Profile image via Josh Lopez

Organizing Superpower

Ability to see and communicate with the dead for purposes of strategizing.

Campaign that changed your life

Make Carbon Neutrality a Maryland Reality

Organizing/Political Hero

Lois Gibbs

How you stay sane outside work

Haruki Murakami and his contemporaries