Speaker
Robert Valencia
Public Affairs and Communications Strategist for Latino Engagement and Outreach, Earthjustice
He currently serves as Public Affairs and Communications Strategist for Latino Outreach at Earthjustice, one of the nation’s most prominent environmental law organizations. In that role, he co-led the communications strategy for the lobbying and litigation campaign that secured more than $1 billion in federal rooftop solar investment for low- and moderate-income households in Puerto Rico — among the largest federal environmental-equity investments for U.S. Latino communities — plus an additional $156 million through the Department of Energy’s Inflation Reduction Act. As part of the integrated communications and litigation team that secured the temporary shutdown of the “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades in August 2025, he led the media strategy that brought renowned journalist Jorge Ramos on-site to interview Earthjustice clients and attorneys.
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