The Bishop of California and long-time climate activist Marc Handley Andrus will speak on the “We Are Still In” movement and climate action as prayer at Grace Cathedral's "Forum."
About Marc Andrus
The Rt. Rev. Marc Handley Andrus is the eighth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of California. Prior to his election in 2006, he served a Bishop Suffragan in the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama. Andrus is from Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and has a Bachelor’s degree in Plant Science and a Master of Divinity degree from the Virginia Theological Seminary. His leadership has focused on key issued related to peace and justice, including immigration reform, civil rights for LBGTQ+ persons, health care and climate change. His advocacy work has taken him to the Paris UN Climate Conference in 2015 (COP21), the 2016 conference in Marrakesh (COP22), as well as the Dakota Access Pipeline demonstration at Standing Rock, North Dakota.