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Amy Brooks Paradise

Amy Brooks Paradise

Amy Brooks Paradise is a Unitarian Universalist minister and GreenFaith organizer who serves on the board of Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry of North Carolina and as board president of the Mecklenburg Metropolitan Interfaith Network.

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GreenFaith organizers Chelsea MacMillan, left, and Amy Brooks Paradise hold up a banner that reads, "Vanguard Stop Funding Fossil Fuels!" during an Oct. 23 investment industry conference at the Omni La Costa Resort in Carlsbad, California. (Courtesy of GreenFaith)

Why 2 ministers stood up to disrupt an investment industry conference

On Oct. 23, we said a silent prayer and then interrupted a speaker at a conference of investment industry leaders. We stood on our chairs and unfurled a banner that demanded Vanguard stop funding fossil fuels.

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