Katie Eder

Katie Eder (born c. 1999) is an American climate and social justice organizer. Katie co-founded the Future Coalition in 2018, and served as the organization's Executive Director for the first four years of its operations. In that role, Katie coordinated the 2019 and 2020 US Climate Strike Coalition.

Katie Eder is currently finishing up her undergraduate degree in American Studies at Stanford University with a concentration in transforming the American Political System.

In December 2019, Eder was named one of Forbes 30 under 30 in Law and Policy.

Eder was born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Katie graduated from Shorewood High School in 2018 and started at Stanford University in the fall of 2020. She is the youngest of five children.

When she was 18 years old, Katie Eder co-founded Future Coalition, a network of youth-led organizations and youth activists across the United States. Future Coalition works collaboratively to provide young people with the resources, tools, and support they need to create change in their communities.

Katie led the building and implementation of Future Coalition. Most notably, Katie oversaw Future Coalition's role in coordinating the US Climate Strike Coalition, the group of over 200 organizations who planned the 2019 and 2020 Climate Strikes in the US, including the September 20, 2019 Climate Strike which turned out nearly one million people across the US and over seven million people worldwide.

Katie actively supported the US v. Juliana Case, the 19 young people who sued the US government for violating their rights by failing to act on Climate Change.

In 2021 and 2022, Katie supported the creation of the Youth Climate Finance Alliance, a now independent group, working to pressure finance institutions to stop funding and insuring fossil fuel operations.

Future Coalition has also mobilized young people to vote, contributing to the record breaking turnouts in 2018, 2020, and 2022.

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/teen-climate-activists-fighting-future-of-the-planet

Prudential Spirit of Community Award – National Honoree

Three Dot Dash – Global Social Entrepreneurship Incubator – Just Peace Summit

International Literacy Association – 30 under 30 Award

AFS-USA Project Change – Vision in Action Award