Roben White is a Lakota-Cheyenne organizer (enrolled Oglala, Pine Ridge), a member of the WSU Vancouver Native American Community Advisory Board (NACAB) and a long-time member of and organizer with WSU Vancouver’s Collective for Social and Environmental Justice (CSEJ). White is co-creator of CSEJ’s The Thin Green Line is People History Project. White is a long-time labor organizer, Native rights and environmental justice organizer and former President of International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT) Local 10 and has a background in business. White is a sculptor and painter, whose paintings have been exhibited internationally.