Climate justice:
What it means for our future response to climate change
Friday, October 8
5:00–6:30 p.m.
2104 Stevens Avenue South, Minneapolis
RSVP online
As national and international policy debates on climate change flounder, how can a new wave of proposals integrate a climate justice frame? Join a cross section of academics, policy experts and grassroots activists—each a member of the National Environmental Justice Leadership Forum on Climate Change—to discuss what policies and practices are being promoted. Domestic communities of color, who have been battling the fossil fuel industry for generations, are responding to and challenging established carbon trading programs, the siting of conventional and new "clean" coal plants in their communities, and the resurgence of nuclear energy as a response to climate change. Join us for an engaging discussion on how you can be part of the effort to create a sustainable and just future for all communities.
Please RSVP online or call Erin Mckee Van Slooten at (612)870-3402.
Speakers:
Speakers:
- Shalini Gupta IATP's Center for Earth, Energy and Democracy (CEED), Minnesota
- Bill Gallegos Communities for a Better Environment (CBE), California
- Dr. Nicky Sheats Center for Urban Environment (CUE), Thomas Edison State College, New Jersey
- Kimberly Wasserman Nieto Little Village Environmental Justice Organization (LVEJO), Illinois
- Dr. Cecilia Martinez IATP's CEED and the University of Delaware, Center for Energy and Environmental Policy (CEEP), Delaware
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If you're able to make it, tell your friends on the event's Facebook page and be sure to pick up some of Oxfam America's literature on climate justice at the program.
