A Climate Convergence! Uniting for Victory 2021

Join us for a high-level symposium to discuss federal legislative plans for 2021!

Register for the symposium

Dec. 9 & 10, 2020. Six Sessions & Climate Cabaret!

Congress is gearing up to take real action on Climate in 2021. And it is strategically vital that civil society be prepared to work together to secure meaningful legislative victories. There are thousands of climate groups and millions of activists waiting for coordinated leadership and direction. This symposium will delve into the 2021 Action Plans from leading coalitions and organizations to guide the way. Let’s unite the vast climate movement for real political power!

Event Schedule

Wed. Dec. 9

1. Noon – 2pm EST: Congress
2. 3 – 5pm EST: Major Environmental Organizations
3. 6 – 8pm EST: National Climate Coalitions

Thu. Dec. 10

1. Noon – 2pm EST: Policy Sector Coalitions
2. 3 – 5pm EST: Faith. Legal. Scientists. Health. Environmental Justice.
3. 6 – 8pm EST: Direct Action. Mass Mobilization. Youth. Grassroots.
4. CLOSING: Climate Cabaret, featuring NYC Artists, 8 – 9pm EST

Keynote Speakers

• Senator Jeff Merkley (OR)
• Congressman Andy Levin (MI)
• Rep. Rashida Tlaib (MI)

Session Panelists

Wed. Dec. 9

Noon – 2pm EST: Session 1: Open Plenary: Legislation & Congress

• Todd Fernandez, Executive & Legislative Director, Climate Crisis Policy
• Clyde Hall, Director, Naraya Cultural Preservation Council
• Adam Zipkin, Senior Advisor, Office of Senator Cory Booker
• Michelle Deatrick, Chair, DNC Council on the Environment & Climate Crisis
• Rania Batrice, Executive Director, March for Science
• Susan Hendershot, President, Interfaith Power & Light
• Demond Drummer, Co-founder and Executive Director, New Consensus

3 – 5pm EST: Session 2: Major Environmental Organizations

• Sascha von Bismarck, Executive Director, Environmental Investigation Agency
• Chad Frishmann, Vice-President & Director of Research, Project Drawdown
• Kieran Suckling, Executive Director, Center for Biological Diversity
• Emily Southard, US Campaign Manager, 350.org
• John Fernandez, Director, Environmental Solutions Initiative, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Ramon Cruz, President, Sierra Club
• Janet Redman, Climate Campaign Director, Greenpeace
• Felice Stadler, Vice President, Environmental Defense Fund

6 – 8pm EST: Session 3: Nationwide Coalitions

• Navina Khanna, Director, HEAL Food Alliance
• Niaz Dorry, Executive Director, National Family Farm Coalition
• Jacqui Patterson, Sr. Director, Environmental and Climate Justice Program, NAACP
• Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers
• Bob Perkowitz, Founder & President, EcoAmerica
• Jim Walsh, Senior Energy Policy Analyst, Food & Water Action
• Osprey Orielle Lake, Founder & Executive Director, Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) & Executive Committee, Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature

Thu. Dec. 10

Noon – 2pm EST: Session 4: Policy Sector Coalitions

• Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, Director, Kairos Center for Religions, Rights and Social Justice at Union Theological Seminary, & Co-Chair, Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival
• Mark Reynolds, Executive Director, Citizens Climate Lobby
• Ken Berlin, President and CEO, Climate Reality Project
• Cornelius Blanding, Executive Director, Federation of Southern Coops
• Peggy M. Shepard, Executive Director, WE ACT for Environmental Justice
• Lise Van Sustren, Steering Committee, Climate Psychiatry Alliance
• Jake Davis, Senior Policy Advisor, Family Farm Action Alliance

3 – 5pm EST: Session 5: Faith & Indigenous

• Nigel S. Savage, President & CEO, Hazon
• Rev. Michael Malcom, Founder and Executive Director, The People’s Justice Council
• The Rev. Fletcher Harper, Executive Director, GreenFaith
• Shantha Ready Alonso, Executive Director, Creation Justice Ministries
• Kyle Meyaard-Schaap, Young Evangelicals for Climate Action
• Roberto Mukaro Borrero, President, United Confederation of Taíno People (UCTP)
• Jose Aguto, Associate Director, Catholic Climate Covenant

6 – 8pm EST: Session 6: Direct Action & Grassroots

• Jonathan Walker, Rise & Resist
• Laurie Cotter, Rise & Resist
• Christina See, Extinction Rebellion
• Tia Nelson, Managing Director, Climate, Outrider
• Leslie Cagan, Coordinator, Peoples Climate Movement NYC
• Roger Hallam, Co-Founder, Extinction Rebellion UK

8 – 9pm EST: Closing: Climate Cabaret

• Barbara Brussell (Co-Host)
• Matt Berman (Co-Host)
• Mark Arthur Miller
• Marissa Mulder
• Karen Oberlin
• Christine Pedi
• Meg MacKay
• Billy Philadelphia
• Donna Elane Miller
• Jon-Mark Hurley
• Jon Weber

Co-Hosts

• Climate Crisis Policy
• Climate Reality NYC
• Drawdown NYC
• Organic Consumers Association
• Family Farm Action
• 350 Kishwaukee
• Hazon
• Tennessee Interfaith Power and Light
• Mighty Earth
• Climate Nashville
• Climate Chattanooga
• Climate Reality Project Peconic Region
• Climate Reality Project Suffolk County
• Students for Climate Action
• Climate Reality Project Capital Region
• Climate Reality Project Westchester
• Climate Reality Project Rockland
• Climate Reality Project Finger Lakes
• Climate Reality Project Chautauqua County
• Climate Reality Project Hudson Valley & Cattskills
• Protect All Children’s Environment
• Center for Biological Diversity
• Laurie M. Tisch Center for Food, Education & Policy
• 350 Central Massachusetts
• Pesticide Action Network
• 350 Chicago
• Earth Day Initiative
• Unitarian Universalists for a Just Economic Community
• Hugelrado Farms
• Climate Action Iowa
• Climate Reality Project: Greater NJ Gateway Chapter
• United Confederation of Taíno People
• The Sustainable Living Coalition
• Santa Cruz Climate Action Network
• Rise & Resist
• Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice
• Community for Earth Committee, First Unitarian Church of Portland, OR
• Metro NY Catholic Climate Movement
• Climate Reality Project Southwestern Oregon
• Global Catholic Climate Movement
• The Sustainable Living Coalition

All welcome! Email ClimateCrisisPolicy@gmail.com
Register now & let’s unite for victory!