Peoples’ Climate Week
To present real solutions to the climate crisis that end resource extraction and the sacrifice of the planet and the peoples’ wellbeing, equity, and justice, we, the grassroots, present the Peoples’ Climate Week in so-called New York on Lenape land from September 17-22, 2023, in relationship with local NYC environmental justice and climate justice communities.
The Peoples’ Climate Week Agenda represents community-driven models and solutions to the climate crisis, highlights the negative impacts of fossil fuel industry prolongment with unproven technologies like direct air carbon capture and storage, demonstrates Black & Indigenous unity and power across the environmental justice movement, analyzes the impact of the Inflation Reduction Act on our communities and its potential to resource the grassroots, and builds power around a Just Transition to a regenerative economy.
On the 75th Anniversary of the UN Declaration of Human Rights and as we look ahead to continuing to strive for climate reparations at COP28, our agenda highlights the disconnect between the UN’s actions and their rhetoric.
Partners in the work include: Climate Justice Alliance, The Black Hive at M4BL, Indigenous Environmental Network, Grassroots Global Justice Alliance, Right to the City, Taproot Earth, Climate Critical, The Chisholm Legacy Project, The New School / Tishman Environment and Design Center, UPROSE, New York City Environmental Justice Alliance, Just Transition Alliance, DRUM (Desis Rising Up and Moving), and Pueblo Action Alliance.
Here is a non-comprehensive list representing the unified agenda of the People that will be updated periodically as new information emerges.
Friday, September 15
GATHERING BIPOC Climate Justice Dialogue III hosted by HBCU Green Fund, Donors of Color, Columbia University, and Columbia World Projects (including speakers from ICC, APEN, Hummingbird Farms, NDN Collective)
Open to all, Register here.
Sunday, September 17
WORKSHOP The Parable of the Movement – An Ode to Octavia Butler [TBA] A visioning and writing workshop and talk/poetry on building climate solutions – hosted by the Black Hive
Open to all
Monday, September 18
PEOPLE CLIMATE WEEK KICK-OFF & SOCIAL GATHERING Social hosted by It Takes Roots Sister Alliances: the Black Hive, the Climate Justice Alliance, Grassroots Global Justice Alliance, the Just Transition Alliance, and the Indigenous Environmental Alliance, and NY based DRUM (Desis Rising Up and Moving) at The New School.
Open to all, Register here for both in person & live stream attendance
Tuesday, September 19
PRESS Peoples’ Climate Week Press Conference
Open to Press Only
PRESS Press Conference & Panel to Launch the NYC Climate Justice Hub hosted by NYC-EJA and CUNY (featuring UPROSE, El Puente, GOLES, Brooklyn Movement Center, The Point, and Nos Quedemos)
Open to Press Only
PRESS Renewable Ravenswood Press Conference hosted by NYC-EJA and CUNY
Open to all, More information TBA (Eddie to send me link to register)
TEACH-IN & MOVEMENT ASSEMBLY Teach-In and Peoples’ Assembly hosted by It Takes Roots Sister Alliances: the Black Hive, the Climate Justice Alliance, Grassroots Global Justice Alliance, the Just Transition Alliance, and the Indigenous Environmental Alliance, and NY-based DRUM (Desis Rising Up and Moving).
Open to All, Register here for both in person & live stream attendance
ONLINE WEBINAR Report Launch on Mandatory Emissions Reductions: Centering Environmental Justice in Climate Policy hosted by the Tishman Environment and Design Center
Open to all, Register here.
Wednesday, September 20
GATHERING Climate Migration Exchange hosted by DRUM
Invite-Only Event for Climate Justice Leaders
PANEL How to Ensure Federal Funding Goes to Environmental Justice Solutions hosted by the Tishman Environment and Design Center
Open to all, Register here.
PANELS & RECEPTION Putting Frontline Communities First hosted by City & State New York, the New York City Environmental Justice Alliance, NAACP – New York City Housing Authority Branch, Rise Light & Power
Open to all, Register here.
PANEL Women-led Climate Solutions are Central to a Just Transition and a Thriving Future hosted by WECAN
Open to all, Register here.
WORKSHOP Climate Survival: Visioning the Next Era of Our Movement hosted by Start:Empowerment and Climate Mobilization Network at The New School
Open to all, Register here.
Thursday, September 21
LIVE STREAMED PANEL Advancing Justice: A Transformative Movement Approach to the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund Implementation hosted by the newly formed Regenerative Economies Network
Open to all online, Register here
LEADERSHIP GATHERING Noir Network Black Climate Leadership Summit hosted by Taproot Earth
Black identified invited folks only
GATHERING Noir Network Liberation Lounge hosted by Taproot Earth
Open to those invited to register
FORUM & GATHERING Is the COP Complicit in the Climate Crises?: Alternatives from the Frontline and Climate Justice Center Launch Climate Justice Party hosted by UPROSE
Open to all, Register here.
Friday, September 22
GATHERING Exploring Climate Burnout: Join a community conversation and celebration of Climate Critical’s 2nd birthday hosted by Climate Critical in partnership with The Black Hive at M4BL, Generation Green, and the Hive Fund for Climate and Gender Justice
Invite Only: Express Interest here
