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    Local Environmental Action 2018, Saturday, March 3, Boston

  • 3 March 2018
  • Start time : 09:00 AM
  • End time : 05:30 PM
  • Event Location : Northeastern University Curry Student Center, Boston, MA, United States
Event Description

Join community leaders, environmental justice advocates and activists from across the region to build skills, discuss new ideas, and be inspired for the work ahead.

Want one-on-one advice from an expert to build a new skill or answer pressing questions? Register for the conference and sign up for a 20 minute Expert Clinic on fundraising, campaign planning, social media strategy and more!

  • Agenda
    • 16 workshops on important topics in the environmental movement today:

      Morning Sessions:
      -Justice for Puerto Rico: Environmental Racism, Just Transition and the Vision for a Just Recovery
      -The Herstory of Reproductive Justice: Expanding our Social Justice Calling
      -Making Conversations Count: How to connect more people to your cause through Strategic Framing
      -1 Year into the Trump Administration
      -Fix the Grid
      -Activism is a Team Sport!: How Demystifying Group Dynamics Can Help You Win
      -False Solutions
      -Net Positive Communities
      -Don't Forget the Good News: Hearing about International Climate Action
      -Beyond Standing Rock: Indigenous Sovereignty and Allyship in the Northeast ​

      Afternoon Workshops:
      -Justice for Puerto Rico: Environmental Racism, Just Transition and the Vision for a Just Recovery
      -The Herstory of Reproductive Justice: Expanding our Social Justice Calling
      -Making Conversations Count: How to connect more people to your cause through Strategic Framing
      -1 Year into the Trump Administration
      -#DeeperThanWater: Confronting Systemic Racism and Mass Incarceration through the Lens of Water Justice
      -Changing the Food System to make our Communities Better
      -Building Alliances Across Race and Class Within the Climate Justice Movement
      -Cutting Climate Pollution where it Counts

      Lunch Discussions
      -"PFAS'ed Off and Moving Forward": A Gathering for PFAS-Affected Communities
      -Calling all Boston residents: Join our fight for a just, green economy and a zero waste city
      -Woburn and "A Civil Action" 30-years later: An Environmental Lawyer Meet-up
      -Come and meet fellow Massachusetts climate fighters, and the MCAN Board

      Expert Clinics:
      -One to One Meetings to Build the Movement
      -How to Throw a Successful House Party
      -Improving Your Social Media
      -Setting up Successful Campaigns and Strategies to Win
      -Grassroots Fundraising
      -Grassroots Lobbying and Pushing your Political Impact
  • Logistics / Parking
    • This is a fragrance free event.
      ​Thanks for bringing your own water bottle and coffee mug.
  • Cost
    • $25 - $55
  • Event type
    • Conference

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