Friday, August 5th, 6:30 - 8:30 PM at the Old Schoolhouse Common, 122 School Street in Marshfield, VT

The unprecedented heatwaves across the US this summer confirm what climate scientists and activists have known for years: that the global climate crisis has arrived and is beginning to affect nearly everyone. We also know that people in less affluent parts of the world have been struggling with increasingly extreme weather for decades. The US has been the single largest source of climate-disrupting pollution, but Congress and the Biden administration have failed to take real action and their job has been further undermined by a Supreme Court decision constraining the EPA's regulatory role. A panel of experienced activists will help us understand the situation and discuss what we can do about it.

All are welcome!

Panelists:

Kali Akuno, Co-founder of Cooperation Jackson (Mississippi) and Racial & Environmental Justice Coordinator for the Institute for Social Ecology (ISE)

Grace Gershuny, Vermont Healthy Soils Coalition board member, author, and long-time ISE faculty member

Brian Tokar, Lecturer in Environment Studies at UVM, author, and long-time ISE board and faculty member

Mollie Wills, Grassroots Organizing Director at Rural Vermont, clinical & community herbalist, part of the Agroecology Team at the Center for Grassroots Organizing.

This event is sponsored by the Institute for Social Ecology and Cooperation Jackson. Masks are required. It is part of a week-long gathering where participants have agreed to test repeatedly against Covid-19.