Weaving Our Stories: Women and Girls in Climate Communications

Event Date: 
March 14, 2023
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This year's UN NGO Conference on the Status of Women forum is focusing on climate change. On March 14, 2023 from 5:30-7:30 PM EST, the Energy Justice Law and Policy Center will be hosting a virtual side event titled "Weaving Our Stories: Women and Girls in Climate Communications." It will feature the storytelling work and art of Black women/girls in climate.

Speakers:

  • Aya De León (Director, Poetry for the People, UC Berkeley, and Founder, Fighting Chance Books (climate storytelling publishing house)
  • Wawa Gatheru (Black Girl Environmentalist)
  • Arielle King (environmental justice attorney, TikTok creator)
  • Shelot Masithi (She4Earth, South African organization featuring the UBUNTU Climate Storytelling project with Climate Illustrated)
  • Maya Penn (Maya's Ideas, film-maker/storyteller/educator)
  • More speakers TBA

Register here.

 

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