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This year's UN NGO Conference on the Status of Women [2] forum is focusing on climate change. On March 14, 2023 from 5:30-7:30 PM EST, the Energy Justice Law and Policy Center [3] 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 [4], and Founder, Fighting Chance Books [5] (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 [6] Storytelling project with Climate Illustrated)
• Maya Penn (Maya's Ideas, film-maker/storyteller/educator)
• More speakers TBA

Register here [1].