Love at the Crossroads: Climate and Social Justice

The Faith Action Climate Team invites you to join us at our annual conference. Our theme this year is Love at the Crossroads: Climate and Social Justice. We will be looking at and delving into the complexities at the crossroads where climate intersects with the other vital social justice issues which we all care deeply about. As always we want to figure out possible solutions. We want to do this in partnership (rather than in silos) with the wonderful activists and non-profits who work with dedication on these issues. Using an interfaith panel and an inspiring keynote speaker, we will look at faith’s primary call to love and what it means to approach these issues from faith and in a spirit of love. Are you in?

The Conference will be Saturday, October 28th from 9am (8:30 registration) to 5pm at Mt Zion Baptist Church, 1634 19th Ave., Seattle. We are honored that our keynote speaker will be Deborah Parker, former Vice Chair of the Tulalip tribe. She also is on the Board of Our Revolution (Post Bernie Sanders campaign). She served from 2005-2012 as a Policy Analyst in the office of Governmental Affairs for the Tulalip Tribe. She also spoke at a huge, Native women led NO DAPL demonstration in DC and is passionate about climate issues.

Here is an example of the 21 workshop topics and their intersection with climate: Agriculture, Trees, Immigration, Transportation, Health Care, Racial Justice, Built Environment, Affordable Housing, Power Generation, Species Preservation, War, Economic Justice, Civil Liberties, 28th Amendment, Labor, Native American Rights, Reproductive Health, Mental Health Issues, Ocean Acidification, Puget Sound, and how to talk to friends about all these issues! (You get to pick three workshops!)

Save the date now and look for more information coming to you soon about registration, including our specific workshop leaders and speakers. We aim to keep the conference fee low with a sliding scale. A wonderful vegan, organic lunch will be provided as well as morning beverages.

To help us keep the conference affordable for all who wish to come, you can donate here: https://www.faithify.org/projects/october-2017-faith-and-climate-conference/ Thank you!