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New York’s transition to an emissions-free future isn’t just about transforming how we produce and deploy energy: it’s an all-hands-on-deck project that requires real commitment from industry, the workers who power it, and the communities it serves. How should industry deliver on the urgent task at hand in collaboration with labor, climate justice groups, and local governments to ensure an environmental justice victory that leaves nobody behind? And how can these groups leverage their distinct histories and infrastructure in partnership to achieve that sustainable future? Join us at the 2nd annual Climate Justice Forum to hear from stakeholders who are helping shape New York’s energy future.
Details
Nearby MTA Subway Stops:
7 E M G
Court Sq - 23rd St
2 minute walk to PS1
Attire:
Business Casual
Agenda
Times are subject to change.
Opening Keynote
Peggy Shepard
Co-Founder and Executive DirectorWE ACT for Environmental Justice
Panel 1
Place Matters: Mapping and Tech Tools for a Just Transition
Rebekah Morris-Gonzalez (Moderator)
Director of Climate InitiativesPratt Center for Community Development
Manuel Salgado
Federal Research ManagerWE ACT for Environmental Justice - Federal Policy
Jessica Dealy
Senior Advisor, Offshore WindNYSERDA
Elijah Hutchinson
Executive DirectorNew York City Mayor’s Office of Environmental Justice
Panel 2
New York's Working Waterfront & the Clean Energy Future
Randall Toure, Esq. (Moderator)
Chair of Environmental and Climate Justice,NAACP NYCHA Branch
Cortney Koenig Worrall
President and CEOWaterfront Alliance
Jessica Ramos
ChairState Senate Committee on Labor
James Shillitto
PresidentUtility Workers Union of America, Local 1-
Rob Freudenberg
Vice President, Energy & EnvironmentRPA
Nse Esema
Senior Vice President, Green EconomyNYCEDC
2nd Keynote Remarks
Basil Seggos
Partner & Senior Policy Director, Foley Hoag LLP& Former Commissioner, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Panel 3
Building Power: Climate Organizing in NYC
Theodore Moore (Moderator)
Executive DirectorALIGN NY
Pamela Stewart-Martinez
Director of Civic Engagement & OrganizingWE ACT for Environmental Justice
Costa Constantinides
Former New York City Council Member &CEO of Variety Boys & Girls Club of Queens
Demetrius Similien
Operations DirectorCommunity Capacity Development
Panel 4
Planning for Equity: Land Use & Climate Justice
Shiv Soin (Moderator)
Co-Executive Director of TREEage& Youth Lead at TED Countdown
Daphany Rose Sanchez
Executive DirectorKinetic Communities
Jaqi Cohen
Director of Climate & Equity PolicyTri-State Transportation Campaign
Lindsay Greene
President & CEOBrooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation
Arif Ullah
Executive DirectorSouth Bronx Unite