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Together We Rise - The Power of Female Leadership to Help Solve the Climate Crisis

Sep20
  • Date: September 20, 2021
    Time: 6:00pm - 7:00pm
    Location: Online

All of us alive today will determine the future of life on this planet. What we do or fail to do will affect generations to come. Will we have been Good Ancestors?

This is the moment to embrace collaboration, compassion and community - the inherent qualities of female leadership which have been missing at decision-making tables worldwide. All can embody these qualities to create the changes needed, with the urgency the crisis demands.

Please join our three globally recognized youth activist leaders: co-hosts, Xiye Bastida, Jerome Foster II, Alexandria Villaseñor and other extraordinary presenters and performers for an intergenerational and illuminating evening.

Inspired by the recent collection of essays in All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions to the Climate Crisis, the event will celebrate and amplify the unique voices and approaches of women leading the climate movement and men who recognize and manifest that powerful and practical difference.

Speakers include:

  • Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland
  • Bill McKibben, Founder, 350.org
  • May Boeve, Executive Director, 350.org
  • Al Gore, former Vice President of the United States; Founder, Climate Reality Project
  • Katharine Wilkinson, All We Can Save Project
  • Deepak Chopra, founder, The Chopra Foundation
  • Lynne Twist, Co-Founder, Pachamama Alliance
  • Jamie Alexander, Director, Drawdown Labs, Project Drawdown
  • Sherri Mitchell, Indigenous Rights Attorney
  • Sally Ranney, Co-Founder, Global Choices and Arctic Angels
  • Emily Atkin, Climate Journalist, HEATED
  • Avery Schlicher, Director, Sustainability Solutions, Salesforce
  • Jacqui Patterson, former Director, NAACP Environment and Climate Justice, Founder, Chisholm Legacy Project
  • Natalie Isaacs, Founder, 1 Million Women
  • Dianna Cohen, Co-Founder, Plastic Pollution Coalition
  • Rabbi Jennie Rosenn, Founder, Dayenu
  • Harriet Shugarman, Executive Director, Climate Mama
  • Karen Washington, Founder, Rise & Root Farm
  • Michelle Wyman, Executive Director, Global Council for Science & Environment
  • Apricot Tang, Management Consulting Manager, Accenture

Hear from these men and women global climate leaders: activists, journalists, scientists, indigenous leaders, business champions, farmers and innovators. They will share what they are doing, what you can do and how leadership that embraces these feminine qualities holds a powerful key to solve the climate crisis.

The science is clear; we must rapidly and radically take action to save the planet for future generations. We have the solutions. Discover, re-ignite and add your passion to solving the climate crisis.

The only way we rise is together. Get tickets