Mass Meeting: White People’s Work After the Election

Virtual

No matter what happens on Nov 5, there will be important work for all of us to do in the days following. Save the date and join SURJ, the largest organization in the US that explicitly organizes white people for racial, economic and gender justice, for immediate calls to action to ensure every vote is counted and certified.

Navigating Disability Justice: Addressing Long Covid & Health Inequities

Virtual

This webinar will reflect on the intersections of disability justice, offer community navigational knowledge, and help us think of the ways in which we can build a more equitable future within the contexts of health decline and pandemics. Disability is something we will all navigate, either through natural health decline or possibly from being repeatedly infected by Covid-19; one infection can change our lives forever. Join us for a candid discussion amongst fellow disabled comrades, long covid survivors, disability justice advocates and covid safety organizers/specialists.

Post-Election Gathering for Song & Solidarity

Virtual

At the end of this intense election week with so much in flux, all are welcome to join Dayenu: A Jewish Call to Climate Action and musicians Aly Halpert, Batya Levine, and Rabbi Dr. Koach Baruch Frazier. Join us to reflect, rest, reorient, and ground in Jewish song and wisdom as we enter this Shabbat.

OVW Tribal Consultation on Violence Against Women Webinar

Virtual

Please join the Alaska Native Women's Resource Center (AKNWRC), NIWRC, and NCAI as we discuss the upcoming 19th Annual OVW Tribal Consultation and summarize key national concerns and emerging issues for Tribal leaders and representatives to consider in advance of Tribal consultation.

CERI Climate Cafe

Virtual

Climate Cafes are physical or virtual spaces for community members to share experiences and feelings related to this polycrisis. We may be meeting on campus, in an actual cafe, a park, a conference room, a workspace, or really any gathering space that people choose to come together.

The Psychology of Stuff

Virtual

This year, instead of brawling over a flatscreen, join Eco-Cycle for a brand-new webinar all about conscious consumerism! We are lucky to be joined by guest speaker (and Eco-Leader) Dr. Kelly Kandra Hughes for this webinar, who holds a Ph.D. in psychology and is an expert in minimalist living and anti-consumerism. In this webinar, we seek to answer the question: Why do we have so much waste and what can we do about it?

Rethinking Thanksgiving Webinar

Virtual

An annual Thanksgiving offering with SURJ and our partners to root deeper into a commitment to dismantling colonial myths, uplifting Indigenous rights, and honoring mother earth.

Is the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) a Tool or an Impediment? with Jeff Ackerman, Former Chair, CO PUC

Virtual

Should a utility be required to provide a basic amount of electricity to low-income customers at cost?
Is the high level of financial return allowed to an investor-owned utility justified by its low level of business risk?
How might consumers and the environment benefit from an update and clarification from the legislature of the definition of "public interest" that guides the PUC?
How much influence do ordinary non-expert citizens have at the PUC?  What is helpful for the commissioners to hear? How should one prepare?