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Feeling bruised, battered, or fatigued by this election season? Looking for a source of uplift down the home stretch to November 3rd?  Then, this webinar is for you. This will be a time to renew our energies and our focus as we approach an election day with so many profound implications for those who care […]

The year 2020 has brought sharp focus to our collective struggles: a global pandemic, environmental destruction, threats to democracy, reckonings with racial inequality. How is it possible to blossom, lotus-like, from the mud of suffering? The Dalai Lama offers us an incredible example of how to live with compassion, courage, and ethical conviction in the […]

You are invited to attend a special edition of the Knowledge & Nourishment webinar series with President Serene Jones on November 4, 11:00 am-11:50 am EST. This episode has been arranged to hold space for the community to process the election results, and to share directly from the administration where they see Union’s place in the world […]

The Center for Earth Ethics will participate in the Finance in Common Summit, November 11-12, 2020 hosted by the Paris Peace Forum.   Building Resilience for People and Planet   The Finance in Common Summit will stress the crucial role of Public Development Banks (PDBs) in reconciling short-term countercyclical responses with sustainable recovery measures that will […]

Union is pleased to announce the Inaugural James H. Cone Lecture. This annual lecture, in honor of Dr. Cone, the father of Black Liberation Theology, will continue forth his legacy of prophetic Black theological and religious thought that pricks the conscience of America. Join us online Wednesday, November 11 at 6:00 p.m. EST, as Dr. Anthony B. Pinn of […]

ZERO SUMMIT 2020, together with WELCOME TOMORROW 2020, promises content and solutions on how to invest in a transformative and global movement. Center for Earth Ethics Director, Karenna Gore will join a roster of speakers and panelists from business services, technology, agriculture and sustainability sectors to discuss how we can best move forward together towards […]

Saturday, November 14, 2020 4:00 pm - 4:45 pm RSVP Erin Brockovich (Superman's Not Coming: Our National Water Crisis and What We the People Can Do About It) and 2020 MacArthur Fellow Catherine Coleman Flowers (Waste: One Woman’s Fight Against America’s Dirty Secret) illuminate—in a conversation about sustainability and environmental justice—the failures and dangers of […]

The need for action does not stop with Election Day. Whether our nation rises to the occasion in the face of the climate crisis and environmental injustice depends significantly on how much organized pressure is brought to bear on members of congress. In congressional districts across the country, faith-rooted advocates have enormous potential to be […]

Society needs to change at a level far deeper than most people realize. Solar panels, electric cars, and carbon taxes get nowhere close to addressing the underlying causes of our complex social-environmental challenges. The interconnection of our world’s biggest problems requires a paradigm shift—a transformation of our social and economic organization that is guided by […]

Join Reckon South as they talk with 2020 MacArthur Genius Grant recipient Catherine Coleman Flowers about how activism starts in your own backyard. Reckon Women reporter Abbey Crain will talk with Flowers and take your questions. Register Here! Flowers received the Genius Grant for her work in founding the Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental […]

Navigating the Future, a How-To Hosted by the forward-looking initiative 2020Visions, The New City: Navigating the Future, December 3–5, will feature a wide range of noted speakers including Andrew Yang, Sir David Adjaye OBE, Matthew Ryder, and Karenna Gore. The virtual conference will explore how technical innovation and imagination can help us rethink urban spaces. Most events […]

Join us on December 8, 12:30-2 pm Eastern for the first of a series of important conversations with faith communities and the Biden-Harris Transition team. For this first roundtable, we’ll be talking about building bridges with multi-faith communities, climate change, police reform, anti-racism, poverty, immigration, and refugees. We’re excited to be joined by Josh Dickson (Biden-Harris Transition) […]