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Environmental Justice for All Act — Improving Lives of Marginalized Communities Facebook Live Online Tour - Next Stop: Tuesday, Sept. 15 from Los Angeles 1:00 - 2:30 pm ET Sponsored by Rep. Raul Grijlav (D-AZ) House Natural Resources Committee Chair Rep. Raul Grijalva is leading forums on Facebook Live to promote the "Environmental Justice for […]

Climate Activism Friday, September 18, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT 10:00 AM - The Green Vote Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr., President & Founder, Hip Hop Caucus Moderator: Jillian Goodman, Reporter, Bloomberg Green 10:25 AM - Winning the New Green Deal Varshini Prakash, Co-Founder & Executive Director, The Sunrise Movement Moderator: Akshat Rathi, Reporter, Bloomberg Green 10:50 AM […]

An online colloquium with ecologically-attentive theologians, ethicists, and community leaders from an array of Christian traditions. Organized with the Graymoor Ecumenical & Interreligious Institute Free and open to the public. Register now. The ecological crisis is, no less, an ecumenical crisis and an ecumenical opportunity. There can be no degradation nor restoration of the environment, on […]

McClendon Scholar-in-Residence Program “Where Faith, Intellect and Justice Meet” The McClendon Scholar Program brings scholars and thought leaders to Washington to share their learning, wisdom and insight about how the church can be more effective in its work for social justice. Established through the generosity of the late Rev. Dr. Jack E. McClendon, the program […]

On Sept. 20th, we are marching because we know that addressing the climate crisis effectively rests in our commitment to racial justice. This isn’t the first march calling for climate justice and racial justice, and it won’t be the last. The march will kick off and set a tone for Climate Week by prioritizing Black, […]

Join this 2nd interfaith-based consultation to address the climate emergency, confronting the impact of human activity on the planet with insight and hope. More than 45 global interfaith organizations gathered a year ago for our first interfaith-based consultation to address the climate emergency. In 2020, a coalition of planning partners is pleased to invite you […]

Please join President Serene Jones on Thursday, September 24th at noon for the next edition of our Knowledge & Nourishment webinar series. President Jones will be in conversation with The Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis to discuss the journey of the Poverty Initiative to the Kairos Center. Theoharis is an American theologian who is the co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call […]

Center for Earth Ethics Director, Karenna Gore will participate in the 2020 FAITH FOR NATURE: MULTI-FAITH ACTION Inspired to take collective action to protect our shared planet   Faith for Nature: Multi-Faith Action is a global event designed to lay the foundation for inter-faith collaboration for sustainable and regenerative development to achieve the SDGs. The concept […]

October 8, 2020: 9:00AM to 3:30PM Online - Zoom Register The climate crisis poses an existential threat to New York City, and indeed to our entire world. Global warming, sea-level rise, devastating storms, and the many other effects of carbon pollution are an imminent threat to public health, food and water security, and the sustainable […]

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 […]