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3:00pm CDT

What's at Stake: Organizing for Climate Armageddon

Saturday July 5, 2025 3:00pm - 4:30pm CDT

We are in the midst of a climate upheaval. The world is burning, and we must act. This panel will discuss what is at stake and how our side can respond to the crisis. The discussion will address Indigenous sovereignty, climate refugees, and public power and will explain why just ending fossil fuels alone is insufficient for a better world.

Speakers

Ashley Dawson

Ashley Dawson is Professor of English at the Graduate Center / City University of New York and the College of Staten Island. He is the author of several books on key topics in the environmental humanities, including People’s Power: Reclaiming the Energy Commons, Extreme Cities... Read More →

Joshua Frank

Joshua Frank is an award-winning California-based journalist and co-editor of the political magazine CounterPunch. He is the author of Atomic Days: The Untold Story of the Most Toxic Place in America.

Silky Shah

Silky Shah has been working as an organizer on issues related to racial and migrant justice for over two decades. Originally from Texas, she began fighting the expansion of immigrant jails on the US-Mexico border in the aftermath of 9/11. In 2009, she joined the staff of Detention... Read More →

Janene Yazzie

Janene Yazzie (She/Her), is an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation. She has over 12 years of experience as a community organizer and human rights advocate deeply rooted in local community issues. Beginning from her community Tsé si’ áni, in Diné Bikéyah, she has worked on the... Read More →

Sponsors

CounterPunch

Saturday July 5, 2025 3:00pm - 4:30pm CDT
TBA

Climate Justice, Intro