Climate Justice Activists / Student Organizers NEEDED!

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We are looking to put together an all-day climate justice conference, featuring guest speakers, student panelists, and breakout sessions. We began this conference with the intention of bringing together students, activists, artists, and community members who are concerned about the climate crisis into the same space to share ideas, connect, and organize. Our intention is to have the conference centered around the experience of students.

How do students feel about the climate justice movement?
What can we learn from what we saw in the past year?
What can we do moving forward as a united front of organized activists?
We want to hear from students and have this day be a learning opportunity as well as an organizing/networking opportunity for like-minded activists to connect and establish avenues for further collaboration. There are a number of ways that students and the community can get involved. We're looking for students who are interested in speaking on a panel and leading a workshop or breakout session. We are also seeking students with skill sets in a variety of areas. We're looking to fill roles in outreach, marketing, program planning/logistical support, as well as on the day of the conference itself. We don't want to limit student involvement to only be for speaking roles - we want interested students to be an active part of shaping this conference!

Through this opportunity, students would gain experience in public speaking, political grassroots organizing, marketing/outreach, as well as the non-profit world in general!


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The Mt. Diablo Peace & Justice Center is a non-profit organization that has served the local community since 1969. We hold monthly speaker forums, organize politically around social justice issues, and advocate for marginalized communities in our area.

For the past 7 years, the Peace Center has organized a Social Justice/Education conference that has revolved around critical pedagogy, unlearning prejudice/bias, and creating equity in our classrooms. This is the first year we've done a conference solely focused on climate justice, but due to our ongoing global crisis, in addition to the momentum students have built around this movement, we felt it was natural to move in this direction for 2020.