March 1st – Part 1 – Bringing People Together: Eventbrite and Facebook
The first webcast in the series encompasses how to talk about the climate and facilitate climate conversations, including how to engage emotions. We’ll explore the importance of these conversations right now, the urgent need for climate justice and a just and green recovery. Stay tuned for more details!
Conversational Context: A discussion about Climate Justice, Health and the Climate and of a Just, Green Recovery.
Conversation Facilitation: How to facilitate conversations, including making space for emotions.
Sophie Krouse (she/her) - Fridays for Future -
https://www.fridaysforfutureto.org
Sophie Krouse is a 17 year old youth climate activist with Fridays for Future Toronto. She does research projects, and writes for social media, newsletter, and informative content. She also frequently takes part in online actions. Since early childhood, Sophie has been passionate about protecting biodiversity and bringing awareness to social inequities that discriminate against marginalized communities. She hopes to dedicate her life to Environmental justice.
Sigfried Hemming (he/they) - Fridays for Future
https://www.fridaysforfutureto.org
Fridays for Future Toronto is the local chapter of the Fridays for Future global climate strike movement. We are a youth-led, grassroots organization with the primary mission of mobilizing to demand climate justice through the organization of school strikes, rallies, and marches. Fridays for Future Toronto recognizes that the climate crisis is not only an environmental crisis but a social justice crisis too. We have adopted a number of intersectional demands that aim to create a space for youth to advocate for a better world that uplifts marginalized voices, follows the principles of climate justice and empowers youth to demand a future that is sustainable and just for all!
Steve Shallhorn - Executive Director at Labour Education Centre, https://www.laboureducation.org
The Labour Education Centre provides Literacy and Basic Skills provider and an Employment Service, these programs are funded by the Ontario provincial government. LEC also has a pre-apprentice program for the construction industry called I'm Eglinton. LEC also provides fee for service skills training for union members.
LEC was founded in 1987 and is a project of the Toronto and York District Labour Council.
https://www.laboureducation.org/working_green
Sarah Kamau - Africa Climate Action Initiative
http://www.capnetwork.ca/african-projects/acai/
Sarah Kamau is a change agent and social entrepreneur. She is passionate about championing for the rights of the less privileged through advocacy and community development. While living in Kenya, she graduated with a Bachelors of Education (Arts) from the University of Nairobi and worked in various national and international organizations in refugee camps and in the humanitarian field. Through these experiences, Sarah has witnessed firsthand loss of lives and livelihoods, and forced migration due to climate change. Currently, Sarah is working as co-founder and co-coordinator of the Africa Climate Action Initiative (ACAI), a CAP Network initiative to coordinate and build the capacity of African communities and partners to adapt to and mitigate climate change.
Africa Climate Action Initiative
The Africa Climate Action Initiative (ACAI) works alongside African communities on the front lines of climate change to adapt, mitigate and build resilience. Our mission is to enhance the climate mitigation and adaptation response of African nations and their communities, while building solidarity between Canadian and African communities tackling climate change.
Dr. Antonia Sappong - MD, CCFP, B.Sc. Co-Founder PlasticFree Toronto
General Practitioner, Inner City Health Associates - Seaton House men's shelter
https://www.plasticfreetoronto.ca/toni-s-bio
Dr. Sappong currently works as a Family Doctor with the homeless population in Toronto. She understands the connection between individual health and environmental health, and is a passionate advocate for access to healthy environments and social justice. As Co-Founder of PlasticFree Toronto, she works to educate and inspire her community to pursue low waste and sustainable lifestyles, while also taking action on issues of environmental pollution, climate change, poverty, and institutionalized racism. PlasticFree Toronto regularly hosts community workshops, political activism seminars, movie-nights, and beach clean-ups.