Perspectives on Climate Justice: From D.C. to Durban

Friday September 23, 2011

5-7 pm

Busboys and Poets 1390 V St. NW

Event Sponsored by:ActionAid USA, Environmental Justice and Climate Change Initiative, Institute for Policy Studies, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, NAACP, Friends of the Earth, Sierra Club, Oxfam America, and Pan Africa Climate Justice Alliance.

Please RSVP to janet@ips-dc.org or by calling 202-787-5215 (RSVP not mandatory)

This winter leaders from around the world will meet in Durban, South Africa for the United Nations Climate Change Negotiations Conference of the Parties 17 (COP17)

This Friday September 23, 2011: Please join delegates of the Pan African Climate Justice Alliance and local Environmental Justice leaders for a dynamic panel discussion on race, Climate Change and the impact of the UN negotiations on the African Diaspora.

Panelists: Mithika Mwenda - Coordinator, Pan Africa Climate Justice Alliance, Kenya

Michele Maynard - Pan Africa Climate Justice Alliance, South Africa

Rev. Dr. Tolbert Jallah, Jr. - Secretary General, Fellowship of Christian Councils & Churches in West Africa, Togo

Chris Bradshaw - Executive Director, Dreaming Out Loud, Washington, DC

ModeratorLeslie Fields-Director, National Environmental Justice and Community Partnership Program of the Sierra Club and member of the Joint Center's Commission to Engage African Americans on Climate Change