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At this moment, the cheapest way to create electricity is by pointing a solar panel at the sun. That's good news for the climate. It's also good news for communities who want to take control of their own electricity generation. In the heart of Brooklyn, UPROSE is helping to build a solar project that will be owned by the community, provide jobs, and help residents bring down their energy costs. In Puerto Rico, where hurricanes have devastated the power grid, community members are building solar microgrids to provide reliable electricity as the utility has proven they cannot. Meanwhile in conservative rural Virginia, Energy Right is helping farmers and rural communities adopt solar projects, touting a free market message about energy independence and security.  Guests:  Elizabeth Yeampierre, Attorney; Executive Director, UPROSE  Skyler Zunk, CEO and Founder, Energy Right Arturo Massol-Deyá, Executive Director, Casa Pueblo de Adjuntas We're excited to share two upcoming opportunities to see Climate One Live! On February 25, internationally recognized environmental and civil rights activist Catherine Coleman Flowers will join Climate One for a live conversation about the future of environmental justice. And on March 24, Google's Chief Sustainability Officer Kate Brandt and Irina Raicu, Director of the Internet Ethics Program at the Markkula Center, will speak with Climate One about the development of sustainably powered artificial intelligence. Tickets to both shows are on sale through our website. Support Climate One by going ad-free! By subscribing to Climate One on Patreon, you'll receive exclusive access to all future episodes free of ads, opportunities to connect with fellow Climate One listeners, and access to the Climate One Discord. Sign up today for just $5/month. For show notes and related links, visit our website. Ad sales by Multitude. Contact them for ad inquiries at multitude.productions/ads Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

At this moment, the cheapest way to create electricity is by pointing a solar panel at the sun. That's good news for the climate. It's also good news for communities who want to take control of their own electricity generation. In the heart of Brooklyn, UPROSE is helping to build a solar project that will be owned by the community, provide jobs, and help residents bring down their energy costs. In Puerto Rico, where hurricanes have devastated the power grid, community members are building solar microgrids to provide reliable electricity as the utility has proven they cannot. Meanwhile in conservative rural Virginia, Energy Right is helping farmers and rural communities adopt solar projects, touting a free market message about energy independence and security.  Guests:  Elizabeth Yeampierre, Attorney; Executive Director, UPROSE  Skyler Zunk, CEO and Founder, Energy Right  Arturo Massol-Deyá, Executive Director, Casa Pueblo de Adjuntas We're excited to share two upcoming opportunities to see Climate One Live! On February 25, internationally recognized environmental and civil rights activist Catherine Coleman Flowers will join Climate One for a live conversation about the future of environmental justice. And on March 24, Google's Chief Sustainability Officer Kate Brandt and Irina Raicu, Director of the Internet Ethics Program at the Markkula Center, will speak with Climate One about the development of sustainably powered artificial intelligence. Tickets to both shows are on sale through our website. Support Climate One by going ad-free! By subscribing to Climate One on Patreon, you'll receive exclusive access to all future episodes free of ads, opportunities to connect with fellow Climate One listeners, and access to the Climate One Discord. Sign up today for just $5/month. For show notes and related links, visit our website. Ad sales by Multitude. Contact them for ad inquiries at multitude.productions/ads Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

ITT co-hosts Maria Hinojosa and Dr. Christina Greer are joined by the renowned environmental justice lawyer and executive director of UPROSE, Elizabeth Yeampierre. They dig into the future of the environmental justice movement, Trump's cabinet picks and the global implications of a deregulated fossil fuel industry.Follow us on TikTok and Instagram.  Subscribe to our newsletter by going to the top of our homepage. 

On Wednesday March 20, more than 500 climate activists rallied in Albany in support for NY Renews Climate, Jobs & Justice Package that they want included in New York State's 2024 budget, which is due by April 1. We hear from Theodore Moore, the Executive Director of ALIGN; Dawn Wells-Clyburn of PUSH Buffalo; Rami Dinnawi, the Environmental Justice Coordinator of El Puente; and Sebastian David Baez, Just Transition Coordinator of UPROSE. With Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Magazine.

At this week's Round Table, Emmanuel, Hannah, and Heba spoke with Esmeralda Simmons, Fellow in the Advanced Leadership Institute at Harvard University and Founder of the Center for Law and Social Justice at Medgar Evers College, a community-based racial justice advocacy center that focuses on legal work and research on civil rights and domestic human rights violations. Ms Simmons is an accomplished lawyer and public servant who has spent decades fighting for human and civil rights on the federal, state, and municipal levels. Recently retired, she advocated for equity in public education, voting, policing and the child welfare system as the Center's executive director for 34 years. Through the Center, Simmons provided community organizations with legal counsel and research assistance. In this episode, we explored the work she did PRIOR to founding and directing the Center for Law and Social Justice: Ms. Simmons served as First Deputy Commissioner at the New York State Division of Human Rights, where she developed and led the implementation of policy in support of New Yorkers' human and civil rights, and as an Assistant Attorney General for the State of New York. In addition, she has served on several major public boards in New York City government, including the NYC Board of Education and the NYC Districting Commission. Outside of this work, Ms. Simmons also volunteers her skills and currently serves on the board of directors of UPROSE, a climate justice organization; the Council of Elders for African Cultural Heritage; and Little Sun People, an African-centered early childhood education center. In the recent past, served on the Boards of several national organizations: the Applied Research Center (now “Race Forward”); Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center; the Child Welfare Fund; and, the Poverty and Race Research Action Council (PRRAC).  Ms. Simmons has also served as counsel or co-counsel on numerous major federal Voting Rights Act cases and election law cases and has secured victories before the United States Supreme Court. She is a member of the Metropolitan Black Bar and American Bar Associations, Ile Ase, Inc., and the New York Voting Rights Consortium. Esmeralda Simmons is certainly an irreplaceable member of many communities including, now, of ours. Thank you for listening! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nextgenpolitics/message

* Opponents Gear up to Fight GOP's Latest Plan to Cut Social Security & Medicare; Alex Lawson, Executive Director of Social Security Works; Producer: Scott Harris. * As Climate Crisis Worsens, Environmental Regulations Sacrificed to Reach Debt Ceiling Deal; Elizabeth Yeampierre, Exec Dir of Uprose, & Board co-chair of the Climate Justice Alliance; Producer: Melinda Tuhus. * Ensuring Juneteenth Federal Holiday Remains Radical and Relevant to Today's Civil Rights Struggle; Robert Greene II, Asst Prof of History at Claflin University and Senior Editor, Black Perspectives; Producer: Scott Harris.

How Indigenous Water Protectors Paved Way for Future Activism March 10, 2017, file photo, America Indians and their supporters protest outside of the White House in Washington, to rally against the construction of the disputed Dakota Access oil pipeline. (Jose Luis Magana, File/AP Photo) Original Air Date: 4/22/22 Many Indigenous communities live on land that is being directly impacted by climate change. As resistance to fossil fuel production has grown in recent years, Indigenous people have been at the center of the movements to reverse this trend. We spoke with professor and author Nick Estes about how the 2016 Standing Rock protests and water protector movement created a blueprint for ongoing environmental activism. The Work of Black Girl Environmentalist Eight-year-old Sapphire Tate holds a sign before a protest against a proposed backup power plant for a sewage treatment facility in Newark, N.J., on Wednesday, April 20, 2022. ((AP Photo/Wayne Parry)/AP Photo) Original Air Date: 4/22/22 Wawa Gatheru is the 24 year-old founder of Black Girl Environmentalist, a supportive community for Black girls, women, and non-binary environmentalists. We speak with Gatheru about her work with Black Girl Environmentalist and her goal of an anti-racist environmental movement. What Queer Ecology Can Teach Us About Environmentalism Avian ecologist and Georgetown University Ph.D. student releases an American robin after gathering data, Wednesday, April 28, 2021, in Cheverly, Md. (Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo) Original Air Date: 4/22/22 A look at what we can learn from queer studies in the case of environmental studies and the biases and limitations that persist. We spoke with Nicole Seymour, an associate professor of English and Graduate Advisor of Environmental Studies at Cal State Fullerton. She is author of several books including: Strange Natures: Futurity, Empathy, and the Queer Ecological Imagination. The Intersection of Climate Justice and Racial Justice A woman holds up a sign with a message written in Portuguese: "Justice for Climate, Now!" (Eraldo Peres/AP Photo) Original Air Date: 4/22/22 From the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana to the deep freeze in Texas during winter storm Uri, to the urban heat islands in California,  the extreme effects of climate change impacts marginalized communities the most. We spoke with Elizabeth Yeampierre, the executive director of Uprose, about the inequities of climate change and the need for climate justice. Young Voices Speak Out About Earth Day Pictured Is Jessica Kim, Urban Word's 2022 National Youth Poet Laureate West Regional Finalist (Courtesy of Jessica KIm ) Original Air Date: 4/22/22 April is National Poetry Month, so The Takeaway spoke with young poets across the country. Jessica Kim was Urban Word's 2022 National Youth Poet Laureate West Regional Finalist. She joined the program to talk about her work and shared one of her poems.       

How Indigenous Water Protectors Paved Way for Future Activism March 10, 2017, file photo, America Indians and their supporters protest outside of the White House in Washington, to rally against the construction of the disputed Dakota Access oil pipeline. (Jose Luis Magana, File/AP Photo) Original Air Date: 4/22/22 Many Indigenous communities live on land that is being directly impacted by climate change. As resistance to fossil fuel production has grown in recent years, Indigenous people have been at the center of the movements to reverse this trend. We spoke with professor and author Nick Estes about how the 2016 Standing Rock protests and water protector movement created a blueprint for ongoing environmental activism. The Work of Black Girl Environmentalist Eight-year-old Sapphire Tate holds a sign before a protest against a proposed backup power plant for a sewage treatment facility in Newark, N.J., on Wednesday, April 20, 2022. ((AP Photo/Wayne Parry)/AP Photo) Original Air Date: 4/22/22 Wawa Gatheru is the 24 year-old founder of Black Girl Environmentalist, a supportive community for Black girls, women, and non-binary environmentalists. We speak with Gatheru about her work with Black Girl Environmentalist and her goal of an anti-racist environmental movement. What Queer Ecology Can Teach Us About Environmentalism Avian ecologist and Georgetown University Ph.D. student releases an American robin after gathering data, Wednesday, April 28, 2021, in Cheverly, Md. (Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo) Original Air Date: 4/22/22 A look at what we can learn from queer studies in the case of environmental studies and the biases and limitations that persist. We spoke with Nicole Seymour, an associate professor of English and Graduate Advisor of Environmental Studies at Cal State Fullerton. She is author of several books including: Strange Natures: Futurity, Empathy, and the Queer Ecological Imagination. The Intersection of Climate Justice and Racial Justice A woman holds up a sign with a message written in Portuguese: "Justice for Climate, Now!" (Eraldo Peres/AP Photo) Original Air Date: 4/22/22 From the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana to the deep freeze in Texas during winter storm Uri, to the urban heat islands in California,  the extreme effects of climate change impacts marginalized communities the most. We spoke with Elizabeth Yeampierre, the executive director of Uprose, about the inequities of climate change and the need for climate justice. Young Voices Speak Out About Earth Day Pictured Is Jessica Kim, Urban Word's 2022 National Youth Poet Laureate West Regional Finalist (Courtesy of Jessica KIm ) Original Air Date: 4/22/22 April is National Poetry Month, so The Takeaway spoke with young poets across the country. Jessica Kim was Urban Word's 2022 National Youth Poet Laureate West Regional Finalist. She joined the program to talk about her work and shared one of her poems.       

Elizabeth Yeampierre is an attorney and climate justice leader born and raised in New York City. As executive director of Uprose, Brooklyn's oldest Latino community-based organization, she is leading change in sustainable development, environmental justice and community-led adaptation. She shares her Brief But Spectacular take on community resiliency. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Elizabeth Yeampierre is an attorney and climate justice leader born and raised in New York City. As executive director of Uprose, Brooklyn's oldest Latino community-based organization, she is leading change in sustainable development, environmental justice and community-led adaptation. She shares her Brief But Spectacular take on community resiliency. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Elizabeth Yeampierre is an attorney and climate justice leader born and raised in New York City. As executive director of Uprose, Brooklyn's oldest Latino community-based organization, she is leading change in sustainable development, environmental justice and community-led adaptation. She shares her Brief But Spectacular take on community resiliency. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Thursday, August 4th, 2022   Elizabeth Yeampierre is an internationally recognized Puerto Rican attorney and environmental and climate justice leader of African and Indigenous ancestry, a national leader in the climate justice movement, and the co-chair of the Climate Justice Alliance. She is also the Executive Director of Uprose, Brooklyn's oldest Latino community-based organization.    Uprose helped the Sunset Park community in Brooklyn lead their efforts against industry city with a vision that reflected community priorities. They preserved the working class character of the neighborhood and prevented displacement, which would have threatened social cohesion. Now, the community and the developers know that an economy built on just relationships is possible.   Follow Elizabeth on Twitter: https://twitter.com/yeampierre    Follow Mila on Twitter: https://twitter.com/milaatmos    Follow Future Hindsight on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/futurehindsightpod/   Love Future Hindsight? Take our Listener Survey! http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=6tI0Zi1e78vq&ver=standard    Sponsors Thanks to the Jordan Harbinger show for supporting Future Hindsight! Subscribe to The Jordan Harbinger Show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, wherever you listen or at jordanharbinger.com/subscribe   Want to support the show and get it early? https://patreon.com/futurehindsight    Check out the Future Hindsight website! www.futurehindsight.com     Credits: Host: Mila Atmos  Guest: Elizabeth Yeampierre Executive Producer: Mila Atmos Producers: Zack Travis and Sara Burningham

What are real-life examples of climate solutions that are just, equitable, community-driven, and lead to a “brighter, better world?” They are community-driven solutions that stop harm, undo harm, and heal not only the Earth, but how we are in relationship with one another. In this episode we zoom in on “energy democracy,” a term describing a wide range of solutions that move away from a fossil fuel economy into renewable energies that also ensures energy is community-owned. We look at the work of the following Climate Justice Alliance members: Kentuckians for the Commonwealth as they devise community energy plans, UPROSE's solar park and clean energy development in Brooklyn, New York, and the Oregon Just Transition Alliance's Clean Energy campaign that flips extractive economics on its head. Bonus readings in description. Thanks to our guests, Basav Sen (Climate Change Policy Director at the Institute for Policy Studies), Cassia Heron (Immediate past chair of Kentuckians For The Commonwealth, and a co-founder of the Louisville Association for Community Economics and the Louisville Community Grocery), and Elizabeth Yeampierre (Executive Director of UPROSE). Learn more about the grassroots communities and issues featured in this episode: UPROSE: https://www.uprose.org/ Oregon Just Transition Alliance: https://www.ojta.org/ Kentuckians For The Commonwealth: https://kftc.org/ The environmental disaster in Popal, India, that Basav talks about: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/07/the-worlds-worst-industrial-disaster-is-still-unfolding/560726/ UPROSE's proposed clean energy industrial “GRID”: https://www.uprose.org/the-grid Oregon Clean Energy Opportunity Campaign: https://cleanenergyoregon.org/ Portland Clean Energy Fund https://portlandcleanenergyfund.org/about Empower Kentucky, people's energy plan: https://www.empowerkentucky.org/

From the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana to the deep freeze in Texas during winter storm Uri, to  the urban heat islands in California, we are facing the extreme effects of climate change and marginalized communities are the most impacted. We speak with Elizabeth Yeampierre, the executive director of Uprose, about the inequities of climate change and the need for climate justice.

From the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana to the deep freeze in Texas during winter storm Uri, to  the urban heat islands in California, we are facing the extreme effects of climate change and marginalized communities are the most impacted. We speak with Elizabeth Yeampierre, the executive director of Uprose, about the inequities of climate change and the need for climate justice.

We're THRILLED to return with a new season of STORIES FROM HOME: Moving the Just Transition, that grounds us in the history of environmental justice, climate justice organizing and present day Just Transitions. Each episode deep dives into different dimensions of the movement – from the importance of community-led solutions to the climate crisis, to what is a false “solution”, to how we relate to one another in just relationship– with our host Keenan Rhodes, and the climate justice leaders who serve as our guides and teachers. In this episode, we travel from Indianapolis, to Puerto Rico, North Carolina to Mississippi, California and beyond, walking through the formation of climate justice - from slavery to environmental racism and environmental justice, to economic freedom and energy democracy - with our guides Elizabeth Yeampierre, Kali Akuno, and Inkza Angeles who show us the ways in which they live and embody a relationship with land and with community that sets an example for the rest of us. Music by Monica Atkins, co-executive director of the Climate Justice Alliance. The track is titled “Love, Black, Warrior,” by Surreal. Find more of her work on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-361229213 Clips from the First National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit Video were provided by the United Church of Christ Commission for Racial Justice 1992 and used with permission. Learn more about UCC and watch the full video here: https://www.ucc.org/30th-anniversary-the-first-national-people-of-color-environmental-leadership-summit/ Learn more about the three CJA member organizations featured in this episode: Cooperation Jackson: https://cooperationjackson.org/ PODER: https://www.podersf.org/ UPROSE: https://www.uprose.org/

On today's episode, Rachel Vindman, Jasmine Clark, and Amanda Weinstein catch up after the Thanksgiving holiday to talk about some pretty big topics: climate change, Covid, and justice. As Jasmine points out, the United States isn't a castle surrounded by a moat and a big wall… we live in an interconnected world and how we tackle issues like vaccinations and climate change will make a huge difference not just to folks in America but to the entire globe.They're joined by Allie Kelly, executive director of The Ray, a climate nonprofit dedicated to finding solutions to our current highways systems. Allie shares The Ray's ethos that “we can do well by doing good.” And after that, Rachel sits down with internationally recognized climate justice leader Elizabeth Yeampierre. The two of them chat about her organization UPROSE, how to talk to our kids about climate change, and how climate justice IS racial justice.Finally, our hosts raise a glass to justice and to Amanda's brand-new op-ed in this episode's “Toast to Joy.”Do you feel like you could use some support figuring out how to respond to anti-mask, anti-vax, or anti-CRT messaging in your community? We invite you to sign up for one of our Troublemaker Trainings! They're fun events where you can meet other women who are facing this stuff too and learn strategies to stand up for the kids in your community.For a transcript of this episode, please email theswppod@redwine.blue.

This episode was originally aired as a webinar as part of Labor Network for Sustainability's JustTransition Listening Project. Enei Beyaya with Native Movement, Kali Akuno with Cooperation Jackson, Elizabeth Yeampierre with Uprose, and Rosalinda Guillen with Community to Community Development discuss what their organizations are doing amidst a growing climate crisis to move toward a just transition. Jeff Johnson from The LNS moderates the discussion.Songs in the episodeCanto de Ossanha by Baden PowellNew World Water by Mos DefRain, Rain Beautiful Rain by Ladysmith Black MambazoThanks to Brenda Bentley for this week's artwork.Support the show (https://foodjustice.ourpowerbase.net/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=2)

On this week's Access Hour, we bring you the exciting keynote address the 11/12/20 Louisville Sustainability Summit: “Climate Crossroads: Exploring the intersection of Climate Change and Social Justice.” Elizabeth Yeampierre is the Executive Director of UPROSE, an intergenerational, multi-racial, nationally-recognized, women of color led, grassroots organization that promotes sustainability; and Co-Chair of the Climate Justice Alliance. At the Summit, she was in conversation with Louisville Sustainability Council Board Chair, Alicia Hullinger. Learn more at http://uprose.org and https://www.louisvillesustainabilitycouncil.org/summit

In this special ITT episode, Maria shares her story of healing from COVID-19. She reconnects with friend and actress Debi Mazar, who was a guide and support throughout her journey. Then she brings together a group of women of color including Amanda Alcántara, Futuro Media's digital editor, Elizabeth Yeampierre, executive director of UPROSE, and Stacey Monroe, a trans advocate and community organizer. They share about making it through this illness, the ancestral knowledge that carried them, and being in community with one another. This episode was reported and produced by In the Thick's New York Women’s Foundation IGNITE! Fellow, Harsha Nahata.ITT Staff Picks: Nicole Karlis writes for Salon about a Facebook support group for COVID-19 survivors that now has tens of thousands of members."The list of lingering maladies from COVID-19 is longer and more varied than most doctors could have imagined," writes Jennifer Couzin-Frankel, in this article for Science Mag about the lasting impacts of COVID-19.In this story for Texas Public Radio, Ben Henry reports on survivors experiencing fear and distrust from neighbors, friends, and strangers long after their recovery.Photo credit: AP Photo/Eric Gay See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Returning from a brief hiatus due to COVID-19, Season 2 of The Coolest Show on Climate Change is back with weekly episodes. We could not return with a more insightful interview than this week’s conversation with Elizabeth Yeampierre, Executive Director of UPROSE, Brooklyn’s, oldest Latino community-based organization. UPROSE is an intergenerational, multi-racial, nationally recognized community […] The post S2 – Episode 8: “Always for Our People w/ Elizabeth Yeampierre” appeared first on Hip Hop Caucus.

The following features excerpts, to unlock the entire 1 1/2 hour conversation....Support the show by becoming a monthly contributor for $3, $5, $12 or more....easily at https://Patreon.com/theLFShow   Your generous support enables us to keep producing audio extras like our forward-thinking content week after week. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts. On February 23 at the Hammer Museum in LA, Laura moderated a discussion about the future of environmental justice featuring actor and activist Jane Fonda and community organizer Janet Valenzuela.“We can't solve the climate crisis if we don't address the issue with environmental justice,” says Fonda.People of color, immigrants and indiginous people are more likely to be affected by pollutants and other environmental hazards. Factories, plants and fracking drills are placed disproportionately in and around already marginalized communities, and the health effects are disastrous. Large national efforts to combat climate change need to engage with local, grassroots movements or we risk leaving our most vulnerable communities behind. 

In this episode of Let’s Be Real, we speak with Elizabeth Yeampierre, executive director of UPROSE. Founded in 1966, UPROSE is Brooklyn’s oldest Latinx community-based organization and has been deeply involved in the climate justice movement for decades. In our interview, Elizabeth discusses what it means for the organization to be community-led, how all organizing in a frontline community is intersectional, and how UPROSE’s community solar project provides a cooperatively-owned alternative to the extractive economy. Hosted by Juleon Robinson | Produced by Sarah Ludwig & Juleon Robinson

In the wake of the 25th UN Climate Change Summit known as the Conference of Partners or COP, scientists and activists are warning that governments are failing to act as quickly as the climate crisis requires. Taking matters into their own hands, youth organizers with Extinction Rebellion have led marches, school walkouts, and hunger strikes around the world. Though digital organizing plays a major role in their movement, non-violent civil disobedience is their primary tactic. How does a new generation of climate organizers understand and employ the tactics of non-violence? And can their movement garner the public support necessary to overcome the inertia of political establishment beholden to fossil fuels? Laura speaks with student climate strikers, Ayisha Siddiqa and Giovanni Tamacas, and veteran activist Libero Della Piana for their perspectives.Support theLFShow with a year end donation by becoming a sustaining member at https://Patreon.org/theLFShow

Sunset Park’s Industry City plans to diverge from its status as a manufacturing hub and thrust itself into a place of international appeal with a prominent rezoning plan that some local residents and community groups say could drastically alter the character of the waterfront neighborhood.

11/29/18 Justicia climática: Este es el momento, este es el lugar con Elizabeth Yeampierre, directora ejecutiva de UPROSE en una conversación con Bryan Parras, co-fundador de Servicios de Fomento de Justicia del Medioambiente de Texas (T.E.J.A.S.) Cátedra Frances Tarlton “Sissy” Farenthold sobre paz, justicia social y derechos humanos Patrocinada en conjunto Bernard y Audre Rapoport para los Derechos Humanos y la Justicia Antena Houston estará en el evento asegurando un espacio bilingüe para hablantes del inglés y el español con interpretación simultánea. Acompáñenos a pasar una tarde con Elizabeth Yeampierre donde explorará cómo comunidades vulnerables experimentan y responden a los efectos desproporcionados del cambio climático. Yeamierre recurrirá al trabajo de activistas de justicia climática en lugares que van desde Brooklyn y Houston a Puerto Rico para ayudarnos a considerar cómo podemos participar localmente en la creación de una sociedad más justa y equitativa. También forma parte de la exploración de la Capilla Rothko sobre temas de derechos humanos relacionados al cambio climático, que incluye el simposio de tres días, “Hacia un futuro mejor: transformando la crisis del cambio climático”, que se realizará del 28 de febrero al 2 de marzo de 2019 en la Capilla Rothko y la Universidad de St. Thomas. Para aprender más información, haga clic aquí. Sobre Elizabeth Yeampierre: Elizabeth Yeampierre es una líder de la justicia climática reconocida internacionalmente. Puertorriqueña de orígenes africanos e indígenas, nació y se crió en la ciudad de Nueva York. Elizabeth es co-presidenta de la Alianza de Justicia Climática, una organización nacional con liderazgo de primera línea, y directora ejecutiva de UPROSE, la organización comunitaria latina más antigua de Brooklyn. Yeampierre fue la primera presidenta latina del Consejo Asesor Nacional de Justicia del Medioambiente USEPA. En el 2010, Elizabeth fue la oradora principal del primer Consejo Asesor de la Casa Blanca para el Foro sobre calidad medioambiental sobre la justicia medioambiental bajo Obama y en el 2015 presentó en la Reunión sobre cambio climático del Papa Francisco en el National Mall en Washington DC. Sobre Bryan Parras: Bryan Parras es uno de los más dinámicos organizadores de Justicia Ambiental en la Costa del Golfo, luchando por todo el Este y el Centro de los Estados Unidos. Bryan creció en una comunidad en el Este de Houston, Texas, cerca de las más grandes concentraciones de plantas petroquímicas, refinerías, y tanques de almacenaje del mundo. Él está profundamente involucrado en la documentación de el racismo ambiental vivido por las comunidades marginadas en Houston y a lo largo de toda la región de la Costa del Golfo. El continúa a ayudar a liderar el levantamiento del movimiento de justicia ambiental y actualmente está ayudando en Houston y el resto de la Costa del Golfo a luchar por una recuperación justa despues del Huracan Harvey. Sobre la Cátedra Frances Tarlton “Sissy” Farenthold: Consistente con la misma historia de Sissy de exponer y responder a las injusticias tanto como servidora pública como ciudadana, este ciclo de conferencias inspira a las audiencias a responder creativamente a los desafíos más grandes en términos de derechos humanos del siglo XXI.

11/29/18 "Climate Justice: The Time is Now, The Place is Here" with Elizabeth Yeampierre, Executive Director, UPROSE In conversation with Bryan Parras, co-founder of Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services (T.E.J.A.S.) and Dirty Fuels Gulf Organizer with Sierra Club Frances Tarlton “Sissy” Farenthold Endowed Lecture Series in Peace, Social Justice and Human Rights Presented in partnership with the Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice at UT’s School of Law Antena Houston created a bilingual space for Spanish and English speakers through simultaneous interpretation. Antena Houston crearon un espacio bilingüe para hablantes del inglés y el español con interpretación simultánea. Ver descripción del programa en español. The Rothko Chapel and Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice presented the 4th Annual Frances Tarlton “Sissy” Farenthold Endowed Lecture Series in Peace, Social Justice and Human Rights, which honors Sissy for her relentless pursuit of social justice. We celebrated an evening with Elizabeth Yeampierre as she explored how vulnerable communities are both experiencing and responding to the disproportionate effects of climate change. She drew on the work of climate justice activists in places ranging from Brooklyn and Houston to Puerto Rico to help us consider how we might participate locally in the creation of a more just and equitable society. The lecture was a part of the Rothko Chapel's exploration of human rights issues surrouding climate change, culminating in a three day symposium "Toward a Better Future: Transforming the Climate Crisis," February 28 - March 2, 2019 at the Rothko Chapel and University of St. Thomas. About the lecturer: Elizabeth Yeampierre is an internationally recognized Puerto Rican environmental/climate justice leader of African and Indigenous ancestry, born and raised in New York City. Elizabeth is co-chair of the Climate Justice Alliance, a national frontline led organization, and Executive Director of UPROSE, Brooklyn’s oldest Latino community-based organization. She was the first Latina Chair of the USEPA National Environmental Justice Advisory Council. In 2010, Elizabeth was the opening speaker for the first White House Council on Environmental Quality Forum on Environmental Justice under Obama, and in 2015 she spoke at Pope Francis’s Climate Change Rally at the National Mall in Washington DC. In conversation with: Bryan Parras is one of the Gulf Coast's most dynamic environmental justice organizers fighting along the entire central and eastern United States. Bryan grew up in a community on the east side of Houston, Texas, near one of largest concentrations of petrochemical plants, refineries and storage tanks in the world. He is deeply involved in the documentation of environmental racism experienced by marginalized communities from Houston and throughout the greater Gulf Coast region. He continues to help lead the rising environmental justice movement and is currently helping people in Houston and the Gulf Coast fight for a just Recovery after Hurricane Harvey. About the lecture series: In line with Sissy’s own history of exposing and responding to injustices and inequality as both a public servant and citizen, the lecture series brings to Austin and Houston internationally renowned scholars, activists and politicians who will inspire their audiences to think and act creatively to respond to some of the greatest challenges of the 21st century.

With the urgency and focus of a woman on a mission to save the planet, Elizabeth Yeampierre leads UPROSE with a fierce commitment to a "leaderful" leadership model, that distributes power to all. With an emphasis on intergenerational and intersectional leadership, Elizabeth has rewritten the rules of power and placed it in the hands of the most marginalized groups. In this interview, Elizabeth talks about her experiences as a leader and how her organization is shaping conversations and actions in the climate justice fight.

Topic:Post-disaster relief efforts to rebuild and revitalize Puerto Rico Guest & Organization:Elizabeth Yeampierre is an internationally recognized Puerto Rican attorney and environmental and climate justice leader of African and Indigenous ancestry born and raised in New York City. A national leader in climate justice movement, Elizabeth is the co-chair of the Climate Justice Alliance. She is Executive Director of UPROSE, Brooklyn’s oldest Latino community based organization. Prior to assuming the Executive Director position at UPROSE, Ms. Yeampierre was the Director of Legal Education and Training at the Puerto Rican Legal Defense Fund, Director of Legal Services for the American Indian law Alliance and Dean of Puerto Rican Student Affairs at Yale University. Resources: https://www.uprose.org/ (UPROSE)  https://grist.org/justice/heres-how-environmental-justice-leaders-are-pushing-forward-in-the-trump-era/ (Here’s how environmental justice leaders are pushing forward in the Trump era)  https://theintercept.com/2017/10/20/puerto-rico-hurricane-debt-relief/ (Imagine a Puerto Rico Recovery Designed by Puerto Ricans)  https://islandpress.org/resilience-matters-download (Resilience Matters: Transformative Thinking in a Year of Crisis) (Free e-book download!) https://islandpress.org/urban-resilience-project (Island Press Urban Resilience Project) Download the Island Press APP! Learn more about the APP https://islandpress.org/get-our-app (here), and find it on https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.islandpress.islandpressdiscoveryapp (Google Play) and https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/island-press/id1251388048?mt=8 (Apple App Store)!

On this week's episode, a question of how we can use direct action to create and sustain long-range, inclusive and effective movements with guests L.A. Kauffman and Jesse Myerson and later in the show Looking for leadership towards a just transition? Community building tactics for survival resilience and peace?  Don't look up, Look Down for expertise, say two organizers and they're upbeat! Esteban Kelly of the US Federation of Worker Owned Coops and Elizabeth Yampierre from UPROSE. Check out the Laura Flanders TV Show for the full interview with L.A. Kauffman and Jesse Myerson and a featured video on the 2017 Climate March.  Stay tuned throughout the month of May for more from Esteban Kelly and Elizabeth Yampierre during our membership drive kicking off May Day 2017.