NAACP Alachua Environmental and Climate Justice Committee will host a virtual discussion on how Alachua County can transition toward 100% clean energy. LWVAC Natural Resource Committee Co-Chairs, Roberta Gastmeyer and Jay Rosenbek and LWVAC Local Issues Chair, Jeff Shapiro serve on this committee. All League members are invited and encouraged to attend.
A panel of subject matter experts will highlight and stress the intersectionality of Equity, Clean Energy, Weatherization, and Sustainable Food Systems.
Panelist Include:
- Ennis Leon Jacobs, Jr., Esq., President of the Board of Directors for Southern Alliance for Clean Energy
- Marianne Schmink, Community Weatherization Coalition
- John Nix, Energy Conservation Specialist and 3rd Generation Farmer
- Denise Abdul-Raham, Environmental & Climate Justice Organizer with the NAACP ECJ Program
Panel discussions will be followed by breakout sessions which will allow participants to:
- dive deeper into Clean Energy, Weatherization, and Sustainable Food Systems and
- focus on developing at least one goal specific to their municipality based on the panel and breakout session discussions.
The event is free and open to the public, but registration is required. Please register for the event here.
For more information or if you have any questions, please naacpecjcgnv [at] gmail.com (contact us).
