Hear stories about how elections can be disrupted by severe climate change and environmental threats. You will learn about solutions, take-away lessons, and strategies that can be universally adapted so that individuals and their communities are prepared to prevent interruption of a citizen’s right to vote.

Our Panel of Expert Speakers:

Mustafa Santiago Ali, Vice President of Environmental Justice, Climate and Community Revitalization for the National Wildlife Federation; Founder of Revitalization Strategies
David Becker, Executive Director and Founder Center for Election Innovation & Research, former Director of the elections program at The Pew Charitable Trusts
Natalie Adona, Assistant Clerk-Recorder/Registrar of Voters for Nevada County, California, Deputy Member of the California Association of Clerks and Election Officials and the County Recorders Association of California
Nuhad Yazbik Dumit, Associate Professor at the American University of Beirut, School of Nursing, Lebanon, former President of the Order of Nurses in Lebanon.

Biographies of panelists

The LWVUS UN Observer Group subcommittee put this program together for the UN Commission on the Status of Women Parallel Event - 13-25 March

The NGO CSW Forum is the civil society side of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). The Forum runs parallel to the official CSW session taking place at the UN Headquarters. This provides civil society the opportunity to engage in the processes and CSW sessions without ECOSOC-accreditation or a UN grounds pass (both of which are needed to attend the CSW).

Over the two weeks of the UN CSW, NGO CSW/NY organizes hundreds of events that inform, engage and inspire grassroots efforts and advocacy needed to empower women and girls. Some of the events that we host are Consultation Day, Orientation & Advocacy Training, Regional Caucuses, Conversation Circles, and Parallel Events organized by CSOs around the globe.