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Organizing the Green New Deal: a professional education course for activists, organizers, and attorneys

Breach Collective is hitting the ground running in 2021 with a free course called "Organizing the Green New Deal: a professional education course for activists, organizers, and attorneys." The start date of this course will be Wednesday, February 10 and we will meet for 12 weeks every Wednesday at 4 p.m. PST/7 p.m. EST.

If you are interested in participating, please fill out this RSVP and short questionnaire.

Current Schedule:

  • Feb. 10 - Racial Justice in the Just Transition - Olufemi Taiwo (Professor of Philosophy at Georgetown University)

  • Feb. 17 - TBD

  • Feb. 24 - Resource Extraction and Justice - Thea Riofrancos (Professor of Political Science at Providence College)

  • March 3 - Climate Migration - Camila Bustos (Yale Law School)

  • March 10 - Green New Deal Economics - Mitch Green (Global Institute for Sustainable Prosperity)

  • March 17 - Tribal Law and Policy - Lillian Alvernaz (Tribal Attorney at Fort Belknap Indian Community)

  • March 24 - The Importance of Relationships in Storytelling and Communications - Caitlin Howard & Meg Ward (Breach Collective)

  • March 31 - The Energy System & Energy Burden - Heather Moline (NW Energy Coalition)

  • April 7 - A Green New Deal for Pacific Northwest Forests - Samantha Krop & Dylan Plummer (Cascadia Wildlands)

  • April 14 - Frontline Fights Against the Fossil Fuel Industry: Boxtown, TN Stands Up to the Byhalia Oil Pipeline - Kathy Robinson & Justin J. Pearson (Memphis Community Against the Pipeline)

  • April 21 - Winning Fossil Fuel Infrastructure Fights - Nick Caleb (Breach Collective) & Allie Rosenbluth (Rogue Climate)

  • April 28 - TBD

  • May 5 - Course Wrap-Up & Next Steps - Nick Caleb (Breach Collective) + TBD