Acting Together in the Face of the Climate Crisis

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Come join us and this panel of local grassroots organizers -- Jacqueline Velez, Susan Theberge, and Marty Nathan -- to hear about local environmental justice issues and the great work these three community leaders are doing. Location: Hitchcock Center for the Environment, 845 West Street, Amherst Jacqueline Velez Jacqueline has worked in Holyoke, MA for Neighbor to Neighbor (N2N) since July 2016. She is a leader in the Columbia Gas Resistance Campaign. Before becoming the Holyoke Organizer for N2N she served as the project assistant at the Correctional Association of New York for the Women in Prison Project for five years and then as the Social Media and Communications Associate for a year and a half. She worked as the Production Assistant for WBAI’s, “On The Count, The Prison and Criminal Justice Report,” with the late Eddie Ellis, and as the Outreach Specialist for WORTH. She is a graduate of both leadership and advocacy trainings at the Women’s Prison Association and the Correctional Association of New York and is currently pursuing a degree from Bard College. Susan Theberge Is deeply concerned about the environmental catastrophe, Susan left her academic position to return to her roots as an organizer with a focus on environmental, race and climate justice. Co-founder and Steering Committee member of Climate Action NOW and active in Sugar Shack Alliance, Susan helped organize and works with the Springfield Climate Justice Coalition. She serves on the Steering Committee for the Columbia Gas Resistance Campaign and as Environmental and Climate Justice Program Chair of the Amherst area NAACP. Marty Nathan Marty Nathan MD is an almost-retired family practitioner at Baystate Brightwood Health Center who directs the Cliniquita Fund (Spanish) for immigrant health care. She is a long-time anti-racist, peace and environmental organizer who is on the steering committees of Climate Action Now, the Springfield Climate Justice Coalition, and the Columbia Gas Resistance Coalition. She is a founder and director of the Markham-Nathan Fund for Social Justice. She is married to Elliot Fratkin and is the mother of three and grandmother of two. Registration appreciated: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/acting-together-in-the-face-of-the-climate-crisis-registration-51810186663 Organized in partnership with Pete Westover, Hampshire College, the Roddenberry Foundation, and Climate Action NOW.