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- Date
- time Eastern Time
- location Temple Beth Elohim
10 Bethel Rd.
Wellesley, MA 02481 - cost In-person or online registration fees: $10-$60
- organizer JewishClimate.org; Hebrew College is a co-sponsor
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Don’t miss the fourth annual Jewish Climate Action Conference (JCAN) on Sunday, June 8 at Temple Beth Elohim in Wellesley, MA. This year’s conference will focus on how we can work together to make necessary systemic change. Our goal is to inspire participants by highlighting ongoing successful collaborative efforts and to offer strategies for living a resilient and hopeful life in these troubled times.
The activism of the Jewish Climate Action Network of Massachusetts is rooted in the Jewish values of Tikkun Olam (repair of the world) and Shomrei Adamah (guardians of the earth). We invite the participation of anyone who holds these same values, regardless of faith. And if we’re going to reach our global climate goals by 2050, we need everyone to do the work right now. View the flyer
Program & Session Topics
We are offering both live and remote sessions, allowing local climate activists to gather together along with others from across the country for the purpose of strengthening community. Sessions will be presented by secular and Jewish climate organizations, members of synagogue green teams, public employees, private citizens, and others interested in sharing their challenges, successes, and commitments.
Sessions Topics
- The power of coalition and community to address climate change and environmental justice
- Changing the transportation, housing, and energy infrastructure
- National organizing and advocacy
- Artistic expression as a practice for processing, healing, and moving forward
- Greening your finances
- Overcoming racism in climate justice
- How to implement Jewish values into our climate work
Top seven reasons to come to the Fourth Jewish Climate Action Conference!
- ·The keynote by David Abel, journalist and director of Inundation District
- · he plenary by John Walkey, Director of GreenRoots
- ·A streaming link for Inundation District
- ·A performance of the movements anthem “The Tide Is Rising” by Hebrew College Rabbinical School 2014 alumna Rabbi Shoshana Friedman
- ·Remarks from Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren
- ·A recorded address from Bill McKibben, founder of 350.org and Third Act
- ·A delicious and inclusive catered vegan kosher lunch