*** we have closed registration for the convening, however, if you are interested in attending please contact Sean Carroll, sean@reamp.org***

The RE-AMP Network and the Energy Transition Lab (ETL) invite you to a special, invite-only event aimed at advancing equitable deep decarbonization through co-learning and partnership-building between climate change nonprofit and academic leaders within the Upper Midwest.

Where:
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities campus

When:
Thursday, August 1, 9:00am-5:00pm, and
Friday, August 2, 2019 9:00am to 1:00pm

This day-and-a-half convening will use an interactive, systems-thinking approach for participants to explore the interconnections of their work and identify opportunities for co-created endeavors. Interest and expertise within the group includes topics such as:

How rural communities can move rural electric cooperatives to be clean energy leaders
The benefits and opportunities around community solar and low-income solar
How indigenous leaders from the Fort Berthold and Standing Rock reservations are working to protect their air and water from the effects of intensive oil and gas extraction
Understanding the health disparities from the impacts of climate change, including air pollution
Using community-based, participatory research practices to partner with frontline communities on creating policy solutions
...and more!

Academic researchers who understand what the research says needs to happen, and nonprofit leaders who know how to make change happen. Together, we can address the critical need for cross-sector collaborations to meet the challenges of climate change mitigation and adaptation.

Please register here today. There is no registration cost to attend the convening, and some meals will be provided (breakfast and lunch on Day 1 and Day 2). Those in need can apply for funding to cover travel and lodging costs (although we have a limited budget, so in order to use that funding to cover participants who would otherwise be unable to attend, we ask attendees to fund their own travel if possible).

Because space is limited, this event is by invitation only with RSVP required. Please contact Sean Carroll, sean@reamp.org, or Barb Jacobs, jaco0270@umn.edu, if you have a colleague you believe would be interested in attending or if you have questions.

***"translating across boundaries" is a term coined by Dr. Kathy Quick and Dr. Martha Feldman as a concept in the theory around collaborative public management. See their article, "Boundaries as Junctures: Collaborative Boundary Work for Building Efficient Resilience," Journal of Public Administration, 2014, for more.

Translating Across Boundaries: A Convening of Academics and Advocates on Climate Change