UPDATE 9/20: registration goes off line at 6:00PM this evening. If you did not register but want to attend, just show up tomorrow, we have room for more. Check in starts at 9:15AM.

WAKE UP O.C.!

Climate Emergency and Green New Deal

featuring

Andy Shrader

Saturday, September 21, 2019, 9:30AM - 11:30AM

(Check-in: 9:15AM)

FREE ADMISSION | VEGAN REFRESHMENTS

-- Come early for coffee on the patio BEFORE the indoor event!

-- Bring a blanket for on the lawn seating AFTER the event when we will have super yummy light lunch foods and lots to process and plan for!

-- Reduce waste! Bring your own re-usable supplies for coffee, water and lunch. (Compostable supplies will be provided as needed.)

-- Post card actions available on the patio BEFORE and AFTER the event.

SPACE IS LIMITED | REGISTER EARLY

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“I am here to say, our house is on fire... I want you to act as you would in a crisis. I want you to act as if our house is on fire. Because it is.”

-Greta Thunberg

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Today in Orange County, things seem normal, even idyllic. Don’t be fooled. In a year, in a month, in a week, we could be refugees. We are living in a global climate emergency, and it’s time to start acting like it.

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ABOUT OUR SPEAKER:

Andy Shrader is Director of Environmental Affairs, Water Policy & Sustainability for Los Angeles City Councilmember Paul Koretz. He has been integrally involved in Councilmember Koretz's efforts to ban plastic bags, move the City beyond coal power, implement the City’s United Nations' award-winning Good Food Purchasing Policy, close down the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, establish the City Council’s climate emission reduction goals, initiate the City's groundbreaking biodiversity index effort, retire the Scattergood, Haynes, and Harbor coastal natural gas power plants, and launch the creation of the world's first Climate Emergency Mobilization Department, guided by the principles of equity, environmental justice, a just transition and a Green New Deal.

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Check back for event updates.

Questions? Email: info@occlimateaction.org

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OUR PARTNERS:

Irvine United Congregational Church Greenfaith Committee

Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) California

Sunrise Movement (Orange County)

The Climate Reality Project: Orange County, CA Chapter

The Climate Reality Project Campus Corps: Soka University of America Chapter

Much gratitude to A Well-Fed World and Vibe Organic Kitchen for enabling us to provide a super yummy organic, gluten free, vegan lunch!