NAACP Emerging Leadership Summit on Energy Justice--NOTICE AND AGENDA--May 27th, Hollywood, FL
Jacqui Patterson
NAACP Emerging Leadership Summit on Energy Justice
At the
NAACP Annual Leadership 500 Summit (a.k.a. “L5”)
WHEN?
Leadership 500-----May 26th-29th 2011
Energy Justice Summit--May, 27th 2011 2:15pm-7:00pm
WHERE?
Westin Diplomat Resort and Spa
3555 South Ocean Drive, Hollywood, FL 33019
What’s It All About?
The Leadership 500 Summit was conceived 5 years ago as a forum for convening emerging leaders to engage in agenda setting on the critical issues that comprise NAACP’s civil rights agenda, including health, education, economic development, and now, environmental and climate justice.
Within this framework, the Emerging Leadership Summit on Energy Justice will assemble leaders from NAACP membership, the environmental and climate justice community, the energy industry, federal agencies, social justice organizations, and others to discuss the energy crisis, implications for communities of color, and how NAACP can engage new leadership in heralding the new energy future based on principles which uphold human and civil rights through conservation, renewable energy, community ownership and leadership, and economic, health, and social justice.
Workshop topics will include energy efficiency, alternative energy sources, impact of US energy choices on communities of color, models of community activism, policy landscape on energy and energy efficiency, legal safeguards, models for community ownership of utilities, and seizing economic opportunities in renewable energy and energy efficiency.
Participants will emerge informed, educated, energized, connected, and motivated to take action!
For Discounted Rates, Please Register by April 15th (Deadline Extended to May 6th!)
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AGENDA
I. Welcome and Opening Remarks
II. Greetings
III. The Energy Dilemma: Why Are We Having This Conversation?
IV. The Energy Efficiency Imperative
V. Alternative Energy Review—Understanding the Options
VI. Alternative Energy Initiatives—Hearing from Implementers of Alternative Energy Projects
VII. Q&A
BREAK
VIII. How US Energy Choices Affect Communities of Color
IX. Q&A
X. Energy Policy Review
a. Federal
b. State and Local
c. Regulatory
XI. Q&A
XII. TAKING ACTION: STRATEGIES AND SOLUTIONS ROUNDTABLES—SESSION I
a. Increasing Subsidies for Clean, Just, and Renewable Energy
b. Historically Black Colleges and Universities –Campus Sustainability Initiative
c. Ensuring Integration of Gender Justice in the Energy Justice Movement
d. Youth Leadership in the Energy Justice Movement
e. Engaging Faith Based Communities in Energy Justice
XIII. TAKING ACTION: STRATEGIES AND SOLUTIONS ROUNDTABLES—SESSION II
a. Community Benefits Agreement as a Tool for Energy Justice
b. Communities of Color Leadership in the Green Economy—Green Entrepreneurship and Green Jobs
c. Direct Action on Dirty Energy: A Tool for Addressing Toxic Facilities in Our Communities
d. Establishing and Executing a Comprehensive Energy Justice Policy Advocacy Agenda
e. Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Leadership on an Energy Justice Research Agenda
BREAK
XIV. Strategies and Solutions Roundtables—SPEED REPORTBACK (3 minutes/3takeaways per roundtable)
a. Increasing Subsidies for Clean, Just, and Renewable Energy
b. Historically Black Colleges and Universities Campus Sustainability Initiative
c. Ensuring Integration of Gender Justice in the Energy Justice Movement
d. Youth Role in the Energy Justice Movement
e. Engaging Faith Based Communities in Energy Justice
f. Community Benefits Agreements as a Tool for Energy Justice
g. Communities of Color Leadership in the Green Economy—Entrepreneurship and Green Jobs
h. Direct Action on Dirty Energy: A Tool for Addressing Toxic Facilities in Our Communities
i. Establishing and Executing a Comprehensive Energy Justice Policy Advocacy Agenda
j. HBCU Leadership on an Energy Justice Research Agenda
XV. Discussion of Implications—Taking Our Energy Justice Pledges
XVI. Summary and Closing Remarks
Jacqueline Patterson
Director, Climate Justice Department
NAACP
4805 Mt. Hope Drive
Baltimore, MD 21215
443-465-9809(cell)
443-647-0054 (fax)
http://www.naacp.org/programs/entry/climate-justice
http://climatejusticeinitiative.wordpress.com (Climate Justice Blog)