NAACP’s Climate Justice Initiative

As different activities emerge nationally and internationally the CJI team would like you to know about them. We have compiled a calendar of Climate Justice related events. If you have any events that you would like us to add please email Morgan Shannon, Program Specialist for Health and Climate Justice at .

November

1st-4th- National Training Conference on the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) and Environmental Conditions in Communities, Washington, DC

6th-APHA Environmental Justice and Health Forum. Denver CO

  • 6th -7ththe BP Gulf Oil Disaster and Beyond: Actions and Reactions Antonia Juhasz, Director, Global Exchange Energy Program, San Francisco Green FestivalSan Francisco, CA
  • 8thFirst Meeting of the Gulf Ecosystem Restoration Task Force, Pensacola, FL
  • 8-9thNational Commission on BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling Hearing on the causes of BP’s Macondo Well Blowout, Washington, DC
  • 8th – 14thNational Recycling Week, Nationwide
  • 10thFree Webinar Regulating "Renewable": Government Policy and the Biomass Industry
  • 10thFire Chiefs Debate Deepwater Horizon Disaster - Webinar
  • 11th-13thGulf Coast REAP Summit 2010, Pensacola Beach Hilton, FL
  • 12th- Seven Generations Ahead Benefit Dinner, Oak Park, IL
  • 13thRestore America’s Estuaries National Conference, Galveston Island, TX
  • 13thNature Coast Coalition Fall Conference, Crystal River, FL
  • 16thNovel Approaches to Improving Air Pollution Emissions Information Kick off Meeting, RTP, NC
  • 16thNational Environmental Justice Advisory Council (NEJAC) Public Meeting, Kansas City, MO
  • 16th-18thNational Environmental Justice Advisory Council (NEJAC) Public Meeting Kansas City, MO
  • 18thEPA Webcast- Climate Impacts and Risk Communication, online
  • 19thNational Tribal Environmental Council Wastewater Treatment Webinar, online
  • 19thOnondaga Lake Scientific Forum, Syracuse, NY
  • 19thLocal Government Leveraging of LEED-ND: Securing a Sustainable Future Faster, Chicago, IL
  • 19-20thHousehold Recycling Day, New Rochelle, NY
  • 26th-Dec. 11Kilmaforum 10, Cancun, Mexico
  • 29th – Dec.10thUN Framework Convention on Climate Change
  • 30thAtmospheric Toxics Webinar on the Great Lakes Ecosystem, online

December

1stAlabama-Mississippi Bays & Bayous Symposium, Mobile, AL

2ndLecture: Motivating Cycling in North American Cities: Evidence from the Cycling in Cities Research Program, Seattle, Washington

4thWind Vision 2010: A Maryland Citizen’s Conference for Offshore Wind Power, Annapolis, MD

7thClimate Solutions 2nd Annual Oregon Dinner,Portland. OR

8thExploring the Environmental Causes of Autism and Learning Disabilities, New York, NY

9thObesity and Food Environments Webinar, online

10thHuman Rights Day- Nationwide

10-12thSouthern Human Rights Organizers’ Conference (SHROC), Birmingham , AL

11thBurlesque for the Bayou 2, New Orleans, LA

15thAtmospheric Toxics Webinar on the Great Lakes Ecosystem, online

17thNational Environmental Council Wastewater Treatment Webinar, online

January

  • 11thAtmospheric Toxics Webinar on the Great Lakes Ecosystem, online
  • 20-21stNational Resources Damages: The Ground, Groudwater, and the Gulf, Miami, FL

February

  • 2nd- Smarter Codes, Smarter Growth: How to Achieve your Smart Growth Goals through Zoning Reform, Charlotte, NC
  • 3rdAtmospheric Toxics Webinar on the Great Lakes Ecosystem, online
  • 6-9thEnvironmental Health 2011 Conference, Salvador, Brazil
  • 8-10th- 2011 Good Jobs, Green Jobs National Conference, Washington, DC
  • 11th3rd Annual Northwest Environmental Health Conference, Portland, OR
  • 25-27th- 2011 Northeast Food and Justice Summit, Boston, MA