Youth Power Summit 2013
Cultivating a Just and Sustainable Community
April 20-21
Ithaca, NY
http://youthpowersummit2013.wordpress.com
Juliet Schor is the Co-Founder and Director of the Center for the New American Dream and is the author of Plenitude: The New Economics of True Wealth and The Overspent American: Why We Want What We Don’t Need.
Lilian Molina is a Mestiza Environmental Justice Advocate, youth development expert and community organizer born in Honduras and raised in Chicago. Lilian served as the Inaugural Environmental Justice Director at the Energy Action Coalition.
Esteban Kelly is a co-op organizer, food justice activist, and radical geographer from West Philadelphia who co-founded the worker co-op AORTA – the Anti-Oppression Resource and Training Alliance. Esteban also serves on the Philadelphia Office of Sustainability’s Food Policy Advisory Council.
Registration for the Youth Power Summit 2013 opens today! Pre-register and get a free copy of the most recent edition of Yes Magazine with your registration packet! Onsite registration is also available.
The Youth Power Summit 2013 is a youth-led project to create a space where young people, students, community members, faculty, and community business leaders will converge to explore the intersectionality of economic, social, and climate justice issues and develop the tools, organizing strategies, and collective frameworks to actively pursue a vision for a just, sustainable, and prosperous community.
The Youth Power Summit 2013 is proud to have the support of the New Economics Institute Campus Network, the Climate Smart & Climate Ready Conference, the Tompkins County Climate Protection Initiative and the Green Umbrella – NY Youth for a Just and Sustainable Future.
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Questions? Email youthpowersummit@gmail.com