2021 Climate Jobs Summit
AGENDA SEPTEMBER 21, 2021
9:30 AM Welcome, Purpose, and Review of the Day- Gary LaBarbara, President, Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York and New York State Building and Construction Trades Council & Climate Jobs NY
- Michael Fishman, President and Executive Director, Climate Jobs National Resource Center
- Maulian Dana, Tribal Ambassador, Penobscot Nation
- Eric Dean, General President International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental & Reinforcing Iron Workers (IW)
- Lily Gardner, Sunrise Movement member
- Aliya Haq, Vice President, U.S. Policy and Advocacy, Breakthrough Energy
- Becky Pringle, President, National Education Association (NEA)
- Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers (AFT)
CJNRC Video
10:15 AM Ali Zaidi, Deputy White House National Climate Advisor
10:30 AM American Jobs Plan: Impact & Opportunities for Clean Energy and Good Jobs
- Moderator: Lara Skinner, Director, Labor Leading on Climate Initiative, Worker Institute at Cornell University ILR School
- Marilyn Brown, Director, Georgia Tech, Climate and Energy Policy Laboratory
- John Cartwright, President, Toronto/York Labour Council (Retired)
- John Doherty, Special Assistant to the General President, International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT)
- John Podesta, Founder and Chair of the Board of Directors, Center for American Progress (CAP)
- Chris Shelton, President, Communication Workers of America (CWA)
12:00 PM Break
12:15 PM Equity and Good Jobs in a Clean Economy: State Strategies for Winning Labor Standards and Equity in Opportunity
- Moderator: Vincent Alvarez, President, New York City Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO & Climate Jobs NY
- Priscilla De La Cruz, Senior Director, Government Affairs at Audubon Society of Rhode Island, President of the Environment Council of Rhode Island, Co-host Climate Jobs Illinois
- Aziz Dehkan, Executive Director and Lead Organizer, Connecticut Roundtable on Climate and Jobs
- Pat Devaney, Secretary-Treasurer, Illinois AFL-CIO & Climate Jobs Illinois
- Cynthia Phinney, President, Maine State Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO
- Melissa Shetler, Executive Director, Pathways to Apprenticeship
1:45 PM Two Concurrent Panel Discussions:
Building Carbon Free and Healthy Schools
- Moderator: Nikki Budzinski, Advisor, Climate Jobs National Resource Center
- Joseph Bryant, President, Service Employees International Union, Local 1021 (SEIU)
- Seanelle Leesang, Science Teacher, IS 68 Brooklyn, United Federation of Teachers (UFT)
- JP Patafio, Bus Operator/VP Transportation Workers Union Local 100 (TWU) & Climate Jobs NY
- Anil Singh, 2021 NYC public schools graduate, Sunrise Movement member
- Justin Thompson, Senior Policy Analyst, National Education Association (NEA)
- Gina Walsh, Deputy Director of Heat and Frost Insulators Cooperative Trust & Climate Jobs Illinois Executive Board
Building a Robust, Equitable Offshore Wind Industry in the U.S.
- Moderator: Lee Smith, Managing Member, American Solar Partners (ASP)
- Hae-Lin Choi, New York State Political Director, Communications Workers of America District 1 (CWA)
- Doreen Harris, President and Chief Executive Officer, NY Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)
- Eric Hines, Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tufts University
- David Langlais, Business Manager, Iron Workers Local 137 (IW)
- Amanda Lefton, Director, Bureau Ocean and Energy Management (BOEM)
- Grant Provost, Business Agent, Iron Workers Local 7 (IW)
3:15 PM Secretary Marty Walsh, U.S. Department of Labor
3:40 PM Liz Shuler, President, AFL-CIO
3:50 PM Closing and Call to Action
Kyle Bragg, President, Service Employees International Union, 32BJ (SEIU) & Climate Jobs NY
4:00 PM Adjourn