Register
now to join our panelists and submit your own questions as they discuss
what the winter storm in Texas and the southeastern United States
revealed about public health, housing, energy, and economic and climate
justice.
Roundtable participants include:
- Amal Ahmed, journalist with Texas Observer and author of this piece
on Texas climate change for
Southerly.
Ahmed will moderate the discussion.
- John Cooper, Assistant Vice President for Public Partnership &
Outreach and the Director of Texas Target Communities at Texas A&M
University
- Tim Callaghan, evaluation director for the Southwest Rural Health
Research Center, Texas A&M University
- Lyndsey Gilpin, founder and editor of Southerly Magazine
- Mary Annette Pember, independent journalist focusing on Native
American issues, including environmental issues on Native lands.
Center for Rural Strategies
30/03/2021 at 03:00PM
Winter Storm Uri has devastated an unprepared, unregulated Texas grid
leaving millions without power and at risk of exposure, carbon monoxide
poisoning, and death.
Meanwhile, Texas Governor Greg Abbott, alongside the US right wing media
apparatus, spent their spare time finding ways to blame this preventable
disaster on wind energy and the Green New Deal. Texas Senator Cruz
abandoned his constituents during the deadly storm to vacation in
Mexico. The wealthy and powerful will do everything they can to evade
the climate crisis they profit from.
Come Saturday at 2PM Central to learn the truth about what
happened,
how climate change and capitalism are at the root of the crisis, and
what we can do to stop this from happening again. Author, journalist,
and climate expert Kate Aronoff will join us to explain the situation,
and directly impacted comrades in Texas will share their experiences and
where our movement goes from here. We will also share mutual aid
resources and other ways for you to best help out.
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DSA Ecosocialists
Texas
20/02/2021 at 03:00PM