Natasha Presents at Powershift 2013

This coming weekend organizer Natasha Soto is traveling to Pittsburgh to present on two panels at Power Shift 2013,  a national conference for young organizers in the climate movement.

Power Shift 2013 will bring together leaders from the climate movement and beyond. The conference features keynote speeches from leaders from across the progressive movement, in-depth training and workshops on organizing.

Natasha will be presenting along with Jacqui Patterson (NAACP), LaTasha Mayes (New Voices Pittsburgh), Siwatu- Salama Ra  (EMEAC) and Sachie Hopkins Hayakawa (Swarthmore Mountain Justice) on the panel “Environmental Justice 101”. The panel will discuss the definitions of environmental justice, examine EJ principles, and exchange views on how to create spaces that dismantle systemic oppression.

In addition to EJ 101, Natasha will join  Julian Mocine-McQueen (Green For All), Elizabeth Reynoso (City Of Newark) and Tanya Field (The BLK Projek) on the panel “Green Economy and Careers: Building the Green Economy”,  to share experiences on how to prepare for careers that have impact on the new economy.

Power Shift began in  November 2007, when the Energy Action Coalition convened the first national youth climate summit in Washington DC. More than 6,000 young people from all 50 states gathered at the University of Maryland for a weekend of training and action. Since then the conference has grown and is coordinated by a coalition of 30 youth-led social and environmental justice organizations focused at taking on the climate crisis. This year in Pittsburgh organizers are expecting over 10,000 young leaders to attend.