350 Wenatchee Climate Conversations NCW

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In partnership with the Red, Black & Green New Deal initiative at the Movement for Black Lives, the NAACP Environmental & Climate Justice Program and collaborators from University of California @ Irvine School of Law, the Gulf Coast Center for Law & Policy invites practicing Black, Indigenous and attorneys of Color, legal educators, law students and justice allies in the legal field to a webinar series in August created to provide an introduction to Just Transition Lawyering and an understanding of the roles and opportunities for Law & Lawyers in addressing the global climate crisis.

Responding to the impact of the global climate crisis on natural resources, frontline communities, human rights and democracy, Just Transition Lawyering provides strategic and allied support to the leaders and communities anchoring and building the environmental & climate justice movement. Just Transition Lawyering works to end discriminatory and destructive practices and policies, while imagining new, justice-oriented alternatives using the law and legal system. The Just Transition Lawyering webinar series explains basic concepts of climate change, racial justice, economic justice and Just Transition Lawyering through the lens of lawyers on the frontlines. Join us, Thursdays in August! For more information, contact jtln@gcclp.org.

About the Red, Black & Green New Deal (RBGND)
The Red Black and Green New Deal is a multi-year multi-issue initiative designed to educate and catalyze Black people to take actions that mitigate the impact of the global climate crisis on Black Lives. We have released the first National Black Climate Mandate that will inform our organizing and network building, and will bottom-line our engagement with law and policy as we highlight the fight for climate justice in the Vision for Black Lives. Visit: rbgnd.org.

About the Just Transition Lawyering Institute (JTLI)
The Just Transition Lawyering Institute is designed to cultivate lawyers across the United States to engage in the fight for climate justice. This 4-part introductory webinar series is held every Thursday in Black August with lawyers on the frontlines of climate change.