Location
United Church of Gainesville
1624 NW 5th Avenue
Gainesville, FL, 32603
Date/Time
Date(s) - 05/27/2023
9:30 am - 3:00 pm
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The Alachua NAACP Environmental Climate Justice Committee (ECJC) and the Creation Care and Climate Justice Task Force of the United Church of Gainesville (UCG) are organizing a local Climate Summit on May 27, 2023 at 9:30am at United Church of Gainesville, 1624 NW 5th Avenue, Gainesville, Florida. The keynote speaker is Jacqueline Patterson, director of the Chisholm Legacy Foundation and a nationally known leader in Climate justice.
The summit will feature the results of the Alachua County Vulnerability Study, commissioned by the Citizens Climate Advisory Board. It projects when and what to expect with climate changes in Alachua County. This will be followed by panels of local experts speaking about impacts on our county related to water, food, energy, and transportation.