ATXEJ September Meeting

From the Sierra Club’s Austin Environmental Justice Team –

Feel free to bring a dish or drink to share (no alcohol please).

Thx to the organizing working group for pulling together this agenda:

Facilitated by Victoria Jara & Ben Hirsch

Ground rules and conversation contract (5 mins)

Introductions (10 mins)

Discussion & workshop: What is solidarity? What is collective liberation? (35 minutes)

Brief reports on: (20 minutes)
– Communications needs
– Flood Recovery update
– City of Austin budget accountability update
– Organizing team update

In depth organizing reports: (45 minutes)
– East Austin neighborhood orgnaizing w/ SANA on Red Bluff, La Loma

– Austin Energy: community solar, coal victory, community education & organizing

– Texas Climate Justice: Dakota Access Pipeline, Dos Republicas coal mine, Luminant coal mining/burning, Just transition research

Closing points/actions/announcements 5 min

Let us know if you want to put something on the agenda.