DAYLONG EVENTS!
Commitment Poster Production • The Habitat Lounge
See our exhibit of protest posters and create your own printed poster committing to action
Sharing Our Stories Banner Walls • 2nd Level Lobby
Record your stories, experiences, and emotions on our themed banners
25+ TABLING ORGANIZATIONS
Commitment Poster Production • The Habitat Lounge
See our exhibit of protest posters and create your own printed poster committing to action
Sharing Our Stories Banner Walls • 2nd Level Lobby
Record your stories, experiences, and emotions on our themed banners
25+ TABLING ORGANIZATIONS
REGISTRATION & CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST STARTING AT 8:15 AM
WELCOME & OPENING REMARKS • 9:00 - 9:30 AM • Ballroom

Director, Michigan Climate Action Network

CEO, Oakland University Credit Union

Oakland University

Professor of English and Coordinator of American Studies, Oakland University

Associate Professor of Sociology, Oakland University
KEYNOTE - MIHealthyClimate Plan Update • 9:30 - 9:50 AM • Ballroom

Climate and Energy Advisor
Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE)

Environmental Justice Public Advocate
Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE)
BREAK • 9:50 - 10:00 AM
PLENARY PANEL - State Legislative Priorities
10:00 - 10:50 AM • Ballroom
10:00 - 10:50 AM • Ballroom

Federal Government Affairs Coordinator, Michigan League of Conservation Voters

Majority Floor Leader

Energy & Environment Committee


Energy & Environment Committee
BREAK • 10:50 - 11:00 AM
CONCURRENT SESSIONS • 11:00 - 11:50 AM • Please note room location
BREAKOUT SESSION ONE A - Emerging Youth Leaders • 11:00 - 11:50 AM • Ballroom

Climate & Clean Energy Specialist, Groundwork Center for Resilient Communities

Sunrise Movement Troy; Incoming freshman at Princeton University

Environmental Engineering Junior at Michigan Technological University

SPROUTS; Environmental Justice Group at Congress of Communities

West Bloomfield High School EARTH Club Diversity Chair
BREAKOUT SESSION ONE B - Shut Down Line 5 • 11:00 - 11:50 AM • Banquet A

Associate Attorney, Environmental Law & Policy Center

Clean Water Action; Campaign Manager, Oil & Water Don't Mix

National Wildlife Federation

Professor of English and Coordinator of American Studies, Oakland University

Ph. D. Candidate in Energy and Environmental Policy, Michigan Technological University
BREAKOUT SESSION ONE C - Siting Renewable Energy • 11:00 - 11:50 AM • Banquet B

Founder & Chief Storyteller, Storylicious

Michigan-based videographer specializing in climate change and renewable energy issues

Chair - Sierra Club: Nepessing Group
Chair - Legislative Committee: Michigan Chapter of the Sierra Club

Michigan Field Director, Land and Liberty Coalition
LUNCH - Pick up a catered meal on Main Level • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Mingle with your peers and enjoy a daylong activity like perusing protest posters in The Habitat Lounge!
Mingle with your peers and enjoy a daylong activity like perusing protest posters in The Habitat Lounge!
KEYNOTE - Climate, Health, and Justice • 1:00 - 1:20 PM • Ballroom

Director of the Department of Health, Human, and Veteran Services for Wayne County
BREAK • 1:20 - 1:30 PM
CONCURRENT SESSIONS • 1:30 - 2:20 PM • Please note room location
BREAKOUT SESSION TWO A - Health Impacts and Lived Experience • 1:30 - 2:20 PM • Ballroom

Director of the Department of Health, Human, and Veteran Services for Wayne County

Executive Director, Michigan Clinicians for Climate Action

Clinical psychologist, Humanity&Planet; Executive Committee, Climate Psychology Alliance of North America

University of Michigan School of Nursing

President and CEO of the Eastside Community Network

Education and Evaluation Manager, Center for Health & Community Impact, Wayne State University
BREAKOUT SESSION TWO B - Teaching the Climate Crisis • 1:30 - 2:20 PM • Banquet A

Professor of English and Coordinator of American Studies, Oakland University

Professor of Geography and Sustainable Planning, Co-founder and coordinator of Climate Change Education Solutions Network, Grand Valley State University

Environmental Education Coordinator, Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE)

Chief Operating Officer, Take Action Global

English Teacher and Founder of the West Bloomfield High School Literary Garden

Associate Professor, Department of English Language and Literature, Grand Valley State University
BREAKOUT SESSION TWO C - Social Change through Storytelling • 1:30 - 2:20 PM • Banquet B

Creative Director & Producer, Here:Say Storytelling
Learn how to tell your own story to inspire change, incite empathy, and motivate action.
BREAK • 2:20 - 2:30 PM
CONCURRENT SESSIONS • 2:30 - 3:20 PM • Please note room location
BREAKOUT SESSION THREE A - Oakland County Climate Action • 2:30 - 3:20 PM • Ballroom

Michigan Field Consultant, EDF Action

Chief Environmental Sustainability Officer, Oakland County Office of Sustainability

Senior Field Organizer, Sierra Club, and Turn Oakland County Green

Chapter Leader, Greater Detroit Chapter Citizens Climate Lobby

Climate Justice Co-Chair, North Oakland Branch of the NAACP

Vice Chair, Royal Oak Environmental Advisory Board
BREAKOUT SESSION THREE B - Students Driving University Action • 2:30 - 3:20 PM • Banquet A

MiCAN intern and rising junior at Western Michigan University

Student at Western Michigan University; Director of Sustainability for the Western Michigan Student Association

Social Work student at Oakland University; Organizer for Public Citizen

Student at Northwestern Michigan College; Northern Michigan Regional Organizer for Michigan League of Conservation Voters
BREAKOUT SESSION THREE C - Creating Your Cipher • 2:30 - 3:20 PM • Banquet B

Musician & Cultural Organizer
Discover how to tap into your own creativity to mobilize a movement through cultural and community organizing.
BREAK • 3:20 - 3:30 PM
PLENARY PANEL - Energy Justice • 3:30 - 4:15 PM • Ballroom

Engagement & Coalitions Manager, Michigan Environmental Council

Soulardarity

Southeast MI Lead Organizer, We The People

Program Director, Soulardarity
CLOSING PLENARY - Intersectional Climate Justice • 4:15 - 5:00 PM • Ballroom

Director of Advocacy and Outreach, Michigan League of Conservation Voters

Co-Director, Community Engagement & Equity, Midwest Building Decarbonization Coalition

Professor and Director (2007-2019), Center for Native American Studies, Northern Michigan University

Legislative Aide to Alabas Farhat

President & CEO, We The People of Detroit
NETWORKING RECEPTION in Banquet A/B • 5:00 - 6:30 PM
Hear a couple of closing remarks and enjoy light fare, libations, and good vibrations with a 30-minute set by the incomparable DJ Nique Love Rhodes.
Hear a couple of closing remarks and enjoy light fare, libations, and good vibrations with a 30-minute set by the incomparable DJ Nique Love Rhodes.