On Sunday, May 1st, 12:15-1:15 PM, MPC’s SPLASH Team hosts a Community Forum on Climate Change with Mayor Jean Quan and panelists from the Oakland Climate Action Coalition (OCAC).
The OCAC is made up of representatives from many grassroots organizations, which came together to create an Oakland Climate Action Plan. This plan is a comprehensive set of recommendations for the city, ranging from transportation, clean energy, composting programs, and urban agriculture, to green jobs, community engagement, and climate-change-related disaster preparation. OCAC was instrumental in the advocacy which led, this March, to Oakland passing some of the strongest green house gas reduction goals of any city in the country.
So don’t miss your chance to hear these recommendations set forth by prominent Oakland community leaders, and to hear the mayor’s response! These are goals that we work for in our personal lives, but we are also looking for the city to take a strong lead on these issues. If you live in Oakland, work in Oakland, drive through Oakland, or just love Oakland, these issues affect you.
Art Paull, a member of the church and leader in planning this event, says: “the mandate of the gospel is to care for people and to alleviate suffering.” The work of ecological advocacy and community engagement fits under this mandate, and MPC hopes many people will come out to witness and participate in this important dialogue. Q&A time at the end will be open to all.
