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[FEATURED KEYNOTE EVENT] Building Local to Global Climate Coalitions Powered by Communities

  • Tishman Auditorium 63 5th Avenue New York, NY, 10003 United States (map)

CLIMATE WEEK 2025 KEYNOTE EVENT 📍 The New School

 

At a time when environmental policy, regulations, research, and budgets face unprecedented and systemic attacks, new climate coalitions are emerging,  from local neighborhoods to the global stage. These coalitions, powered by the vision and voices of communities, are advancing environmental and climate justice by bringing together policymakers, philanthropy, grassroots organizations, and academia to chart a path toward a just, thriving economy and healthy futures for all.

This Climate Week 2025 keynote will bring together multisectoral leaders who are building and sustaining these transformative alliances. 

Moderated by Dr. Ana Isabel Baptista, Director of the Tishman Environment & Design Center, we are excited to host this conversation, which features multi-sectoral leaders: 

U.S. Representative Kathy Castor (FL-14), who leads the Thriving Economy Project with SEEC Institute, and the former Chair of the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis


Julia Fay Bernal (Sandia Pueblo and Yuchi)

Executive Director, Pueblo Action Alliance in New Mexico


Phyllis Cuttino

President and CEO of the Climate Reality Project 


Mayor Justin M. Bibb

Cleveland, Ohio 


Stephanie Gidigbi Jenkins

Co-Director, Communities First Fund


Kaniela Ing

Former Hawaiʻi House of Representatives

Current Tishman Center Fellow

This event is presented by Tishman Environment and Design Center at The New School in collaboration with the Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) founded in 1976 and producer of Mother Jones and the public radio show and podcast Reveal, and the Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition Institute (SEEC Institute), a nonprofit established in 2023, to increase understanding, build support, and drive action on critical climate and environmental issues.

This event is part of the Tishman Center’s year-long celebration honoring two decades of the evolution and impact of the Center’s work, alongside communities. 

This event is free and open to the public.

We welcome donations to help make it possible. Your support helps the Tishman Center bring in community leaders to participate in Climate Week NYC and experience this event in person. 

📍 The New School
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