Monthly Member Meetings
On next monthly member meeting will be on Thursday, October 1st at 6pm. POAC will start our Fall meeting schedule by oscillate between Wednesdays and Thursdays in order to accommodate most POAC members. We sincerely apologize to those for whom this is not feasible, but we will keep you well informed with meeting minutes postings, and hope to find ways for you all to stay involved!
We will announce the meeting location as it gets closer to the date, but it will certainly be in or around center city. Please let us know if you are able to attend.
On next monthly member meeting will be on Thursday, October 1st at 6pm. POAC will start our Fall meeting schedule by oscillate between Wednesdays and Thursdays in order to accommodate most POAC members. We sincerely apologize to those for whom this is not feasible, but we will keep you well informed with meeting minutes postings, and hope to find ways for you all to stay involved!
We will announce the meeting location as it gets closer to the date, but it will certainly be in or around center city. Please let us know if you are able to attend.
This Fall will be a busy time for us as we increase awareness to the issue of climate change and its effects on the world's poorest communities. We will be lobbying, tabling at concerts, as well as hosting hunger banquets, film screenings and letter writing events. If there are discussion points that you would like us to incorporate into the agenda prior to the meeting, please feel free to send us an email.
Join the HUMAN COUNTDOWN - this Sunday:
Human Countdown: Climate Wake Up Call, in Central Park (Wollman Rink) this Sunday, September 20th! (1pm for main event, 9am for early birds) It's going to be a great event that sends a powerful message to the press and world leaders, as well as launch the Tck Tck Tck campaign’s Global Climate Wake Up Call and Climate Week NYC. We will be joined by friends from as far away as Uganda and the Pacific Islands – not to mention Mississippi – to share their story of how they are confronting climate change in their communities.
Join the HUMAN COUNTDOWN - this Sunday:
Human Countdown: Climate Wake Up Call, in Central Park (Wollman Rink) this Sunday, September 20th! (1pm for main event, 9am for early birds) It's going to be a great event that sends a powerful message to the press and world leaders, as well as launch the Tck Tck Tck campaign’s Global Climate Wake Up Call and Climate Week NYC. We will be joined by friends from as far away as Uganda and the Pacific Islands – not to mention Mississippi – to share their story of how they are confronting climate change in their communities.To sign-up, go to www.oxfamamerica.org/countdown to confirm your arrival time, how many friends you plan to bring, etc. It just takes a quick second and since this is a choreographed event, your RSVP makes it easier to organize.
POAC co-leader Sandrina daCruz and member Cheryl Dunn will be there and are hoping to see you there!! If you would like more information, please visit the website above or email Sandrina!
Three important points why you should attend the Human Countdown!
1. Climate change is not only an environmental issue, it's a moral one as well. Historically, the U.S. is responsible for 25% of global carbon emissions so shouldn't we be responsible for part of the cost to help those who are now being impacted by its effects? It's people who living in poor and vulnerable communities around the world who are being hit first and worst by the effects of climate change. And just because the effects of climate change aren't as visible or publicized as the results of natural disasters, this doesn't lessen its impact. Poor people should not have to pay the price of how their richer counterparts choose to live.
2. Climate change doesn't just affect developing countries. There are people living in developed countries, such as the U.S., who are impacted by increasingly volatile weather patterns (remember the gulf coast!) We can't just rebuild as before after disaster hits. We need to help communities increase their resiliency by building homes on raised platforms so that if another flood comes, people don't lose their livelihoods.
3. International adaptation financing isn't just another term for development aid. Adaptation financing goes towards helping local communities that are impacted by climate change and have the know-how to change their situations but lack the resources to do so. Some solutions are as simple as changing the crops that are grown so that they're more in sync with new weather patterns, or using more drought or flood resistance seeds, or even just raising the walls of a well so that when the floods hit low lying communities, their clean, fresh water wells don't become contaminated by salt water. These aren't just immediate solutions, but they're low cost, effective, and sustainable solutions.
People need to see the human impact of climate change, and one of the first things YOU can do is come out to the Human Countdown!!! Show world leaders that even though we live in the United States, we care about people who don't have the luxury of doing the same. Come out and give a voice to people around the world who don't. This event is a wake up call to our world leaders to let them know that time is running out for them to pass fair, ambitious and binding legislation on climate change.
As always, we look forward to working with you all in continuing our strong efforts in Philadelphia in our fight against poverty and social injustice!
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