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The Irresistible Resistance: Earth Week 2016

The Auditorium at The New School 66 West 12th Street, New York, NY, United States

In celebration of Earth Week at The New School, the Tishman Environment and Design Center is drawing inspiration from the growing unification of movements for climate justice, the deepening of transnational solidarity movements across the globe and the creative expressions of people and communities determined to achieve solutions to the climate crisis on their own terms.

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Environmental Justice: What’s Race Got to Do With It?

Columbia Law School, Jerome Green Hall, Room 104 W 116th Street, New York, NY, United States

The Columbia Journal of Race and Law ("CJRL") was founded in 2010 with the purpose of deepening the legal community’s discourse on historic and contemporary notions of socio-political and legal challenges facing racial and ethnic minorities. Join us as experts shed greater light on legal issues that impact communities of color !

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NextGen Climate Get Out the Vote

Help us call identified pro-climate action voters in the battleground states to ensure they know when, where, and how to vote!

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NYC Votes Get Out the Vote Phone Bank

Campaign Finance Board 100 Church Street, 12th Floor, New York, NY, United States

NYC Votes runs a Get Out the Vote program reminding New Yorker to head to the polls and vote on Election Day. GOTV will run from Sunday, November 6 through Tuesday, November 8. Call new voters to encourage them to vote in the General Election.

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Climate, Jobs and Justice Accountability Forum

Ethical Culture Society Concert Hall 2 West 64th Street, New York, NY, United States

Let's translate the energy of the People's Climate March and the Trump resistance into political impact in NYC: join a mass people's interview of NYC Mayor de Blasio, Public Advocate James and Comptroller Stringer. Come learn about the issues, and then hear our city's leaders' views, question them on the big issues, hold them accountable, and urge them to take the bold policy action we need!

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