Keynote Speaker: Josiah Edwards of Sunrise Movement LA

1100 North Grand Avenue,Walnut CA 91789

18 April, 2023

Description

Please join us as Keynote Speaker, Josiah Edwards highlights the work of Sunrise Movement LA during his talk entitled "Schools as Sites of Struggle". Josiah Edwards is a 22-year-old youth climate justice organizer based in Los Angeles, California. Having grown up in the South Bay of LA County near the largest refinery on the west coast, he experienced environmental racism in his daily life. Now, as a member of the Los Angeles chapter of the Sunrise Movement, he works to uplift the voices of youth in frontline communities by training young people on the organizing methods and discipline needed to build multi-racial, cross-class solidarity, a prerequisite to the power necessary to win a Green New Deal. His work has been featured in The New York Times, Common Dreams, and Democracy Now!. He enjoys spending his free time with his nieces, nephews, and little cousins reading about organizing and thinking about how to win. Sunrise is a movement to stop climate change and create millions of good jobs in the process. They are building an army of young people to make climate change an urgent priority across America, end the corrupting influence of fossil fuel executives on our politics, and elect leaders who stand up for the health and well-being of all people. Attend in-person at Founder's Hall. 64-person capacity. Pizza, sustainable giveaways and info booths will be available. Or online : https://youtube.com/live/4vyGKsFoj7w?feature=share