Wisconsin Women in Sustainability IWD 2022 - Madison Meetup

821 East Washington Avenue,Madison WI 53703

02 June, 2022

Description

Join our IWD partners for an in person event to further explore our 2022 themes of Intersectionality and Equity in Sustainability. Our 2022 "Women in Sustainability Madison Meetup" collaborators and co-hosts, USGBC Wisconsin, WSBC's Women in Sustainability, Evolution Marketing, Sustain Dane, Wisconsin EcoLatinos, Dane County Office of Energy & Climate Change invite YOU to join us in person on June 2nd to continue our 2022 celebration of International Women's Day (IWD)! Our goal for this 2022 meetup event is to educate and empower attendees' to be effective female leaders and #changemakers in the green building and sustainability professions. This interactive program will include presentations and group discussions highlighting the unique obstacles, opportunities and leadership necessary to help us all to move holistic sustainability and equity forward during the complex times we live in (i.e. ecological disasters/climate change, global pandemic, #blacklivesmatters, #metoo, and economic recession). Together we can help to co-create a more #well and #equitable workplace culture. By focusing on female leadership, we hope all attendees will be empowered to be the change they want to see in the world! "The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will not be achieved without collaboration between all, and an intersectional approach that accounts for complex identities, communities and experiences." - UNITED NATIONS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT NETWORK Statement of Inclusion: We believe an inclusive and diverse environment is crucial to the advancement of sustainability and equity. Therefore ,this event is open to all who identify with the language of women (cisgender women, trans women, womxn, black and indigenous women of color, non-binary and gender nonconforming individuals). All are welcome and encouraged to attend and participate in this event. We unequivocally recognize and welcome trans women as women. We commit to ongoing anti-racism learning and practice. And we expect the same of all women who choose to participate in our 2022 International Women's Day programming. Health and Safety: We request that in person attendees be fully vaccinated and boosted or have a negative COVID-19 test within 72 hours before attending the program. Anyone with symptoms of illness and/or COVID-19 are asked to please not attend in-person. June 2, 2022 (10:00 AM - 12:00 PM, CT)Program Outline: 9:30 – 10:00 Doors Open – Join us for casual conversation and coffee 10:00 – 10:10 Welcome remarks 10:10 – 10:30 Presentation 10:30 – 10:55 Conversation Circles 10:55 – 11:05 Break 11:05 – 11:25 Presentation 11:25 – 11:50 Conversation Circles 11:50 – 12:00 Wrap up 12:00 Adjourn While our formal event will conclude at noon, we invite our attendees to consider supporting the local establishments by continuing their conversations over lunch or coffee at one of the nearby restaurants. Special Thanks: USGBC would like to express gratitude to member and annual sponsor, Flad Architects, for their additional support of USGBC Wisconsin's efforts making 2022 Women in Green programming possible. Event Co-Hosts: Evolution Marketing: Evolution Marketing, LLC is a Wisconsin based women-owned Certified B Corp™ specializing in the area of global sustainability storytelling, environmentally responsible creative design and ethical marketing. They offer a variety of consulting services within the fields of sustainability, supply chain management, organic/natural food, farming and third-party responsible business certifications. Evolution Marketing has been triple bottom line managed (i.e. taking into account social responsibility, environmental stewardship and economic viability) since their inception in 2007. Since 2016, they have allocate business resources to help address two of the seventeen United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - Goal #5 : Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls and Goal #10 : Reduce inequality within and among countries. Learn more Women in Sustainability: Women in Sustainability (WIS) grew out of a desire from the Women on the 2015 Wisconsin Sustainable Business Council Advisory Board for a place to connect and to share our challenges and successes with other women in the field. WIS is currently housed under the Wisconsin Sustainable Business Council. Today, Women in Sustainability (WIS) is a network of professional women working to advance social and environmental sustainability while fostering collaboration and inclusivity in Wisconsin. WIS Values: InclusivityProfessional developmentMentorshipNetworkingFostering collaboration and partnershipsWork-life balance/integrationReflection and CelebrationHealth (food and lifestyle)Relevancy and compelling contentWe accomplish this by sharing best practices, ideas, opportunities, successes, challenges, lessons learned, etc. We are a volunteer-run organization and we host educational and networking events throughout the year on our own and in partnership with other like-minded organizations. Our events are inclusive and open to all. Learn more U.S. Green Building Council Women in Green is a worldwide leadership platform creating space for women who are shifting the narrative on empowerment, access and impact in the clean energy economy.  As old paradigms are challenged a new roadmap emerges that is shaking up how we measure progress, who defines those indicators and what and whom is missing from the leadership table as we unfailingly work to raise the quality of life for all. USGBC is committed to a sustainable, prosperous future through LEED, the leading program for green buildings and communities worldwide. Women play an integral part of that future for ALL. Learn more 2022 Madison Meetup Planning Committee members:Kathy Kuntz, Dane County Office of Energy & Climate Change Claire Oleksiak, SustainDane Cristina Carvajal, Wisconsin EcoLatinos Korinne Haeffel, U.S. Green Building Council Lisa Geason-Bauer, Evolution Marketing Jessy Servi Ortiz, Women in Sustainability, WSBC Nonprofit Partners : U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) - Wisconsin Community Women In Sustainability Wisconsin EcoLatinos Sustain Dane