Oxnard College Associated Student Body, in collaboration with 350 Ventura County Climate Hub, present a FREE event for the public and students:
Oxnard College Environmental Justice Summit: Climate Action Now!
Keynote Address: Confronting Climate Change: Connecting the Cycles and Closing the Loops to Build a Sustainable Future (Dr. Omar Clay, Environmental Physicist)
Panel Presenters
- Carmen Ramirez, Mayor Pro Tem, City of Oxnard
- James Danza, Professor of Geography and Environmental Science, Oxnard College
- Tomás Morales Rebecchi, Senior Central Coast Organizer, Food and Water Watch (FWW)
- Adam Vega, Organizer, VC Coalition Advocating for Pesticide Safety
- Lucia Marquez, Ventura Organizer, Central Coast Alliance for Sustainable Economy (CAUSE)
- Q&A
Workshops
Workshops will be held in the Oxnard College Conference Center from 7:30 – 8:00pm.
Talleres en Español
- “Mi Gente, Mi Aire:” Ciencia de pueblo (Oscar Vasquez, Citizens for Responsible Oil and Gas)
- “Taller de Cambio Climático para Principiantes” (Dr. Linda “Qui Qui” Quiquivix, Community Scholar)
- “Una Introducción a la Biblioteca de Semillas en Oxnard” (Zuleima Jimenez)
Bilingual Workshops – Talleres Bilingüe
- “Climate Justice Strategies: How CAUSE has been fighting climate change in Oxnard” (Nedia Bello, CAUSE Organizer)
- “Building Personal and Community Resilience in the Face of Climate Change: ‘What We Can Learn from Transition Towns’ Movement/Respuesta al Cambio Climatic: Lecciones del Movimento de Transicion [Representando a la Red de Accion Climatica en el Condado de Ventura]” (Diana Kublios (350.org, Ventura County Climate Hub)
Workshops in English
- “VCCCD Climate Change Resolution” (Joshua Chancer, VCCCD Board Member)
- “Building a Clean Energy Future” (Karen Schmidt, Clean Power Alliance Regional Affairs Manager)
- ‘”My People, My Air’ Citizen Science” (Tomàs Rebecchi, Organizer, Food and Water Watch and Merrill Berge, Citizens for Responsible Oil and Gas [CFROG])
- “No Parking Please on Ormond Wetlands” (Nina Danza & Irene Rauschenberger, Sierra Club)
- “The Green New Deal” (Jabbar Wofford and Carin Wofford, Action for Change in Changing Times [ACCT])
- “Friends of the Santa Clara River” (James Danza, Professor of Geography and Environmental Science, Oxnard College)
- “Sunshine and Succulents with OC STEM Students” (Crystal Zamora, Oxnard College Student)
- “The High Price of Cheap Food – The Genetic Genocide of California’s Native Plants and People” (Adam Vega, Ventura County Coalition Advocating for Pesticide Safety)
Friends of the Santa Clara River 