Women and Climate Justice
Azadeh Khalili
Connect with each individual during the first 15 minutes as people are arriving
Welcome
Language liberation
Honoring Indigenous people
5 minutes:
Intro: SAL/UER—Project of RC;
Expressing feelings and releasing emotions frees us from feelings that pull us down and frees up our thinking to better engage in the climate crisis.
2 minutes
Who is in the room?
Raise your hand if you are involved in the women’s movement or gender equity movement
Climate activists, working on climate change?
3 minutes
Paired listening introduction: turn to your neighbor, who you are, where from, connection to climate change as a female or male?
20 minutes -
Women and climate crisis
3 - 5 major points:
The climate emergency disproportionately impacts women and the essential work that we do.
- Women have lower socioeconomic status and power than men, so disasters leave us worse off.
- Multiple oppressions multiply the impact.
- The climate crisis creates societal instability, which increases rape and other violence against women.
- Women’s intelligence and understanding of the importance of relationships need to be at the center of climate solutions.
- Sexism, male domination, and artificial divisions between white women and women of color are huge obstacles to ending climate change
6 minutes
Listening exchange: 3 minutes listening to your partner vent, then your turn.
15 minutes -
Panelist 1 – Personal story
Panelist 2 –African Heritage
Panelist 3 – Asian Chinese
Panelist 4 – Female, White, OC
Panelist 5 – Young woman, decision to have a child
6 minutes mini sessions
3 minutes on what you’ve heard, what resonates?
10 minutes
Tools of RC and Demo with a woman
We want women to be in the forefront of climate movement
What feelings do you run into if you try to be hopeful about bring this about?
5 minutes
If small enough group, some new thought you will go forward with.
If too big, 1 minute each with partner, what you will take away.