Please mark your calendars for Wednesday, October 30, from 12-1 p.m. in the GIS Lab (Science Center Room 207), if you are interested in learning more about legislative political action, climate advocacy, and citizen lobbying from the Field Development Director of Citizens’ Climate Lobby, Elli Sparks. There will be food!
Citizens’ Climate Lobby (CCL) is an international nonprofit focused on building support in Congress for a national bipartisan solution to climate change and increasing civic engagement.
Elli is committed to the success of CCL volunteers working to start new chapters in communities across the United States. She works closely with volunteers in coal and agricultural communities, ensuring that all voices find a place at the solutions table–a passion founded on her own family roots in Appalachia and rural Maryland. Elli’s work is informed by her fifteen years in nonprofit management and by her founding and leadership of Virginia’s first CCL chapter, where she gained experience in nearly every volunteer role. She lives on a family farm in rural Virginia, where she rotates her cattle through the pasture to store carbon in soil and plants.
OWU Sponsoring Organization/Office: Citizens’ Climate Lobby.
Contact: Mahnoor Ansari at citizensclimatelobby@owu.edu.