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We are excited to extend an invitation for you to attend the secondCork Conference on Intergenerational Climate Justicetaking place via Zoom onThursday 21stOctober 2021.

Our previous conference held at Cork City Hall in 2019 was a huge success. It was a hands-on experience, with speakers across generations, practical activities and an inspiring address byPresident Michael D. Higgins.

This year things are a little different as we begin to move out of isolation and tentatively enter the world once more. We made the decision to hold the conference via Zoom as we respect the safety concerns of many, and are cognizant of the intergenerational aspect that underpins this event.

We are building on the outcomes of the previous conference and addressing the issues of system change, community building and civil society. We recognise the need for new ideas and models and keeping the values of community, solidarity, and the common good at the heart of system change. We have brought together speakers who will provide insight and provoke action and engagement.

The conference is being organised by SHEP Earth Aware / Elders for Earth, together with the Sisters of Our Lady of Apostles (OLA), with the Society of African Missions (SMA), the North Cathedral and Blackpool Parish Climate Justice Group, St. Anne’s Shandon Justice Group and Eco-UNESCO.

The conference is designed to be as interactive as possible within the constraints of Zoom, with both presentations and discussions interspersed with activities and an afternoon workshop to take place in breakout rooms.

The chairpersons are Alicia O’Sullivan, a university student and young climate activist and Denise Cahill, the co-ordinator of Cork Healthy Cities.Our speakers include: Professor Peadar Kirby (UL and Cloughjordan Eco-Village), Dr John Sharry (Psychologist), Rachel Power (Irish co-ordinator, Climate Reality Project), Amy O’Brien (school student and climate activist), Theresa Rose Sebastian (student and co-founder of the Re-Earth Initiative), and a panel of speakers from the Global South including Bishop Kevin Dowling (retired) of Rustenburg, South Africa and Evelyn Acham (Rise Up Movement, Uganda).

Places are limited and will be allocated on afirst come, first served basis.
Theclosing datefor registration is 7th of October 2021. You can register for the

event on the conference website:www.intergenclimatejustice.ieWe do hope that you are able to join us.
Kind regards from
SHEP Earth Aware / Elders for Earth