Hear international and local climate activists pass along steps each of us can take to help save our planet:

Bill McKibben, an international climate activist, educator, and author, has recorded a special presentation for Tri-City residents expressly for this event that is sure to inspire. He recently helped found Third Act, which organizes people over the age of 60 to work on climate and racial justice. He is a contributing writer to the New Yorker and serves as the Schumann Distinguished Professor in Residence at Middlebury College in Vermont. In 2014, he was awarded the Right Livelihood Prize, sometimes called the ‘alternative Nobel,’ in the Swedish Parliament. He’s written over a dozen books about the environment and won the Gandhi Peace award and honorary degrees from 19 colleges and universities.

Amos White is founder and Chief Planting Officer of 100K Trees for Humanity, a Black-led urban reforestation nonprofit. 100K Trees organizes cities and communities to plant trees for climate, equity, and public health. Since its founding in 2019, the 100K Trees organization has raised over $2.5M for tree planting. White was appointed to CALFIRE’s Urban Forestry Advisory Committee in 2021 and the Alameda County Agricultural Advisory Committee, where he presently serves as Urban Ag Chair. He is a 2023 Recipient of the Jefferson Award, a recognition that is given to citizens who have done extraordinary things.

Representing environmentally conscious students at two of our local high schools are:

Jasmine Grisanti, founder, and president of the Washington High School Ecology Club;

Jyoshika Balaraman, captain of the Climate Science Olympiad at American High School, and

Sharva Parma, treasurer of the Science and Eco Club also at American High School.

This is a climate imperative you won’t want to miss.

Nearly 70 people have died while incarcerated at Santa Rita Jail in the past 10 years. Alameda County has paid out millions of dollars in related lawsuits.

Whether or not one has a personal connection to the Jail, we should all be concerned about what occurs in this government agency that acts in our name.

Meet the KTVU investigative journalist who has been covering this story for 10 years, and hear from the advocates who lobby for change and accountability by establishing an oversight system for the Sheriff’s Office.