Events

This panel brings together frontline communities, including Indigenous elders from the Pacific Northwest and environmental justice advocates from rural Appalachia and the Gulf South. Drawing on intergenerational knowledge and the lived experience of struggle, speakers will shine a spotlight on the costs, public health impacts, and environmental damage caused by extractive and fossil fuel-based energy initiatives.

Join us as we welcome an inter-tribal delegation of Indigenous artists and activists who have traveled from the Pacific Northwest to the 13th Clean Energy Ministerial in Pittsburgh, PA with a 14′ totem pole. A program of speakers, ceremony and song is open to the public.

Hear from local organizers and Indigenous, Appalachian, and Gulf South community leaders who are calling out false solutions and calling for clean energy justice.

Join kayakers on the Allegheny River for a paddle to the David L. Lawrence Convention Center with signs and flags calling for a clean energy future.

Join artist Aaron Henderson for evening projections that highlight the connection between energy and our fragile climate.