<div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">There’s an exciting week of virtual, international events this week, through Sustaining All Life (SAL) and United to End Racism (UER). SAL and UER are international grassroots organizations committed to environmental justice and climate justice. Their mission is working to end the climate emergency within the context of ending all divisions among people. Check out</span><a href="https://www.sustainingalllife.org/climate-week-2020?fbclid=IwAR3nA8DIc9NApe8ZFyF30XC9Y7wsJicr5z461-KHIbbdB_kPdTE_QOfXYXk" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">this list of interactive workshops and forums</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> they’re hosting that address barriers to resolving the climate emergency, led primarily by BIPOC activists around the globe.</span><br></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Topics include: Ending Racism and Classism in the Climate Movement, Expressing Climate Grief, War and Climate Change, Youth at the Forefront of the Climate Movement, a Pacific Island forum, and an Indigenous Voices forum.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b><br></b></span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>TODAY'S WORKSHOPS ARE: </b></span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">8:00-9:30: Youth Leading on the Climate Emergency</p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">11-12:30: Introduction to the Tools of Sustaining All Life</p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">2-3:50: Building Resilient Movements to End the Climate Emergency</p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"></p><p></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b style="font-size:11pt">SATURDAY'S SCHEDULE </b>(links below are for folks interested in reflecting afterwards with MT Sierra Club):</span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b><br></b></span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"></p><p></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">8:00-9:30: <a href="https://addup.sierraclub.org/events/climate-week-2020-youth-at-the-forefront-of-the-climate-movement" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Youth at the Forefront of the Climate Movement</span></a></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">11:00-12:30: <a href="https://addup.sierraclub.org/events/climate-week-2020-war-and-climate-change" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">War and Climate Change</span></a></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">2:00-4:00: <span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><a href="https://addup.sierraclub.org/events/climate-week-2020-indigenous-voices-forum" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Indigenous Voices Forum</span></a></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>SUNDAY'S SCHEDULE:</b></span></font></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap"><b><br></b></span></font></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"></p><p></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">8:00-9:30 AM: African Voices (forum)</p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap"><b><br></b></span></font></p><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">For several years, SAL & UER have held in-person workshops, classes, and forums aimed at addressing barriers to resolving the climate emergency during the international climate negotiations (COP events). This year's offerings are virtual and open to people around the world.</span><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;background-color:transparent;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> All workshops are translated into several different languages and are followed by optional support groups.</span><br></div>