Please join us for the next Brent Spence Bridge Corridor Diversity & Inclusion Outreach Committee meeting on Monday, December 4, 2023, from 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm. This in-person meeting will share updates on the project, the Design Build Team’s Diversity & Inclusion Outreach Plan, and look forward to upcoming activities and project milestones.
The meeting will be held at The Riedlin Schott Community Room/Kenton County Building located at 1840 Simon Kenton Way, Covington, KY 41011. Parking is available in front of the building off Simon Kenton Way. If needed, additional parking is in the lot under the I-71/I-75 overpass identified in the highlighted area of the map below.
RSVP your attendance to aevar@hntb.com by Thursday, November 30th. If you are unable to attend this meeting, you may designate an alternate representative for your company or agency. Please include the alternate representative’s name in your RSVP.
Join us for this informative meeting for the 53 Faith Communities participating in the 2024 Energy Efficiency Initiative. Learn the steps needed to make your faith facility more energy efficient.
January 8, 2024, at 7:00 to 8:30pm
At Northminster Presbyterian Church
703 Compton Road, Cincinnati, 45231
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Please send at least one representative from your participating faith community for this important introductory workshop.
We will educate and engage the faith communities participating in the 2024 Energy Efficiency Initiative by providing access to expert guidance. Attendees will participate in round-table discussions with experts on energy audits, forming green teams, replacing lighting fixtures, heating ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, insulation, solar, and provide resources for funding. Presenters include Pastor Damon Lynch III, Sr. Cj Willie, Ken Wright, Andy Holzhauser, and Flequer Vera. Our new Program Manager, Cheryl Hutchins, will MC the event.
Benefits of energy efficient buildings include savings from lower utility bills to use for your faith’s main mission, create a healthier interior, and reduced pollution emissions that adversely affect the climate, a win-win for us all.
Catholic Climate Covenant and Laudato Si’ Movement warmly invite you to join us for an online conversation with renowned climate scientist, Dr. Katharine Hayhoe and Fordham professor of theology, Dr. Christiana Zenner.
The Faith Voice at COP28
Thursday, November 30th at 12- 1 pm (ET)
REGISTER NOW to receive a confirmation email containing the zoom link to join the meeting.
You can also copy/paste the hyperlink below into your browser to register for the event: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcudOusrj4iGdNcpX9iMIDEk9fyl9zvF5N4#/registration
The world’s attention will be on the critically important climate conference (COP28) that begins on Nov. 30th in Dubai. In this timely discussion, Dr. Hayhoe, Dr. Zenner, and staff from Laudato Si’ Movement and Catholic Climate Covenant will provide insight and analysis on:
- COP28: The expectations for this global meeting, the key issues the delegates will discuss, and the impact Pope Francis might have when he addresses the delegates on Dec. 2nd.
- Pope Francis’ Apostolic Exhortation, Laudate Deum, and how it might impact the outcomes of the COP28 meeting.
- The Vatican’s goals for COP28.
- Why (and how) the U.S Catholic community should take action (nationally and globally) as the world debates the climate crisis during and after COP28.
Dr. Catherine Wright, a Christian (Catholic) “ecotheologian” at Wingate University. https://www.thewrightecotheologian.com/about
As her website notes, she has spoken around the nation and around the world on Christian ecological topics and weaves the themes of Catholic Social Teachings and responsibilities. I have had the privilege of meeting her on numerous Zoom meetings through the Franciscan Action Network. She is a dynamic and engaging speaker who brings to life Pope Francis’ teachings.
Dr. Catherine Wright, a Christian (Catholic) “ecotheologian” at Wingate University. https://www.thewrightecotheologian.com/about
As her website notes, she has spoken around the nation and around the world on Christian ecological topics and weaves the themes of Catholic Social Teachings and responsibilities. I have had the privilege of meeting her on numerous Zoom meetings through the Franciscan Action Network. She is a dynamic and engaging speaker who brings to life Pope Francis’ teachings.
Discussion facilitated by Janelle Allen
Live on Zoom: Register Here
In Rooted, cutting-edge science supports a truth that poets, artists, mystics, and earth-based cultures across the world have proclaimed over millennia: life on this planet is radically interconnected. Our bodies, thoughts, minds, and spirits are affected by the whole of nature, and they affect this whole in return. In this time of crisis, how can we best live upon our imperiled, beloved earth?
Award-winning writer Lyanda Lynn Haupt’s highly personal new book is a brilliant invitation to live with the earth in both simple and profound ways—from walking barefoot in the woods and reimagining our relationship with animals and trees, to examining the very language we use to describe and think about nature. She invokes rootedness as a way of being in concert with the wilderness—and wildness—that sustains humans and all of life.
In the tradition of Rachel Carson, Elizabeth Kolbert, and Mary Oliver, Haupt writes with urgency and grace, reminding us that at the crossroads of science, nature, and spirit we find true hope. Each chapter provides tools for bringing our unique gifts to the fore and transforming our sense of belonging within the magic and wonder of the natural world.
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Our beautiful Ohio River was declared the 2nd most endangered river by American Rivers in April due to threats from industrialization and pollution. In U.S. law, nature is considered property to be used as humans decide. Many indigenous people, scientists, and a growing number of ecologically-concerned people believe that the natural (other than human) world has a voice that we must listen to and respect, not only for the health of the natural world but our own health.
One way to offer the natural world protection is to encode this into our legal system. As part of a growing international movement, Citizens for Rights of the Ohio River Watershed (CROW) has started a petition to recognize that the Ohio River and its watershed have a right to thrive and flourish. Come join the presentation and discussion – Is water acred? Why are watersheds important? How did this international movement start? What difference would a rights-based law make? What do faith-based communities have to say about this issue of nature’s rights and protecting our Ohio River watershed? For more information on CROW, go to crowohio.org
Presenters:
Deborah Jordan is the clerk of Community Friends Meeting (Quaker) a founding member of CROW, and a mediator. She has a long history of a concern for natural, biodiverse yards. She is also the producer of the Central Ohio River Valley (CORV) Local Food Guide.
Bill Cahalan is a psychologist who brings the Human-Earth relationship into his work with clients. A founding member of CROW, he teaches a contemplative practice of communion with life. Bill and Deborah engage in regenerative land care on the 9/10ths of an acre in the Bold Face Creek Watershed they call home.
Hosted by Faith Communities Go Green, Advocacy Working Group.
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Bring your lunch – we’ll have drinks and a seasonal treat for dessert!