[ThirdCoast] - Robert Jensen, Climate Events

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Tuesday, October 9, 6-8 pm
Robert Jensen on “The Failure of Success”
	Robert Jensen <http://robertwjensen.org/>, recently retired from teaching in the School of Journalism at the University of Texas, will speak on “’The Failure of Success’: Human Nature and the Nature of Carbon.” Jensen, the author of The End of Patriarchy: Radical Feminism for Men and Plain Radical: Living, Loving, and Learning to Leave the Planet Gracefully, will suggest a framework for analyzing contemporary ecological crises and charting a path forward.
	The event is sponsored by the Austin School. For more information, contact Roy Casagranda,roy.casagranda at austincc.edu <mailto:roy.casagranda at austincc.edu>. 
Location: ACC Eastview Campus Auditorium (Room 8500), 3401 Webberville Road, Austin, 78702

Tuesday, October 9, 6:30 - 9 pm
Austin District 8 and 9 Climate and Energy Candidate Forum
	Solar Austin, 350 Austin, Earth Day Austin, Shades of Green, and the Wildflower Unitarian Universalist Church will host a forum for city council candidates on climate change and energy priorities.
	Scheduled participants are Bobby Levinski, Rich DePalma, and Frank Ward from District 8 and Mayor Pro Tem Kathie Tovo and Danielle Skidmore from District 9.
Location: Wildflower Unitarian Universalist Church (1314 E Oltorf St)

Tuesday, October 16, 8 am-4 pm
Building Green Justice Forum: “Power, Discourse, Community”
	Huston-Tillotson University <http://htu.edu/> will host the fifth annual Building Green Justice Forum, this year focusing on “Power, Discourse, Community.”
Registration and coffee begins at 8 am, with speakers, panels, and workshops throughout the day. The speakers and schedule will be announced soon.
	The forum—which is sponsored by Green is the New Black <http://greenisthenewblack.org/>, The Dumpster Project <http://dumpsterproject.org/>, and the Third Coast Activist Resource Center <http://www.thirdcoastactivist.org/>—is free but please register online <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/building-green-justice-power-discourse-and-community-tickets-49135917853>. More information on the Facebook event page <https://www.facebook.com/events/285296738951001/>.
	For more information on sponsorship, contact Karen Magid, kmagid at htu.edu <mailto:kmagid at htu.edu>, or Amanda Masino, ammasino at htu.edu <mailto:ammasino at htu.edu>.
Location: Dickey-Lawless Science Building, Huston-Tillotson University <http://htu.edu/>, 900 Chicon St., Austin, 78702, with free parking in the Chalmers Avenue lot  <http://htu.edu/about>and free street parking around campus.

Tuesday, October 16, 6:30 - 9 pm
District 1 and 3 Climate and Energy Candidate Forum
	Solar Austin, 350 Austin, Earth Day Austin, and Shades of Green are hosting a forum for city council candidates on climate change and energy priorities.
	Scheduled participants are Natasha Harper-Madison, Mariana Salazar, Lewis Conway Jr., Reedy Spigner III from District 1 and Council Member Pio Rentería, James Valadez, Justin Jacobson, Susana Almanza, and Amit Motwani from District 3.
Location: Dickey-Lawless Auditorium at Huston-Tillotson University, 900 Chicon Street

Tuesday, October 16, 7 pm
“Climate Change, Extreme Weather Events, and Inequality”
	A panel on “Climate Change, Extreme Weather Events, and Inequality <https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/humanitiesinstitute/news/13051>” will feature Eric Klinenberg <https://www.ericklinenberg.com/>, Professor of Sociology and Director of the Institute for Public Knowledge at New York University, followed by reactions from local speakers. Klinenberg is the author of Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago and Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life.
	The program is sponsored by the University of Texas Humanities Institute’ <https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/humanitiesinstitute/index.php>s Difficult Dialogues program and Planet Texas 2050 <https://bridgingbarriers.utexas.edu/>, an interdisciplinary collaboration and research around climate change, extreme weather, population, and resource management. RSVP online <https://utexas.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_068Ws5VqKjUQcXX>.
Location: Texas Union <https://universityunions.utexas.edu/texas-union>, Quadrangle Room, University of Texas, Austin
 
Friday, October 19, noon-1:30 pm
“Uprooted—Lessons for Addressing Displacement in Austin's Gentrifying Neighborhoods”
	This University of Texas Opportunity Forum <https://law.utexas.edu/opportunity-forum/>’s Lunch Series program will focus on “Uprooted—Lessons for Addressing Displacement in Austin's Gentrifying Neighborhoods.” Panelists from the Community and Regional Planning Program and Law School will discuss a new report about the gentrification sweeping through Austin neighborhoods <http://sites.utexas.edu/gentrificationproject/>.
	The event is free, with lunch provided, but seating is limited and an RSVP is required <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ut-opportunity-forum-presents-uprootedlessons-for-addressing-displacement-in-austins-gentrifying-tickets-50376792342>.
Location: Francis Auditorium in Townes Hall (TNH 2.114), University of Texas School of Law, Austin 


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In Solidarity,
Third Coast Activist Resource Center

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