Climate & Global Migration Sessions
Meeting with Decision Makers in an Impactful Way
During this session, participants will learn how we can meet with elected leaders to advocate effectively for what our communities need. We will provide you with tangible skills that you can use to help educate and advocate with elected leaders in Washington DC or in your home district. We all have the power and the human right to take action alongside people impacted by climate change.
Following this session, participants will:
Understand effective ways to engage in education and advocacy with decision-makers about climate change and its impacts on migration.
Identify opportunities to take action alongside people impacted by climate change, in your local community or at the state or federal level.
Presenters
Avery Davis Lamb, Co-Executive Director of Creation Justice Ministries
Avery is an activist, ecologist, and public theologian working at the intersection of Christianity and environmental justice. He is the Co-Executive Director of Creation Justice Ministries. Avery has a background in both ecological research and faith-based environmental organizing, studying ecology in various ecosystems and organizing faith communities across the country in support of action on environmental justice. Previously he has worked for Sojourners and Interfaith Power & Light. He serves on the board for The Center for Spirituality in Nature and is a Fellow with the Re:Generate Program at Wake Forest Divinity School and the Foundations of Christian Leadership Program at Duke Divinity School.
Drocella Mugorewera, Executive Director, Bridge Refugee Services
Drocella Mugorewera is Executive Director of Bridge Refugee Services, a nonprofit in Knoxville dedicated to assisting refugees to become self-sufficient and productive and contributing members of our communities. She serves as a Refugee Congress Board Member and an Honorary Delegate for Tennessee, as a Board Member of the East Tennessee Foundation, and an active member of the Knoxville Association of Women Executives (KAWE) and Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition (TIRRC). Born in Rwanda, she was forced to leave as a refugee and came to Tennessee in 2009. She served previously as a parliamentarian, a development consultant and the Secretary of Lands, Environment, Forestry, Water and Mines, and has an academic background in environmental and life sciences. Drocella is an International Income Growth and Integration Coach. She helps skilled refugees and immigrants frustrated with low paying jobs to increase their income so they can comfortably live in any country in the world. Drocella is also a transformational Speaker. She speaks about faith, hope, resilience and leading with empathy. Drocella enjoys traveling, networking, reading books and spending time with friends and families especially her two year old grandson.
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