Ithaca College

Where will you be on Earth Day weekend? Join us on Saturday, April 20st from 9:30am - 7:30pm and again on Sunday, April 21st from 9:30am -12:30pm for the Youth Power Summit at the Park Center for Business and Sustainable Enterprise at Ithaca College. Become a "Solutionary!"

The Youth Power Summit is the Youth track of the Climate Smart & Climate Ready conference, a major, multi-sector, regional initiative under the leadership of Assemblywoman Barbara Lifton aimed at making our communities more climate friendly and climate resilient. The Youth Power Summit will explore millennials’ leadership in the growing field of “New Economics” and in locally focused, sustainable and anti-oppressive projects in Ithaca and Upstate New York.

The Youth Power Summit has partnered with the internationally recognized New Economics Institute, and together, with the support of Sustainability at Ithaca College, "Committed to Change", the Green Umbrella, and other student and community organizations, we have organized an amazing roster of workshops, panel presentations, and keynote speakers, including:

• Juliet Schor, author of Plenitude: The New Economics of True Wealth;
• Lilian Molina, inaugural director of the Environmental Justice program at the Energy Action Coalition, the hub of the US Youth Climate Justice movement; and
• Esteban Kelly, co-founder of the national worker co-op, the Anti-Oppression Resource and Training Alliance (AORTA).
  
  
  People of all ages interested in the program and/or local youth empowerment are encouraged to attend! 

Registration is Free! Register for the Youth Power Summit 

Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact Marian Brown at mbrown@ithaca.edu or (607) 274-3787. We ask that requests for accommodations be made as soon as possible.