Just Transitions Summit

Just Transitions Summit

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11:30am EDT

Registration Abromson First Floor Lobby

12:30pm EDT

Opening Remarks Hannaford Hall

1:00pm EDT

Two Short Films on Just Transitions: "Talking Union, Talking Climate" and "Voices from the Green Transition" Hannaford Hall

2:15pm EDT

Guest Speaker: Phil Coupe, Co-Founder of ReVision Energy Hannaford Hall

3:30pm EDT

Climate Crisis 101 Abromson Room 110 Labor Movement 101 Abromson Room 109

4:45pm EDT

Ensuring High Quality Job Creation in the Buildout of Clean Energy Infrastructure Abromson Room 213 Leveraging Federal Funds to Build Worker and Community Power Abromson Room 215

5:00pm EDT

Youth Roundtable TBD

6:00pm EDT

Opening Reception Abromson First Floor Lobby

7:30am EDT

Breakfast Abromson Second Floor Mezzanine

9:00am EDT

Defining a Just Transition Hannaford Hall

9:30am EDT

The Unseen Struggle: The Climate Crisis as a Labor Issue Hannaford Hall

10:30am EDT

Guest Speaker: Rick Levy, President of Texas AFL-CIO Hannaford Hall

11:15am EDT

Case Studies from Maine: TBA Abromson Room 216 Case Studies from Maine: TBA Abromson Room 215 Case Studies from Maine: TBA Abromson Room 110

12:30pm EDT

Lunch Abromson Second Floor Mezzanine

1:45pm EDT

Ethics of Breaking Stuff: The Digital Rage Room TBD The Arts as A Tool to Achieving Climate Justice and Social Justice Abromson Room 216

3:15pm EDT

Climate Justice: Power & Privilege Abromson Room 215 How to Build a Climate Caucus in Your Union Abromson Room 216

4:30pm EDT

Opportunities and Challenges to Wabanaki Engagements with Sustainable Energy and Just Transitions Hannaford Hall

7:30am EDT

Breakfast Abromson Second Floor Mezzanine

9:00am EDT

Municipalism at the Intersections of Labor, Energy, and Climate Justice Talbot Lecture Hall

10:45am EDT

Putting the Community Back in Community Solar: A case study on consumer-owned energy development Abromson Room 216 The Strategic Role of Cooperatives in a Just Transition Abromson Room 213 Worker Power: Socialist Solutions to Climate Disaster Abromson Room 215

12:30pm EDT

Lunch Abromson Second Floor Mezzanine

1:45pm EDT

Maine’s Solar Industry: Opportunities and Challenges Talbot Lecture Hall

3:30pm EDT

Building Trades Worker Meet-Up Abromson Room 215 Climate Activist Meet-Up Abromson Room 216 Responsibility of the University of Maine System to a Just Transition Abromson Room 213

5:00pm EDT

General Strike 2028: Building Unions and Confronting the Climate Crisis Talbot Lecture Hall

Just Transitions Summit

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