Livestream Schedule – Wednesday, April 22nd – 12-7 pm
Main Session – Virtual Rally 12-1 pm
11:45 am – sign on
12:00 pm – Virtual Climate Uprising – this is the main rally for the day – featuring inspiring speakers, local artists and more. If you can only come to one session, make it this one.
MCs: Aisha Wallace-Palomares, SanDiego350 and Leah Spinner, Sunrise Movement San Diego
Speakers
- Bobby Wallace, Barona Band of Mission Indians / Longest Walk Chief
- Nathan Fletcher, County Board of Supervisors
- Francisco “Panchito” Martinez, Environmental Health Coalition
- Shannon Cotton, ICU RN, UCSD Hillcrest and California Nurses Association
- Aaron Masikip, Senior & Eco-Club leader, Olympian High School
- Lora Mathis, San Diego City College student
- Spoken word by Kisi Apaak
Afternoon Sessions
- 12:55-1:20 pm Covid-19 Q&A: Mutual Aid in SD County and disaster relief resources with:
- Christina Griffin, We All We Got San Diego
- Yesi & Matt, San Diego DSA
- Shannon Cotton, California Nurses Association
- Wael Al-Delaimy, UCSD Epidemiology
- Carla Melgun, VA Nurses
- 1:25-1:55 pm Workshop: Earth Day Cooking – Earth Day themed environmental education & cook along & with vegan chef Dareen Nasser (list of ingredients to have on hand)
- 2:00-2:30 pm A Changing Climate: Some Kumeyaay Perspectives – Native Tribal issues and past experiences, San Diego’s Kumeyaay Territory climate dangers of the present and future. With:
- Amaya Hill, Miss Kumeyaay nation
- Manuel Belmonte, Center for Interdisciplinary Environmental Justice (CIEJ)
- Amrah Salomon, Professor at UC Santa Barbara
- Chelsi Sparti, Samuel Lawrence Foundation
- Jessica Ng, PhD candidate at Scripps Institution of Oceanography
- Bobby Wallace, Kumeyaay Tribe
- 2:35-2:55 pm Community Yoga and Mindfulness workshop – Yoga energizer with C(OM)munity Yoga & Mindfulness instructor Brianda Vargas.
- 3:00-3:30 Q&A with High School Activism – Highschool environmental justice leaders discuss their experiences in activism. With:
- Kate Vedder, Pt Loma High School
- Ro’aa Alkhawaja, Mt Carmel High School
- Shukriya Osman, Bright Horizon Academy
- Adelka Hancova, Pt Loma High School
- Aaron Masikip, Olympian High School
- Leana Cortez, Rancho Buena Vista High School
- 3:35-4:05 College Activism Panel – College organizers from campuses across San Diego describe their efforts to take action against climate change.
- Jess Wallach, USD
- Gianna Petersen, USD
- Harrison Mitsanas, UCSD
- Adam Cooper, UCSD
- Ramon Saldivar, City College
- Renee Deleon, City College
- Steve Snider, City College
- Charlie Trujillo, SDSU
- 4:10-4:40 pm Panel: Justicia Ambiental – solo en Español (Climate and Environmental Justice Session – Spanish only). Con / With:
- Maria C Villanueva, Mothers Out Front
- Jose Franco Garcia, Environmental Health Coalition
- Oscar Medina, Environmental Health Coalition
- Alicia Sanchez, Environmental Health Coalition
- 4:45-5:05 pm Introduction to Local Medicinal Plants – with Ami Admire, Rincon.
- 5:10-5:30 pm San Diego Green New Deal Discussion Panel – Local environmental advocates describe what the Green New Deal means for San Diego.
- Maleeka Marsden, Climate Action Campaign
- Nikayla Jefferson, Sunrise Movement San Diego
- Maria Rivera, SanDiego350
- Ryan Karlsgodt, UniteHere Local 30
- 5:35-5:55 Workshop: Activism at home – A call to action for viewers focused on contacting politicians & making a difference. With:
- Anne Barron, Peace Resource Center
- Riley Liiva, Sunrise Movement
- Trung Nguyen, SanDiego350
- 6:00-7:00 Closing – Earth Day closing speeches by:
- Wael Al-Delaimy, UCSD Division Chief of Global Health
- Yusef Miller, NAACP San Diego Branch
- Rosa Olascoaga, Mid-City CAN
- Maleeka Marsden, Climate Action Campaign