Webinar on State-Level Catholic Creation Care Advocacy Features Encounter GA

It is an increasingly challenging environment for climate advocacy, particularly at the federal level in the United States. However, there is important advocay work happening at the state and local level..

On Wednesday, March 26, the Catholic Climate Covenant held a webinar to discuss state-level Catholic climate advocacy efforts.

The webinar explores how U.S. Catholics are successfully advocating for our common home at the state level. Panelists included members of Maryland Catholics for Our Common Home, Encounter Georgia, Kentucky Catholic Conference, Catholic Climate Covenant’s Encounter Program, and a Catholic youth from Massachusetts.

Panelists: (see panelists’ bios here)

• Bob Simon, Maryland Catholics for Our Common Home

• Drew Reynolds, Encounter Georgia

• Emily, Catholic youth creation care advocate, Massachusetts 

• Scott Porter, Catholic Conference of Kentucky

• Kayla Jacobs, Catholic Climate Covenant

Each panelists shared their model for advocacy, with the goal of helping others across the US build capacity for state-level climate organizaing work.

Watch the webinar to learn how different state-level models are emerging. Jump to the 18:30 mark to hear about the work we’re doing here in Georiga.