Increase your knowledge of  TREES and TREE PROGRAMS  in our region. In this virtual program, our speakers will inform us about the tremendous importance of trees in our communities, their role in our ecosystem, in our physical and spiritual lives, and how they help in restoring our planet’s environment!  Learn about local community tree programs and how you and/or your congregation can participate.  As always, we will provide our audience with a Toolkit of resources on this topic.

 Register here to attend this program!

Our Speakers:

Susan Fox, a Tree Steward from Cincinnati, OH

Chris Smyth, Director, Common Orchard Project, Green Umbrella, Cincinnati, OH

Bennet Kottler, Restoration Project Director, the Mill Creek Alliance, Cincinnati, OH

Program Host:

Becca Desai, Co-Chair, Education/Lifestyles Working Group,

Faith Communities Go Green (FCGG)

The Taft Lecture Series presents a Lecture from Environmental Scholar and Author, Dr. Robert Bullard.

Robert D. Bullard, Ph.D., is founding director of the Bullard Center for Environmental and Climate Justice and distinguished professor of urban planning and environmental policy at Texas Southern University. He received his Ph.D. degree in sociology from Iowa State University.

Professor Bullard is often called the “father of environmental justice.” He is also co-founder of the HBCU-CBO Gulf Coast Equity Consortium and HBCU Climate Change Consortium, and co-chair of the National Black Environmental Justice Network. Bullard is the author of eighteen books that address environmental racism, urban land use, housing, transportation, sustainability, smart growth, climate justice, and community resilience.  Dr. Bullard is a proud Vietnam-era U.S. Marine Corps veteran.
Funded by The Charles P. and Eleanor Taft Memorial Fund, the Taft Lecture Series features provocative thinkers, writers, teachers, theologians, social justice activists, and leaders in the fields of religion, social science, the arts, politics, and more. Lectures are presented once or twice or year as the featured speakers’ schedules permit, and are always free to the public. Space is limited, registration is required.

When you register, you will receive an email with a QR Code, this is your ticket for the event.

LOCATION

CCC Cincinnati
318 East 4th Street
Cincinnati OH United States 45202

Concert: Mysterium: Earth, Water, Wind, Void, and Fire -The
Five Elements.

Fluidity: A Creative Choral Community for a Cause is a chorus of passionate and diverse singers that gives back to our community by putting on choral concerts that benefit non-profit organizations in the Greater Cincinnati area.

Twice a year, spring and fall, Fluidity’s board selects and performs unique, creative concerts, that inspire and educate their audience to the mission and importance of the chosen non-profit organizations. Fluidity will perform on April 13th a concert to benefit Faith Communities Go Green, a collaboration with Green Umbrella, our region’s premiere environmental organization and EquaSion, our region’s premiere interfaith organization.

Faith Communities Go Green partners with religious communities to create a more sustainable and equitable future for all by mobilizing their moral voice to reduce the risk of catastrophic climate change by integrating care for our world in their lives and society. Hear from Faith Communities Go Green leaders about their engagement with communities representing all faiths and ethnic backgrounds, working for all generations, to becoming better stewards of the Earth, our common home.

Join us for refreshments following the concert.
First Lutheran Church, 1208 Race Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202
Tickets go on sale March 1, 2024, here:
https://tickets.chorusconnection.com/fluidity/events/962
Tickets are $25 each. Seating is limited.

Join us for a lecture from Environmental Scholar and Author, Dr. Robert Bullard.

Robert D. Bullard, Ph.D., is the founding director of the Bullard Center for Environmental and Climate Justice and distinguished professor of urban planning and environmental policy at Texas Southern University. He received his Ph.D. degree in sociology from Iowa State University.

In 2021, President Joe Biden named him to the White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council (WHEJAC). In 2022, the University of California, Berkeley Ecology Law Quarterly gave him its Environmental Leadership Award, the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) honored him with its Lifetime Achievement Award; Georgetown University and the University of Johannesburg awarded him honorary doctorates; and he was elected to join the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

A virtual program on
March 25th, 2024 at 7 pm Eastern

Please register HERE!

In this program our speakers will talk about the medical consequences of climate change, and also its adverse effects on human society (e.g. migration, poverty, food insecurity, etc.)

Our Speakers:

Kathleen Downey MD – a family physician for 43 years, and Professor Emerita, University of Cincinnati Medical School.

Caroljean Willie, SC, Ph.D. – Program Director at EarthConnection, a ministry of the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati, which is a center for learning and reflection about living lightly on Earth.

Program Moderator:

Becca Desai, Co-Leader – Education/Lifestyles Working Group, FCGG

A virtual program on
Thursday, February 29th at 7:00 to 8:00pm

Please Register HERE to receive the zoom link.

to hear acclaimed author and climate activist,

Heather McTeer Toney

as she talks about her new book,

Before The Streetlights Come On:
Black America’s Urgent Call for Climate Solutions

The Southeast-St Mary Deanery Catholic Rural Life announces its annual Local Foods Conference will be on Sunday, February 4, 2024 from 1:30 – 4:30 PM at St. George Church in Georgetown, Ohio. The day will include a keynote presentation on the State of Agriculture in the region as well as a presentation on local Food trucks. Three workshops will follow opportunities to meet with several local producers who will have displays that day.  In addition to Catholic Rural Life a program of the Catholic Social Action Office of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati,  the event is co-sponsored by the Adams Brown Counties Diabetes Education Coalition, Adams Brown Community Action Partnership and Brown County OSU Extension Office. All are welcome.

A virtual program on
February, 26 2024 at 7 pm Eastern

Please register HERE!

All investment activities can result in positive and negative sustainability outcomes to people and the planet. In this FCGG program, our speakers will introduce you to the topic and  talk about its relevance. We hope to inspire you to think about how you can make banking and investment choices which can positively impact our planet.

We will provide attendees with a basic toolkit of resources.

Our Speakers:

Janice Stenken

Member of TH!RD ACT, Ohio Working Group

Howard Fischer

Steward and the Chief Evangelist at Gratitude Railroad

Kyle Väth
Parishioner at Christ Church Cathedral Episcopal Church

Program Moderator:

Becca Desai, Co-Leader – Education/Lifestyles Working Group, FCGG

Our Speakers:

Susan Carlson

Sustainability Advocate; Congregation Beth Adam’s

Social Justice Committee- Climate Change Team member

Hannah Hengehold

Education & Community Relations Assistant

Rumpke Waste & Recycling

Colleen McSwiggin

Executive Director and Recycler-in-Chief

Cincinnati Recycling & Reuse Hub

Kyle Väth
Parishioner at Christ Church Cathedral Episcopal Church

Susan Vogt

National Catholic Environmental Speaker/Writer:
Living Lightly blog, Weekly ECO-TIPS, and Books Blessed By Less

Program Moderator:

Becca Desai, Co-Leader – Education/Lifestyles Working Group, FCGG

Please join us for the next Brent Spence Bridge Corridor Diversity & Inclusion Outreach Committee meeting on Monday, December 4, 2023, from 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm. This in-person meeting will share updates on the project, the Design Build Team’s Diversity & Inclusion Outreach Plan, and look forward to upcoming activities and project milestones.

The meeting will be held at The Riedlin Schott Community Room/Kenton County Building located at 1840 Simon Kenton Way, Covington, KY 41011.  Parking is available in front of the building off Simon Kenton Way.  If needed, additional parking is in the lot under the I-71/I-75 overpass identified in the highlighted area of the map below.

RSVP your attendance to aevar@hntb.com by Thursday, November 30th.  If you are unable to attend this meeting, you may designate an alternate representative for your company or agency.  Please include the alternate representative’s name in your RSVP.