June 16, 2024 at 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church- 10 Church St., Gloucester
Climate change is not only a collective event – it also touches us personally. What emotions are stirred up as we face the challenges of a changing climate, from extreme weather events to rising seas? What helps us to maintain courage and hope? How do we turn concern and grief into productive action?
Our keynote speaker, Margaret Bullitt-Jonas, will reflect on what her decades of climate activism have taught her about emotional and spiritual resilience. Our panelists will respond with their own stories and reflections. There will be time for discussion with the audience.
This free event is open to the public and will be held at Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church (10 Church St. Gloucester MA, 01930). It is sponsored by the Interfaith Committee of the Cape Ann Climate Coalition and funded by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. For more information, please contact Rev. Gail Seavey at gailcv@outlook.com.
Keynote speaker bio:
The Rev. Margaret Bullitt-Jonas, Ph.D., is an Episcopal priest, author, retreat leader, and climate activist. She has been a lead organizer of many Christian and interfaith events about care for Earth, and she leads spiritual retreats on spiritual resilience and resistance in a climate emergency. Her latest book, Rooted and Rising: Voices of Courage in a Time of Climate Crisis (2019), co-edited with Leah Schade, is a collection of essays by religious environmental activists. She has been arrested in Washington, D.C., and elsewhere to protest expanded use of fossil fuels. She serves as Missioner for Creation Care (Episcopal Diocese of Western Mass. & Southern New England Conference, United Church of Christ) and as Creation Care Advisor (Episcopal Diocese of Mass.). Her website, RevivingCreation.org, includes blog posts, sermons, videos, and articles.