March Guest Speaker: In a follow-up to last fall's guest speaker on the toxic shingle plant GAF in Dallas, James Perkins, with Downwinders at Risk, will give a brief update on the issues at hand and share with us their Earth Day weekend of action.

Our speakers Kevin Conway and Mike Turgeon talks about how we can save money and help the earth through the Inflation Reduction Act!

In the first meeting for the year, guest speaker Rita Beving will be sharing opportunities for action around air quality.

In October month's meeting, our chapter members Rev. Mel Caraway and Rev. Joseph M. Clavijo will have a presentation about "Creation Justice – Where we are and thoughts on where we are going" Meeting Notes https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DtI0TwUpYyaSqtRA12qk3j1kvD23PDL4/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=103641862237183853887&rtpof=true&sd=true

Presentation on "Using today's technologies to provide sustainable solutions for educational facilities" by Joshua Minor, Exec. Dir. - Facilities, Hurst Euless Bedford ISD

Topic: Transforming Ecological Anxiety Presenter: Robert Bell from the Climate Coaching Alliance This presentation is geared primarily towards adults. Using the concepts of existential psychology, Robert will helps people of all ages transform their thinking, feeling, and acting to face the climate emergency with active optimism

In June's chapter meeting, hear from guest speaker Janie Cisneros as she talks about environmental justice, GAFs Gotta Go, and what we can do to help support their cause. Janie is from Singleton United, a resident empowerment group in West Dallas that was organized to help fight for environmental justice. Currently, they are leading the GAFs Gotta Go Campaign, which Climate Reality DFW is a part of.

In May's meeting, our guest speaker Benjamin Sackler, the Climate Reality Project’s Community Manager, gives an overview of Reality Hub. This online platform for Climate Reality provides many different resources, networking and collaboration opportunities, and more, so if you’re looking for slide decks from previous trainings, or looking to connect with another volunteer, or have ideas and actions you want to share, Reality Hub is the platform for you!

In monthly meeting in March, we had guest speakers Zach Kopkin (from New Orleans) and Bekah Hinojosa (from Brownsville) from Sierra Club this month, talking to us about topics of environment and environmental justice in Texas, and making connections between issues seen in the Gulf Coast with issues we see here in DFW.