Divest From Violence & Reinvest in a Just World
May 18th at 4-6pm PT / 5-7pm MT / 6-8pm CT / 7-9pm ET
Free, donations appreciated (they will go to supporting our presenters!)
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Join CODEPINK, Divest Ed, and World BEYOND War for a training on how to divest from destructive industries, from weapons to fossil fuels, and how to reinvest in the just, peaceful, and green future we want. Learn about the growing global divestment movement and why divestment is a powerful tactic that gives us the agency to make change, on the individual, institutional, and municipal levels. We'll cover the nuts & bolts of how to divest, successful case studies of divestment, and resources for reinvestment strategies.
This special webinar is offered in support of Campaign Nonviolence Action Days' Sept 26th "Divest From Violence Day". On this day, we ask you to join us in taking action to stop money from going into industries that manufacture violence, including guns, weapons, nukes, prisons, and fossil fuels. The webinar on May 18th will cover what divestment is all about, how to research your banks and other groups, and how to take action. Learn more and sign-up here.
Note: We STRONGLY recommend this training. (It's great!) Please invite your local friends to join us, too. Reach out to people who care about violence, guns, weapons, and fossil fuels, and use this webinar as a way to build connections and get ready to take action together in September!
Presenters
Greta Zarro is Organizing Director of World BEYOND War. She is based in New York State in the United States. Greta has a background in issue-based community organizing. Her experience includes volunteer recruitment and engagement, event organizing, coalition building, legislative and media outreach, and public speaking. Greta graduated as valedictorian from St. Michael’s College with a bachelor’s degree in Sociology/Anthropology. She previously worked as New York Organizer for leading non-profit Food & Water Watch. There, she campaigned on issues related to fracking, genetically engineered foods, climate change, and the corporate control of our common resources. Greta and her partner run Unadilla Community Farm, a non-profit organic farm and permaculture education center in Upstate New York.
Shea Leibow is passionate about anti-war, anti-imperialist, and climate justice movement-building. They received their bachelor’s degree in the Study of Women & Gender and Environmental Science & Policy from Smith College in 2020. Shea has worked on campaigns related to environmental justice, food access, and nuclear weapons abolition. They also have a background in research, and were a Next Leader with the National Priorities Project at the Institute for Policy Studies prior to coming to CODEPINK. Shea is based in Chicago, IL and is a National Organizer with the Divest from the War Machine and CODEPINK Congress campaigns.
Gracie Brett is an organizer and co-director of Divest Ed, the national strategy and resource hub for the college divestment movement. There, she trains and supports student organizers fighting for endowment justice. Gracie is passionate about collective liberation, animal liberation, abolition, and using rest as a form of resistance.
Seth Shelden is the United Nations Liaison for the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN). In this capacity, he assists governments in signing and ratifying the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, and he represents ICAN in promoting universalization of the treaty. Mr. Shelden has a background in law. After nearly seven years at the international law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, today he is a partner at the law firm of Farkas & Neurman and an Adjunct Professor at the City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law. In the past, Mr. Shelden has held visiting professorships at the Cardozo School of Law (where he was also an Adjunct Professor), the University of Latvia (as a Fulbright Scholar), and Toyo University (as a Fulbright Specialist). He also serves on the Board of Directors for the Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy. Mr. Shelden has a J.D. degree from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law and a B.A. degree, with Honors and Distinction, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, as well as a certificate in International Nuclear Safeguards Policy from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies.