(Oakland, CA - Oct. 8, 2021,) This year Green The Church (GTC) focuses on a call to action for the Black Church to address the need for Infrastructure, Agriculture, Energy, and Equity, the elements that protect health, build wealth, and bring resources back into Black communities. Through its theme “Green Lessons From Black Wall Street” this virtual national summit is a gathering that will consist of worship services, breakout sessions, panel discussions, networking, and much more. Faith and lay speakers participating in the conference include Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, Rev. Dr. Jamal Bryant, Rev. Dr. Kevin Cosby, William Barber, III J.D., Dr. Margot Brown, Rev. Dr. Franklyn Richardson, Rev. Dr. Jacqueline A. Thompson, Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Jr., Rev. Dr. Gerald Durley, and Ms. Shantha Ready Alonso and more.
For over 200 years, Black churches have been on the front lines of the most important social movements in the US and have been centers of resilience meeting people’s needs. But we have been largely unsuccessful in influencing policy and ensuring laws protecting human health and the environment are administered and enforced fairly and effectively.
Over the past ten years, in collaboration with major environmental, sustainability, food security, faith, and community-based non-profit organizations, GTC has created a cadre of Black churches engaging in the environmental justice, climate, and sustainability movement. We presently work with more than 1,000 pastors and congregations in eight states in the US as well as with groups in the Bahamas, Ghana, Nigeria, and the UK.
Green The Church has activated programs and conversations around environmental justice, energy and building efficiency, food sovereignty, and public health in the communities in which we serve. Supporting community-driven green infrastructure and resilience projects ensures that any solutions aiming to address these issues are also accountable to and co-created with the communities who are most impacted by them.
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For the full agenda and list of conference speakers, go to: www.greenthechurch.org
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Green The Church, founded in 2010 by Rev. Dr. Ambrose Carroll, Sr., helps galvanize Black churches and their local communities and leaders to address issues specific to populations historically disengaged from conversations around pollution and health, climate change, and sustainability and energy efficiency. The organization collaborates with major environmental, sustainability, food security, faith, and community-based non-profit organizations and everyone committed to “creation justice”—care and justice for God’s people and the planet—and building the beloved community. To learn more, visit: www.greenthechurch.org