Immorality of Inaction: Voicing Truth on Climate

Join us on Friday, September 18, at the historic Riverside Church in New York City for “Immorality of Inaction: Voicing Truth on Climate.” This gathering will bring people together to give voice to what we know to be true about the catastrophic consequences of allowing the pillage and pollution of the Earth—and what we are called to do about it. Through speech, story and song, we will invigorate and empower a moral community to respond to the climate emergency. We have the scientific knowledge, technology and financial resources to decrease fossil fuel emissions, restore integrity, protect communities and prevent ecosystem collapse. Yet we don’t. In the face of shifting political winds and corporate profit-seeking, our systems are ever more locked into a trajectory of self-destruction. We cannot be silent. Let’s build the public pressure needed to move from a culture of denial and delay to one of decisive action. Speakers include: Alexis Abramson, Dean of the Columbia University Climate School Bishop William Barber II, Co-Chair of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for a Moral Revival Roberto Múkaro Borrero, Board President, United Confederation of Taíno People Paul Gallay, Director, Resilient Coastal Communities Project, Center for Sustainable Urban Development, Columbia Climate School Al Gore, Founder and Chairman, The Climate Reality Project Karenna Gore, Founder and Executive Director, Center for Earth Ethics Oren Lyons, Faithkeeper of the Turtle Clan of the Onondaga Nation Wanjira Mathai, Managing Director for Africa and Global Partnerships, World Resources Institute Sophia Powless, Indigenous educator, member of the Wolf Clan of the Onondaga Nation Charitie Ropati, Youth Climate Advisor to the Secretary-General of the United Nations Rabbi Jennie Rosenn, Founder and CEO, Dayenu: A Jewish Call to Climate Action Reverend Adriene Thorne, senior minister of the historic Riverside Church in the City of New York Elizabeth Yeampierre, Executive Director, UPROSE