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“The Future of Currency”

With Robert Kieronski

Zoom Presentation followed by Q & A         

BobKieronski, a longtime member ofChanning, is a retired electrical engineer and artist.  He has been engaged in research for severalyears about forward-looking investments for this challenging time. In immersinghimself in information on economics, and experiencing firsthand some of theresults of certain types of financial endeavors, he has been able to draw someparallels between historic occurrences and possible future outcomes.  Get ready for an entertaining and possiblycontroversial program! Contact TLC@channingchurch.org to receive the Zoom link 

Thenext meeting of SAC will be on April 12 at 2 PM on Zoom. Those who wish to joinus may contact Nan Heroux at socialaction@channingchurch.org  for the Zoom link.

“ClimateJobs RI:” MovingOur State to a Green Economy

AProgram on Zoom, April 14 at 7:00 PM

The2020 election results signaled growing support among voters for moving ourstate toward a Green Economy, meaning an economy rooted in the principles ofeconomic, environmental, racial and social justice. Out of initialconversations among environmental and labor groups, legislators and other individuals who share a concern about climate change andour economy, Climate Jobs RI was born. The goals of this new coalition includemoving RI’s economy toward 100% net-zero emissions, the inclusion of allstakeholder voices in a “just transition” guaranteed by legislative mandate,and retrofitting all schools and public buildings for net-zero emissions.

Threeof the state’s most prominent voices in the Climate Jobs RI coalition will beour speakers at TLC’s Zoom program on April 14. Dawn Euer, State Senatorfor Newport and Jamestown,  is a life-long environmental activist, andcurrently Chair of the Senate Environment and Agriculture Committee  As asenator, she has introduced legislation opposing dangerous off-shore drillingalong the coast, opposed the expansion of carbon-based energy sources, and championedrenewable energy efforts. She has pushed the state to get more serious aboutits commitments to reducing its carbon output, cutting back on the use ofplastic bags and encouraging property owners to adapt for climateresiliency.  She also sponsored  the 2021 Act on Climate (2021-S 0078),  which would make the carbon emissions reductiongoals outlined in the Resilient Rhode Island Act of 2014 legally enforceable aswell as more ambitious.

Priscilla De La Cruz is the RhodeIsland Director of Green Energy Consumers Alliance, a non-profit that aims toharness the power of consumers to  advocate for energy policies thatbenefit the greater good. Patrick Crowley is theSecretary-Treasurer for the RI AFL-CIO, which represents nearly 80,000 workersis various industries across the state.

The program is free and open to thepublic. Come and ask your questions! 

To obtain the Zoom link send an email to TLC@channingchurch.org