Albany – Since the midterms a Green New Deal has been the policy on the lips of progressive congresspeople and is the territory which the current fight to prevent the worst of climate catastrophe between the corporate state and the people.

The event will explore the various GND proposals and how to fund it. First developed in the United States by Howie Hawkins in 2010 and then promoted by Jill Stein in her presidential campaigns. It combined the need for fast, emergency action on climate with the concept of an FDR-like New Deal economic bill of rights and includes the concept of economic and financial democracy by reforming the banking system.

Saturday, March 9 at 2:00 pm

Albany Public Library

161 Washington Avenue

2nd Floor Community Room

Speakers

Howie Hawkins, Green Party of New York

Mark Dunlea, Green Education and Legal Fund

Meghan Marohn, First Unitarian Universalist Society of Albany, Extinction Rebellion

Sponsors

Upper Hudson Green Party

Green Sanctuary Committee

Green Education and Legal Fund

People of Albany United for Safe Energy