AGENDA

Session 1: The State of Resilience Hub Work in the Bay Area
March 26, 2024, 1:00pm - 3:00pm, virtual

• Welcome and Introductions, Land Acknowledgement (Ana Miscolta, Director of Community Resilience, Thrive Alliance)

• An Introduction to Resilience Hubs (Susan Silber, Program Director, Collective Resilience)

• Breakout Rooms: Networking and Discussion on Community Needs and Resilience Hub Concepts 

• Resilience Hubs Across the Bay Area - A Lighting Round

  • VeggieLution, San Jose (Emily Schwing, Acting Executive Director)

  • California Indian Museum and Cultural Center, Santa Rosa (Carole Oliva, Development Specialist)

  • Peninsula Sinai Congregation, Foster City (Rabbi Marvin Goodman)

  • Lincoln Square Recreation Center, Oakland (Gilbert Gong, Recreation Center Director)

  • Green the Church, Oakland (Rev. Dr. Ambrose Carroll, Sr., Founder and CEO)

• Breakout Rooms: Mapping Resilience Hub Work and Interests Across the Region

• Next Steps

Session 2: Funding and Development of Resilience Hubs
April 24, 2024, 1:00pm - 3:00pm, virtual

• Welcome and Introductions, Land Acknowledgement (Ana Miscolta, Director of Community Resilience, Thrive Alliance)

• Getting Started: A Primer for Moving Forth Resilience Hub Work in Your Community (Susan Silber, Collective Resilience)

• How CBOs and Congregations can Leverage the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) funding (Gregory Stevens, California Interfaith Power & Light)

• Early Stage Resilience Hubs - A Lighting Round

  • The Women’s Building, San Francisco (Tania Estrada, Executive Director)

  • Greenbelt Alliance, Gilroy (Jordan Grimes, Resilience Manager)

  • Collective Roots Community Garden, East Palo Alto (Vera Cordova Mendoza, Community Garden Program Manager, Fresh Approach; Cade Cannedy, Director of Programs, Climate Resilient Communities)

  • The East Oakland Collective, Oakland (Candice Elder, Founder and Executive Director)

  • San Leandro Church of Christ, San Leandro (Woody Square, Youth and Family Minister)

• Panel Discussion: Funding and Fundraising

  • Hannah Doress, Principal, Hannah Doress Consulting

  • Tamira Jones, Director of Capacity Building, People’s Climate Innovation Center

  • Jessica Tovar, Lead Organizer, Local Clean Energy Alliance

  • Kirin Kumar, Director of Climate Resilience, Northern California Grantmakers

• Breakout Rooms: Sharing Knowledge and Resources to Get Started

• Next Steps

Session 3: Building a Network and Next Steps
May 22, 2024, 1:00pm - 3:00pm, virtual

• Welcome and Introductions, Land Acknowledgement (Ana Miscolta, Director of Community Resilience, Thrive Alliance)

• Defining Roles and Responsibilities Across Sectors (Susan Silber, Collective Resilience)

• Breakout Rooms: 1:1 Networking

• Lighting Talks:

  • City of Baltimore (Valerie Rupp, Climate & Resilience Program Manager)

    City of Oakland (Nick Kordesch, Energy Program Manager)

    Climate Crew (Leigh Meunier, Project Coordinator) 

• Breakout Rooms: Network Scenarios

• Closing and Next Steps