In May's meeting, our guest speaker Benjamin Sackler, the Climate Reality Project’s Community Manager, gives an overview of Reality Hub. This online platform for Climate Reality provides many different resources, networking and collaboration opportunities, and more, so if you’re looking for slide decks from previous trainings, or looking to connect with another volunteer, or have ideas and actions you want to share, Reality Hub is the platform for you!

In monthly meeting in March, we had guest speakers Zach Kopkin (from New Orleans) and Bekah Hinojosa (from Brownsville) from Sierra Club this month, talking to us about topics of environment and environmental justice in Texas, and making connections between issues seen in the Gulf Coast with issues we see here in DFW.

In February meeting we have working group updates, upcoming events, and other ways to get involved.

In January chapter's meeting, our guest speakers Peri Caylor, a member from the Bay Area chapter in California, will explains what Regenerative Agriculture is and how it benefits the soil and sequesters carbon and Pamela Tate, the Campaigns Chair in the Chicago CRP chapter, explains what the Farm Bill is, the policies the Coalition Group is lobbying for, and how our DFW chapter members can take action. To learn more about the fantastic work the group is doing for the 2023 Farm Bill you can visit the Chicago’s chapter page here:https://climaterealitychicago.com/regen-ag/

In this month's meeting, we will have a guest speaker from the Texas Trees Foundation, who will be sharing about some of the work their organization is doing in the DFW area.

In this month's meeting, we will be exploring the Inflation Reduction Act that President Biden signed into law on August 16th. Join us to learn more about what this means for the climate, our nation, as well as for each of us individually!

This month's meeting will be focused on what we have going on in the chapter, updates on current events, as well as information from some of our different Working Groups. You definitely don't want to miss this meeting, so mark your calendars and see you then!

In June meeting, we heard from Yevgeny Shrago, who is the is policy director for Public Citizen’s Climate Program, where he advocates for financial regulators to direct companies, banks, money managers, and other private actors to better identify and address the risks related to the climate crisis. This presentation explains the serious risks that climate change poses to the financial system, the way that banks and other large financial institutions are fueling that crisis and its negative impacts on vulnerable communities, and the tools that financial regulators are implementing and can implement to address those risks.

May Chapter Meeting including presentation on Environmental & Climate Equity: A local perspective by Carolee Estelle, MD