The monthly meeting of the Legislative Committee for Climate Reality Project Portland
for “Three Steps Forward Two Steps Back”– with special guest presenter Dorothy Swain of Sustainable Rogue Valley!
After the presentation we’ll have Chapter updates and Q&A.
Three Steps Forward Two Steps Back – Progress is an intricate dance of gains and setbacks – and moving through adversity with grace can help solidify successes in the long run. Dorothy will tell the story of her sustainability work in Grants Pass over the past decade: planting seeds with Sustainable Rogue Valley, extending roots with Grants Pass Remembrance, and blossoming with the Grants Pass Sustainability and Energy Action Task Force. A recent uprooting caused us to regroup and hopefully emerge stronger.
About Dorothy: Dorothy Swain is a semi-retired science teacher and childless cat lady who lives in Grants Pass, Oregon with her husband Gary Lark, a poet. Born and raised in Chicago, then proceeding to live, work, and study in New York City, Oxford, GA, Milwaukee, WI, Chicago again, Pella, IA, Portland, OR, Ashland, OR, Santa Fe, NM, Coos Bay, OR, Ashland again, and now Grants Pass, Dorothy teaches part time at Rogue Community College and is active in Sustainable Rogue Valley, Grants Pass Remembrance, SOCAN, UUGP, and the Grants Pass Energy Action Team (GPEAT). Her passions are climate justice, Spinozan philosophy, and transformative conversation.
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Chapter meetings are at 7 pm the third Wednesday of the month. To accommodate members from different parts of the Portland Metro area and beyond, our meetings are primarily on zoom, with in person social events a few times per year.
Monthly chapter meetings of the Climate Reality Portland * third Wednesday of the month * Long time members and newly interested folks welcome!