15 climate justice organizations across Oregon attend OJTA’s 2023 member retreat
From Nov. 13 through Nov. 16, 2023, Oregon Just Transition Alliance and its key members, partners, and friends gathered for our 2023 member retreat at the Alton L. Collins Retreat Center in Eagle Creek, Oregon. Among the fir trees and moss-covered vine maples, we learned about the principles of a Just Transition, celebrated our wins, and shared our policy goals for the future. Most importantly, we invested in our collective knowledge and deepened our connections, strengthening the possibility of a Just Transition in our lifetime.
Our member retreat wrapped:
15 alliance organizations and close partners attended.
33 individual attendees traveled from at least six different regions of Oregon to participate.
4 days and over eight full hours were spent learning from each other about a Just Transition–what it is and how we work towards it.
2 solid after-hours were spent playing Just Transition Loteria.
4 large bottles of Coke Zero were drunk by one single Climate Justice Alliance member.
Shout outs and thank yous:
Thank you to Michelle Mascarenhas and Brooke Anderson of Movement Generation for facilitating an insightful and meaningful Just Transition training!
Thanks to Front and Centered for coming all the way from Washington to participate, and for gifting us a Just Transition Loteria.
Shout out to Kaleb Lay of Oregon Rural Action for volunteering to give a presentation on hydrogen energy in Oregon–we love to see alliance members taking leadership roles and teaching us about the work you do to keep us safe from environmental pollutants.
Thank you to all the organizations who participated: Adelante Mujeres, APANO, Beyond Toxics, Climate Justice Alliance, Coalition of Communities of Color, Comunidades, Front and Centered, Movement Generation, OPAL Environmental Justice, Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility, Oregon Rural Action, PCUN, Rogue Climate, Unite Oregon, and Verde.
Thank you to the Alton L. Collins Retreat Center for hosting us and keeping us well-fed.
Check out some of the photos from our 2023 member retreat:
