BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.0.4//EN TZID:America/Chicago X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1-107@creation.cadeio.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201001T081500 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20201001T094500 DTSTAMP:20200929T223708Z URL:https://creation.cadeio.org/events/climate-policy-on-the-5th-anniversa ry-of-laudato-si/ SUMMARY:Climate Policy on the 5th Anniversary of LAUDATO SI DESCRIPTION:\n\nCatholic Leaders Convening with Senate Climate Solutions Ca ucus Co-Chairs\n\nIn celebration of the five year anniversary of Pope Fran cis' environmental encyclical Laudato Si\, please join us for an event hos ted by the co-chairs of the Senate Climate Solutions Caucus\, Senator Mike Braun and Senator Chris Coons\, and organized by the U.S. Conference of C atholic Bishops\, Catholic Charities USA\, and Catholic Relief Services.\n \nWhen: Thursday\, October 1\, 2020\, from 9:15 AM - 10:45 AM Eastern\nWhe re to Register: Click here to register.\n\nPRESENTERS:\n\nArchbishop Paul S. Coakley is the fourth Archbishop of Oklahoma City\, to which he was app ointed in 2010.  He previously served as Bishop of the Diocese of Salina\ , Kansas\, from 2004 to 2010 after serving as a priest of the Diocese of W ichita for 21 years.  Archbishop Coakley previously served as chairman of the board of Catholic Relief Services from 2013 to 2016.  Since November \, 2019\, he has served as Chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bis hops’ (USCCB) Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development.  In that role\, he presides over the USCCB’s domestic policy portfolio\, whi ch includes engagement with environmental issues within the United States. \n\nU.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) is the founding co-chair of the Senate Climate Solutions Caucus. Sen. Coons leads several pieces of legislation\ , including the Energy Savings Through Public-Private Partnerships Act\, N uclear Energy Renewal Act\, IMPACT for Energy Act\, Small Businesses Partn ering with National Labs Act\, and the Financing Our Energy Future Act.\n\ n\n \;\n\n\nU.S. Senator Mike Braun (R-IN) is the founding co-chair of the Senate Climate Solutions Caucus. Sen. Braun leads the Growing Climate Solutions Act of 2020\, a bipartisan bill that would help solve technical entry barriers to farmer and forest landowner participation in carbon cre dit markets.\n\nR. Scott Hurd is Catholic Charities USA's Vice President f or Leadership Development and chair of the board at the Catholic Climate C ovenant. He has twenty-eight years’ experience in professional ministry at the national\, diocesan\, and parish level. Scott has degrees from Oxfo rd University and the University of Richmond\, has authored five books\, a nd received writing awards from the Association of Catholic Publishers and the Catholic Press Association. At present he serves as the board chair o f the Catholic Climate Covenant and is active in the Oxford Alumni Climate Network.\n\nCarla Fajardo is Catholic Relief Services' Country Representa tive for Madagascar. Carla first joined CRS in 1999 and is currently respo nsible for leadership and coordination of all CRS activities across Madaga scar\, overseeing projects related to climate\, emergency preparedness and relief\, WASH\, agriculture\, etc. Madagascar is renowned for its biodive rsity and resilient people\, and CRS is proud to work there since 1962. CR S is partnering with communities to tackle challenges like deforestation a nd extreme weather so that they are able to adapt and thrive despite the i mpacts of climate change and COVID.\n\n\n \;\n\n\nMODERATOR:\n\nSr. Ma rianne Comfort is a justice coordinator with the Sisters of Mercy of the A mericas\, based in Silver Spring\, Maryland.  She serves on the steering committees of the Catholic Climate Covenant and Global Catholic Climate Mo vement and is a member of the Care for Creation Committee for the Archdioc ese of Washington\n\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR