Civic Dinner: Climate

December 5 @ 6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. EST

Cost – $15-50

In an increasingly fragmented world, the ability to connect with one another becomes ever more powerful. Though we often forget it, human beings are storytellers, and we relate to each other through shared experiences, dining, and dialogue. Civic Dinners are meals hosted for a small group of people—old friends and new ones—and with the objective of engaging in profound and mindful conversations about topics that are sensitive, yet imperative, to discuss.

EXPERIENCE:

As an extension of the Inspire Speakers Series, Green Building Alliance and our partners design several shoulder events to create stronger interpersonal and community connections while weaving in topics of interest presented on stage over the last five seasons. We invite you to join us and our gracious dinner hosts Joylette Portlock and Mark Dixon for an evening of conversation and community building around the topic of climate.

About our Hosts:

Mark Dixon

Mark Dixon, Blue Lens, is an award-winning filmmaker, activist, and public speaker exploring the frontiers of social change on a finite planet. Mark graduated from Stanford University in 1997 with

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Dr. Joylette Portlock

Dr. Joylette Portlock is the President of Communitopia, a nonprofit based in Pittsburgh that focuses on climate change communication, where she stars in a series of funny, short web videos

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AGENDA:

6:00 p.m. – Drinks and networking
6:30 p.m. – Seated dinner and whole-table conversation
8:30 p.m. – Dinner and structured conversation end, event wrap-up