Look Up, Step Up

The Social and Racial Justice Ministry of St. Cecilia Parish is hosting this talk: Join members of Extinction Rebellion to learn about our plan to confront the climate and ecological emergency!

"The alarm bells are deafening, and the evidence is irrefutable: greenhouse-gas emissions from fossil-fuel burning and deforestation are choking our planet and putting billions of people at immediate risk ... if we combine forces now, we can avert climate catastrophe." -- UN Secretary General António Guterres

It's easy to feel overwhelmed by the scale of what we are facing. That is why we need each and every one of us to come together while there is still time to act.

"These crises present us with the need to take decisions, radical decisions that are not always easy. At the same time, moments of difficulty like these also present opportunities, opportunities that we must not waste." -- Pope Francis

We are inviting you to open your hearts and explore new possibilities. It's time to stop feeling powerless and alone and get to know other local people who want to make a difference, too.

The talk will be about one hour and there will be time for Q&A.

We will be in the Community Room: Enter at the glass doors to the right of the church and go downstairs. The talk will start soon after the mass ends, around 12:45.