Mobilizing for Clean Air, Clean Water, and a Stronger Future

✨ Event Overview

Join students, organizers, and environmental leaders from across Central Texas for a powerful day of coalition-building, skill-sharing, and collective action.

The Central Texas Climate Summit is a free event designed to strengthen environmental momentum across our region by bringing people together across campuses, communities, and causes. You’ll walk away with practical tools, new connections, and clear strategies for making change.

This summit is co-hosted by the Center for Government & Civic Services and the Green Workforce Collaborative at Austin Community College.

🎯 What You’ll Gain

• 👥 New connections with fellow organizers, students, and environmental advocates

• 🛠️ Hands-on skills in campaign building, testimony training, and policy engagement

• 🌱 Fresh energy for your work, plus resources to grow your network

• 📣 Actionable strategies and next steps for real impact beyond the summit

🗓️ Summit Schedule (Subject to Updates)

11:00 AM – Check-in + coffee and light snacks
11:40 AM – Welcome + opening remarks
12:00 PM – Panel: The Climate Emergency in Texas + Collective Strategies
1:00 PM – Networking lunch (plant-based + locally sourced)
1:30 PM – Breakout Roundtable Sessions

• Advocacy & Campaign Building

• Youth Leadership & Campus Organizing

• Volunteerism & Direct Service

• Testimony & Storytelling for Change
  2:30 PM – Action Planning: Share back session + defining goals
  3:00–4:00 PM – Closing reflections + networking

🤝 Get Involved!

We’re inviting local organizations and student groups to:

• 💬 Facilitate a roundtable on one of the session themes

• 🧾 Table at the event to share your work and connect with attendees

Interested? Contact:
📧 austin.wells@austincc.edu | 📞 (512) 983-3679