BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Canyon Democrats - ECPv6.15.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Canyon Democrats X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://canyondems.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Canyon Democrats REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20210314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20211107T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210420T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210420T210000 DTSTAMP:20260427T225048 CREATED:20210318T165722Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210413T224824Z UID:5631-1618945200-1618952400@canyondems.org SUMMARY:Virtual General Meeting featuring. Michele Goodwin\, UCI Professor of Law DESCRIPTION:Civil Liberties in a Pandemic: The Lessons of History\nKeynote Speaker:\nMichele Bratcher Goodwin\, UCI Professor of Law\n \nLegal & political concerns about the government’s exercise of authority during a pandemic & national health crisis\nProfessor Goodwin will address the need to balance the state’s authority to protect the public’s health and safety against encroachments upon civil rights and civil liberties.  She will offer case studies to explain the history and political concerns related to the balancing acts the states must undertake.  There will be time for Q&A’s. \nREGISTER ON ZOOM NOW\n\nNOTE: Professor Goodwin’s portion of the meeting will only be accessible via Zoom \nWATCH LIVE ON YOUTUBE\nDownload March Meeting Minutes\nDownload April Meeting Agenda\nAbout our speaker\nMichele Bratcher Goodwin is a Chancellor’s Professor at the University of California\, Irvine and founding director of the Center for Biotechnology and Global Health Policy. She is the recipient of the 2020-21 Distinguished Senior Faculty Award for Research\, the highest honor bestowed by the University of California. She is also the first law professor at the University of California\, Irvine to receive this award. She is an elected member of the American Law Institute as well as an elected Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and the Hastings Center (the organization central to the founding of bioethics). She is an American Law Institute Adviser for the Restatement Third of Torts: Remedies. \n Click here to learn more about Professor Goodwin \n\n\n \n \n \n \n\n \n How is Climate Change Affecting Our Community?How fast is it happening?What can WE do to fight it?\n \nClimate change is the greatest threat to our existence. Please join us for this highly educational and directive presentation. Our guest speakers are renown climate activists in Orange County. \nGuest speakers\nDr. Kathleen Treseder Ayn Craciun \n\n\n\n \n \n Register on Zoom \n \n \n \n Watch on YouTube Live \n \n \n\n\n\n \n \n Download Meeting Agenda \n \n \n \n January Meeting Minutes \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Dr. Kathleen Treseder is the Howard A. Schneiderman Endowed Chair and Professor of Biology at University of California Irvine. For thirty years\, she has led an internationally recognized research program and educated the next generation of scientists and students who are fighting for our climate. In acknowledgement of her outstanding research and publication record on global climate change\, she has been elected a Fellow of the Ecological Society of America\, the American Academy of Microbiology and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. \nIn 2017\, Kathleen began to work within our local area to enact real-world solutions to climate change. She co-founded OC Clean Power\, a grassroots organization of over 30 non-profits\, businesses\, school organizations\, and faith groups. With her leadership\, they successfully lobbied Irvine\, Fullerton\, Huntington Beach\, and Buena Park to found OC Power Authority\, one of the largest renewable energy programs in California. \nKathleen is running for a seat on the Irvine City Council. She and her husband\, Jim\, are proud parents to twins who love the outdoors\, science\, and art. They remind her of what’s at stake for a better future. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Ayn Craciun is the Orange County Policy Manager with Climate Action Campaign\, a leading nonprofit climate policy watchdog in the region. Ayn’s work focuses on advancing equity\, facilitating adoption of zero carbon Climate Action & Adaptation Plans\, Building Electrification policies\, and Community Choice Energy — any city’s fastest path to 100% clean energy. Before embarking on her path as an environmental advocate\, Ayn had a successful career in corporate communications and PR. In 2016\, Ayn helped advocate for the City of Irvine’s historic organic landscaping policy. In 2018\, Ayn turned her focus to the climate crisis and helped build a coalition of support to create the Irvine-led Orange County Power Authority\, which launched in December 2020. In Feb. 2021\, she joined Climate Action Campaign\, helping draft and build support for the City of Irvine’s ACHIEVES climate resolution\, which made Irvine the first city in Southern California and the third in the state to commit to 2030 zero carbon goals in line with the most recent climate science. URL:https://canyondems.org/event/virtual-general-meeting-featuring-michele-goodwin-uci-professor-of-law/ LOCATION:Virtual Online\, CA CATEGORIES:Monthly General Meeting,Virtual Event END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR