Join the Youth for Appalachian Climate Justice (YACJ) coalition at our inaugural conference, Energizing Futures, Cultivating Change. During this one-day event, young organizers will facilitate workshops on radical environmentalism and radical organizing skills. We will also hold space for relationship-building and networking as we build a coalition of youth climate leaders.

YACJ is a space by and for young Appalachians to connect with other intersectional environmental activists in the region and build coordinated climate justice actions and energy. We arose from the recognition that mainstream environmental spaces have tended to sideline young radical Appalachians and that climate justice encompasses a much larger range of issues than has been traditionally recognized and respected. Our definition of climate justice expands beyond the mainstream definitions: we're building power around housing justice, decolonization, anti-racism, food sovereignty, disability justice, and other work that centers life and liberation of Earth and its inhabitants. 

We hope you will join us in generating ideas and actions for a liberatory future that not only includes but is lead by Appalachian youth.