{"id":4367,"date":"2025-03-04T10:22:47","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T15:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/?page_id=4367"},"modified":"2025-10-04T12:45:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T16:45:50","slug":"march-27-l-a-kauffman-grassroots-organizing-and-climate-justice","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/climatecommons\/march-27-l-a-kauffman-grassroots-organizing-and-climate-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"March 27: L.A. Kauffman- Grassroots Organizing and Climate Justice"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We are honoured to welcome L.A. Kauffman to speak about grassroots organizing and climate justice. With over 35 years of dedication to grassroots movements as a journalist, historian, organizer, and strategist, Kauffman brings a wealth of experience and insight. From her work saving over 100 New York City community gardens to mobilizing some of the largest antiwar protests in U.S. history, her contributions to activism are nothing short of inspiring. We look forward to learning from her expertise and passion as we explore the intersection of community action and environmental justice.<\/p>\n

Speaker: L.A. Kauffman has spent more than thirty-five years immersed in grassroots movements, as a journalist, historian, organizer, and strategist. Her writings on organizing\u00a0and social movement history have been published in\u00a0The Guardian, The Nation<\/em>,\u00a0The Progressive<\/em>,\u00a0Mother Jones<\/em>, the\u00a0Village Voice<\/em>,\u00a0n+1<\/em>,\u00a0The Baffler<\/em>, and many other outlets. <\/span>Kauffman was a central strategist of the two-year direct action campaign that saved more than 100 New York City community gardens from bulldozing in 1999; she masterminded the campaign\u2019s most notorious action, the release of 10,000 crickets in One Police Plaza during a city land auction. Kauffman was the mobilizing coordinator for the massive antiwar protests of 2003 and 2004, which remain some of the largest demonstrations in U.S. history.\u00a0More recently, she was a key organizer of successful campaigns to save two iconic New York City public libraries from being demolished and replaced by luxury towers. She is currently involved in a range of organizing projects to oppose the Trump presidency.<\/p>\n

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