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Monday, October 26, 2009 9:15 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: Arizona Ballroom

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Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins CEO, Green For All Presenter View

Description

Shifting to clean energy means redefining the very foundation of our economy.  Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, Chief Executive Officer of Green for All, will discuss how we can make sure that the principles of equity and opportunity for all are etched into that foundation and how green-collar jobs represent a new job sector, not yet caught in the history and inertia of pay inequity. Learn about how this unexpected coalition of a broad range of groups including civil rights, social justice, labor, environmental, faith and community groups, many of whom are not known historically for their engagement in climate and energy issues, has given new strength to the green movement and a new range of possibilities for what it can achieve.

Speaker Biographies

Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins is the CEO of Green For All.  Since March 2009, she has assembled a civil rights coalition that successfully lobbied for two significant improvements to the U.S. House of Representatives' version of the American Clean Energy and Security Act; securing funding for job training, and guaranteeing broad access to clean energy jobs. Under her leadership, Green For All has won major legislative victories in Washington State and New Mexico which are pioneering state-level green jobs and energy efficiency programs.  Prior to Green For All, Ms. Ellis-Lamkins headed the South Bay AFL-CIO Labor Council and Working Partnerships USA where she earned her reputation as one of the nation's most brilliant, inspirational, and creative problem solvers for working families.  She has been featured in the Wall Street Journal online, San Francisco Chronicle, NBC News and ABC News.