United in Action | Community Based Program
Filmed at the Tzu Chi Center and in collaboration with Tzu Chi USA’s Global Affairs Team, United in Action is an in-depth conversation between our host, Steve Chiu, and representatives from the United Nations community. Together they will explore topics aligned with Tzu Chi and the UN 2022 mission to:
- improve lives and transform communities by eradicating poverty
- promote development
- uphold human rights
Come together with representatives from the New York City Climate Week community to reflect on Climate Week NYC & the Holistic Climate Solutions Summit, exploring the emergent solutions, exciting innovations, and new ways of thinking on how we can address our climate crisis, together.
Filmed in front of a live audience, the seventh episode of United in Action, “Holistic Climate Solutions,” will invite climate change makers to spotlight how, through the spirit of mutual understanding and cooperation, we can overcome gaps and obstacles and solve for the climate crisis, together.
Learn more at tzuchicenter.org/ClimateWeekNYC
Date & Time
Sunday, 9/25
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM In Person
8 PM Watch Premiere
Location
Tzu Chi Center
229 E 60th St. NY, 10022
SPEAKER
Dallas Conyers
Board member of the Climate Advocacy Lab and USCAN
Rev. Dallas Conyers is a community health activist. Her work is centered in helping people be able to live out their creation purpose, with a healthy body, in an healthy environment.
She leads intersectional conversations, workshops and panels on topics that include the intersection of Health, Faith, Environment, Justice, Climate, Equity, and Racism. She works as the Senior Projects and JEDI Manager for the Southeast Climate and Energy Network, International Liaison for United States Climate Action Network(USCAN), Collaborator for the Black Church Green Movement, and Board member of the Climate Advocacy Lab and USCAN.
SPEAKER
Sarah Yu-Chiu Chu
Senior project specialist in the Global Partnership Affairs Department (GPAD)
In developing global partnership and managing humanitarian projects, Sarah Yu-Chia Chu focuses on helping people in need where disaster and emergency occur as senior project specialist in the Global Partnership Affairs Department (GPAD) of Buddhist Tzu Chi Charity Foundation. Working closely with executives of CEO office and the Board of Directors, she and her team response to four interconnected challenges: the COVID-19 pandemic and the human rights it has imperiled; climate change; conflict and humanitarian crises; and faith community backsliding.
Chu will also ensure that Tzu Chi enhances its leadership in areas including charity, health, education, media, global relief, volunteer empowerment, environmental protection, stem cells and bone marrow bank. Additionally, Chu and her team will make sure that global partnership plays a critical role in Tzu Chi’s responses to a range of social, humanitarian, and climate issues. This year, collaborating with major international relief organizations, Chu focuses on programs for Ukrainian refugees and food relief to South Sudan. Her past assignments include disaster relief and recovery for Japan Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, the 2015 Nepal earthquake, and Cyclone Idai in Mozambique.
Before working for Tzu Chi, Chu has been a long-time volunteer. Being inspired by great compassion of Dharma Master Cheng Yen, the founder of Tzu Chi, and her work, Chu made a major career change from a promising marketing new star to a full-time position in Tzu Chi to support peace and reconciliation.
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