Take FEMA Off Trump's Chopping Block: America Needs Climate Disaster Relief
Tue, Jun 17
|virtual event
Time & Location
Jun 17, 2025, 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM
virtual event
About the Event
Jewish Earth Alliance Monthly Briefing
Tuesday, June 17
5:00 pm PT / 8:00 pm ET
Trump's proposed budget cuts funds for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), America's frontline against climate disasters. Our speaker will give us the inside scoop on the politics behind FEMA and why it's imperative that Congress intervene. Our speaker is Rachel Cleetus, senior policy director with the Climate and Energy program at the Union of Concerned Scientists. She is an expert in policies to promote clean energy in the power sector, including carbon pricing. She is also an expert on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) process and has been attending international climate negotiations since 2009.
In this challenging time, inspiration from Jewish sources gives us strength. Dr Adriane Leveen is senior lecturer in Hebrew Bible at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. Her passions include teaching Biblical Prophets and the Book of Job. She is co-founder of…