Each year, Nuestra Casa, Climate Resilient Communities, and Rise South City collaborate to plan the San Mateo County Climate Summit with the goal of elevating the voices, experiences, and priorities of communities disproportionately impacted by climate change. The Summit has been shaped by the contributions of many community partners over the years, including Thrive Alliance, which played an important role in helping plan and advance the event in previous years.
Our vision is that every person is San Mateo County and beyond breathes clean air, drinks clean water, lives in a healthy home, and is part of a disaster-resilient community in which their voice matters. The Summit is a venue to push for the policy change, cross-sector partnerships, and power shifting necessary to achieve this vision.
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Climate Resilient Communities advocates for community-driven strategies and priorities, increases collaborative efforts with cities and community leaders, engages communities in climate change planning, secures financial support to implement community-based solutions, provides opportunities for residents, and mainstreams climate change in schools and youth programs.
Nuestra Casa partners with residents in disinvested Mid-Peninsula neighborhoods to ensure access to critical services, mentor local leadership, and shift power through community-led advocacy.
Rise South City is committed to creating dialogues with our frontline communities about climate change & social equity issues and to learning about the different intersectional systems that underpin it and help develop local solutions for transformational reform. We promote community resilience, economic equity, and climate stability.