PoFA Theater
Events at This Location:
Opening Ceremony by Gregg Castro
May 13th | 9:15 am to 9:23 am
Welcome by Kenny Ausubel and Nina Simons, Bioneers founders
May 13th | 9:23 am to 9:35 am
Nina Simons – Navigating the Nexus – Nature, Culture & the Sacred
May 13th | 9:35 am to 9:50 am
Jason McLennan – From Reconciliation to Regeneration
May 13th | 9:50 am to 10:11 am
Angela Glover Blackwell – Transformative Solidarity for a Thriving Multiracial Democracy
May 13th | 10:15 am to 10:38 am
Performance by Alixa García
May 13th | 10:58 am to 11:09 am
#EndAmazonCrude—A Call to Action with Amazonian Indigenous Forest Protectors
May 13th | 11:09 am to 11:24 am
Youth Presentation: Maxx Fenning – Inheritance
May 13th | 11:29 am to 10:37 am
Enric Sala – Protecting Our Life Support System: Challenges and Opportunities in Marine Conservation
May 13th | 11:32 am to 11:54 am
Kate Aronoff – Is “Responsible” Fossil Fuel Production Possible?
May 13th | 11:54 am to 12:15 pm
From Othering to Belonging
May 13th | 2:45 pm to 4:15 pm
Designing and Building a Regenerative, Restorative, and Just World, One Building at a Time
May 13th | 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm
Welcome by Kenny Ausubel and Nina Simons, Bioneers founders
May 14th | 9:10 am to 9:22 am
Kenny Ausubel
May 14th | 9:22 am to 9:38 am
Frans de Waal – Gender Through the Eyes of a Primatologist
May 14th | 9:37 am to 10:11 am
Zainab Salbi – Daughters for Earth
May 14th | 10:11 am to 10:32 am
Kongjian Yu – “Sponge Cities”: Visionary, Nature-Based Urban Design from China
May 14th | 10:33 am to 10:54 am
Performance by Jason Nious and Antwan Davis of Molodi
May 14th | 11:15 am to 11:25 am
Clayton Thomas-Müller – Reparations, Healing and Reconciliation—A Battle Against the Winter Spirit, Witigo’ 
May 14th | 11:55 am to 12:16 pm
The Rights of Nature Movement in Indian Country and Beyond: From Grassroots to Mainstream
May 14th | 2:45 pm to 4:15 pm
Daughters for Earth: Women and the Climate Change Movement
May 14th | 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm
Welcome by Kenny Ausubel and Nina Simons, Bioneers founders
May 15th | 9:20 am to 9:32 am
Karen Washington – 911 Our Food System Is Not Working
May 15th | 9:33 am to 10:54 am
Samuel Myers, MD – Planetary Health: Protecting Nature to Protect Ourselves
May 15th | 10:30 am to 10:51 am
Performance by Jason Nious and Antwan Davis of Molodi
May 15th | 11:03 am to 11:13 am
Alexandria Villaseñor – Working Together: Building Coalitions of Power in the Global Youth Climate Movement
May 15th | 11:05 am to 11:15 am
Indigenous Pathways to a Regenerative Future
May 15th | 2:45 pm to 4:15 pm
Closing Performance by Oakland’s own Thrive Choir
May 15th | 11:58 am to 12:10 pm
Drumming with Deb Lane, Michaelle Goerlitz and Mar Stevens
May 14th | 8:55 am to 9:07 am
Doors Open
May 15th | 8:40 am to 1:00 pm
Drumming with Deb Lane, Michaelle Goerlitz and Mar Stevens
May 15th | 9:00 am to 9:13 am
Doors Open
May 13th | 8:30 am to 1:00 pm
Drumming with Deb Lane, Michaelle Goerlitz and Mar Stevens
May 13th | 8:50 am to 9:05 am
Doors Open
May 14th | 8:30 am to 1:00 pm
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