Join us for a movement-building mini-summit-- an opportunity to learn and network with both environmental and climate justice organizations, as well as anti-war, anti-militarist, and anti-imperialist organizations. These are two sectors of organizing that share common goals and common targets, that are two sides of the same coin, but often don’t get to interface with each other. This mini-summit will bring together organizations from a spectrum of organizing spaces to address the impact of the war economy on the planet, and the Pentagon’s contribution to local and global climate catastrophe as the #1 institutional polluter on the planet. The summit will include speakers like Steven Donziger and representatives from the Youth Climate Finance Alliance, Palestinian Youth Movement, Veterans for Peace Climate Crisis and Militarism Project, and the Black Alliance for Peace to speak on concrete campaigns, strategies, resources, and lessons that can be shared and built on.
This mini-summit sits right ahead of the "Draw the Line" global days of action for climate justice from September 19-21st. In NYC, many will be converging for the Draw the Line U.S. anchor march, "Make Billionaires Pay." It’s never been more important to find concrete ways to join forces between the anti-war and climate movements for the sake of the people and planet. We are up against a lot, and with so many of us convening in NYC soon, we wanted to take advantage of that rare opportunity – and make space to build with organizations we wouldn’t normally be able to.
We’ll discuss pre-existing campaigns pressuring like logistics companies like Maersk, investment firms, banks like Citi Bank, military air shows, and companies like Palantir. We will learn about how these issues intersect, and hear from speakers working on current campaigns that have opportunities for focused shared struggle, and organizations from across a broad spectrum to build relationships and see where our work can converge locally, nationally, and transnationally. In addition to our speakers, we are making sure that we will have ample time for community building and networking! We invite all people to attend, especially environmental, climate, indigenous, anti-war, or anti-imperialist organizations, and organizations representing frontline and most impacted communities by war, occupation, militarism, and environmental destruction.
In order to fight for the people and planet, create an unstoppable revolution for the earth, and meet all of our goals, we need to build a mass movement. This needs to be a mass movement united on the principle that fighting for the planet -- for the earth, for ecosystems around the world, for livable communities -- means fighting against war, militarism, imperialism, and occupation. The U.S. military is the largest institutional polluter in the world. It has over 800 toxic bases that violate sovereignty, act as launching pads for war and dangerous training exercises, and leak dangerous chemicals. And without war, imperialism, and ecocide, global fossil fuel and mineral extraction would not be nearly as possible. Join us to build power and unite for our collective survival.
Please email aaron@codepink.org for any questions, tabling requests, or endorsements.
Additional details about speakers, endorsements, tabling, and more details are forthcoming.
Speakers Include (list in formation):
Steven Donziger
Palestinian Youth Movement: Mask Off Maersk Campaign
Youth Climate Finance Alliance: Citi Bank Camapign
The Black Alliance for Peace: Zone of Peace Campaign
Susan Schnall, Veterans for Peace/Veterans for Peace Climate Crisis & Militarism Project: No MAS/No Military Airshows Campaign
In Partnership With:
The People's Forum • 350.org • The Black Alliance for Peace • The Palestinian Youth Movement • Youth Climate Finance Alliance • National Priorities Project at the Institute for Policy Studies •The Palestinian Institute for Climate Strategy • Veterans for Peace •Veterans for Peace Climate Crisis & Militarism Project
WHEN
Thursday, September 18, 2025 at 1:30pm - 4:30pm (EDT)
WHERE
The People's Forum
320 W 37th St, New York, NY 10018, United States
Image: A view of the Pentagon from above the Potomac River in 2018 (Wikimedia Commons)