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Africa & California: Capital, Climate, Community

May 4 @ 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM PDT
Africa & California: Capital, Climate, Community

A forum on Impact Investment, Equitable Economic Development and Climate Resilience with Cardinal Peter Turkson | May 4 at OMCA, Oakland

Previously announced as “Changing the Orbit of Human Dignity” — same event, same date, same panel

Why this is important
At the center of this forum is a powerful idea: with tens of thousands of facilities across Africa, the Catholic Church is now positioned to anchor one of the largest coordinated and scalable climate-aligned investment platforms in the world. In partnership with the State of California, ECHo, and the Bay Area Council, this network is being mobilized to aggregate demand across a full spectrum of solutions — including clean energy, healthcare, mobility, digital infrastructure, and agriculture — creating a platform for large-scale, investable deployment.
Beginning with distributed renewable energy systems that replace diesel generation, reduce emissions, and deliver reliable, lower-cost power, this forum is where Bay Area government, environmental, and business communities — large and small — engage early in shaping what comes next.
For anyone interested in how the Bay Area connects to one of the most consequential global shifts on climate, capital, and community — this is the conversation. You definitely don’t want to be on the outside looking in on this one.

The forum is intended not merely as a convening, but as a showcase of the courageous and visionary leadership, partnerships, and practical deployment of innovation required to produce resilient and inclusive economic change. This includes expanding connectivity and energy access, advancing climate sustainability, and increasing participation in economic growth for underinvested communities and communities facing climate and economic disruption in both California and Africa.

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