Media Advisory - Photo Opportunities - KAIROS Cross-Canada G20 Climate
Justice Tour Comes to Fredericton

FREDERICTON, June 11 /CNW/ -

    
    WHO:    KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives in conjunction
            with the Canadian Youth Climate Coalition and the Council of
            Canadians presents KAIROS Southern and Indigenous partners
            speaking out about the connection between climate justice and the
            G20.

            This presentation is organized locally by members of KAIROS
            churches including Saint James Hanwell and Wilmot United Church.

    WHAT:   Town hall meeting, discussion and soup supper

    WHERE:  Wilmot United Church, 473 King St., Fredericton

    WHEN:   Wednesday, June 16, 2010 from 5:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m.

    WHY:    While Canada welcomes the world's most powerful leaders to the
            G-8 and G20 summits in June, KAIROS and Canadians welcome
            Southern and Indigenous partners to share with us the real
            impacts of climate change on their daily lives and to discuss
            what a just solution to the climate crisis could look like.

            Those who are most affected by climate change have no place at
            the G20 decision-making table. This "Global Town Hall" is a
            chance for Canadians to come together in a dialogue of real
            substance to talk about real solutions.

            Participants will have an opportunity to hear from partners and
            local experts and engage in dialogue with them and each other as
            they search for effective solutions to the global injustice of
            climate change.

    Partners participating in the Fredericton stop of the tour are:

    Isaiah Kipyegon Toroitich, Program Officer for Policy and Advocacy
        (Climate and Economic Justice), Norwegian Church Aid in Kenya.
    Naty Atz Sunc, General Coordinator of CEIBA, the Association for
        Community Development and Promotion, Guatemala.

    Local speakers are Nadine Ives from the NB Lung Association's Climate
    Change Hub, and Toby Couture who will present the youth perspective.

    Full bios and event details are available on the KAIROS website at:
    http://www.kairoscanada.org/en/ecojustice/climate-change-the-g20/

    Follow the tour blog at: http://kairoscanada.org/blogs/
    

For further information: Media contacts: Adiat Junaid, Communications Program Coordinator, KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives, [phone], ext. 223, 1 877 403 8933, ext. 223, [email protected], www.kairoscanada.org; Amber Church, Executive Director, Canadian Youth Climate Coalition, [phone], [email protected], www.ourclimate.ca; Dylan Penner, Media Officer, Council of Canadians, [phone], ext. 249, 1 800 387 7177, ext. 249, [email protected], www.canadians.org