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Join Acterra on March 21, 2024, at Cooley Landing Education Center in East Palo Alto for a standout community-building event, "Promise to Our Planet," centered around the theme "At the Tipping Point."

Engage in discussions on current climate tipping points with keynote speakers Davina Hurt and Dave Pine, and MC Katie Rueff. Also, don’t miss the chance to connect with like-minded individuals, gain insights into Acterra’s impactful work, honor the Champions of Promise awards for their remarkable contributions to our community.


You will also have a chance to explore sustainable transportation at our EV Expo, join Acterra’s Chef-in-Residence Kelvin Briggs for an enlightening Induction Cooking Demo, discover the indigenous flora of Cooley Landing through an immersive experience at the Grassroots Ecology learning station, and more.

This event promises to be an unforgettable blend of learning, inspiration, and celebration.

See you on the evening of March 21!Reserve Your Spot 
Announcing the 2024 Champions of Promise

Read more about their inspiring work. Join us on March 21 to hear from the honorees and the community members who nominated them.
Shanelle Scales-Preston was elected to the Pittsburg City Council in 2018 and served as Mayor 2023. Her priorities have been to strengthen youth programs and improve city services to create a strong and vibrant community. She is Chair of the Board for MCE, the local electricity provider, is Chair of TransPlan which coordinates regional transportation projects and transit services in East County and is President of the League of California Cities East Bay Division. Her community service started in the federal government more than twenty years ago where she learned to effectively advocate for residents and local governments navigating difficult bureaucracies and fix problems. Shanelle earned her degree from California State University East Bay. She and her husband are raising their two sons in Pittsburg.
Finn Does is a senior in high school and a youth climate justice, environ(mental) health, and queer eco-justice organizer focused on building youth inclusion in the climate space through designing accessible skillshares and reimagining climate communications through the principles of intersectional environmentalism. In addition to Co-Chairing the Bay Area Youth Climate Summit—a local entirely youth-led climate education, advocacy, and activism organization—he co-leads a research cohort at the University of California Riverside examining how intersectionality shapes youths' climate emotions and in turn their activism.

Plant-Based Advocates is accelerating the shift to a plant-based diet, lifestyle, and food system by empowering communities to take grassroots action. They work to educate people at the local level about the many benefits of a plant-based diet and lifestyle, including improving their health, repairing the environment, eliminating cruelty to animals, and working toward social justice.Some of their activities include hosting monthly speakers in collaboration with the Los Gatos Library; screening documentaries with discussion panels; tabling and community outreach; writing articles for local newspapers and publications; and working with schools to increase their plant-based offerings. They also had a successful program in the past creating healthful plant-based lunches for underserved people, serving over 500 meals to unhoused residents throughout the Bay Area.

Charlene C. Nijmeh chairs the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe, advocating for the preservation of their ancestral lineage in the San Francisco Bay Region since childhood. In 2018, she became Chairwoman, inheriting a commitment to environmental stewardship from her mother. She founded 7th Generation Recycling in 2008 before transitioning to nonprofit work focused on recycling education. Through the Green Education Foundation, she has developed international partnerships diverting 60 million lbs. of textile waste annually. Now, she's expanding textile recycling efforts into Mexico. Under her leadership, the tribe is partnering on a solar panel manufacturing plant and innovative plastic recycling initiatives. Charlene also leads the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe Inc. and the Muwekma Ohlone Preservation Foundation, dedicated to land preservation and cultural heritage.Reserve Your Spot 
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