Programs and Events

Webinar: Women Leaders Fighting the High Cost of Climate Change
Tuesday, April 28, 1-2:30 pm ET

With surging energy, healthcare, and insurance prices across the country, Americans are feeling climate impacts in their pocketbooks as well as in their communities. Despite aggressive rollbacks on environmental policy at the federal level, state and local governments are taking the lead by expanding affordable clean energy and transit, holding greedy polluters accountable, and addressing the high cost of living. Women are at the forefront of these efforts.

Join Rachel’s Network for a virtual conversation with three leaders who are advancing climate policies for people and the environment. Hear from Sierra Club Executive Director and Rachel’s Network Member Loren Blackford, Evergreen Action Executive Director Lena Moffitt, and Earthjustice Senior Attorney, Youth on Root Founder, and 2025 Catalyst Award Recipient Candice Youngblood. Moderated by Rachel’s Network President Fern Shepard.

Participants are invited to stay on after the moderated program for affinity group debrief conversations – one for environmental funders and one for environmental advocates and practitioners.

This program is co-sponsored by Rachel’s Action Network.

This program is free and open to the public. Registration is required. 

“The Motor City” played a key role in the industrialization of America throughout the 20th century. While the auto industry is often credited with expanding the middle class, it also brought economic and environmental devastation in its wake. That damage fell primarily on Detroit’s majority-Black population who also faced rampant housing and job discrimination and deteriorating public services as white residents left for the suburbs.    

The scars of segregation and industrialization remain palpable in Detroit, but the city has also been rapidly changing into something new. Its residents, rooted in a deep love for their city, are coaxing a better future into existence. Join Rachel’s Network in May to learn from local women environmental leaders and see Detroit’s just green transformation firsthand. The meeting will also include ample opportunities for community-building with fellow funders and advocates. 

This program is for Rachel’s Network Members and Invited Guests. 

Rachel’s Network 2026 Spring Book Club: The Book of Hope by Jane Goodall
Dates: Thursdays—May 14, 28, June 11, 25
Time: 2-3:15 pm ET
Location: Zoom

In troubled times, how do we hold on to hope? The late Jane Goodall, one of the world’s most famous naturalists, clarified a path forward in The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times.

Filled with moving and inspirational stories and photographs from Jane’s remarkable career, The Book of Hope is both deeply personal and relatable to any environmental advocate. It touches on vital questions, including: How do we cultivate hope in the next generation? What is the relationship between hope and action? Those who fight for a better world will find valuable insights in this icon’s legacy.

This program is for Rachel’s Network Members and Invited Guests

A musical event one hundred years in the making, Suffs brings to life a complicated chapter in the ongoing battle for the right to vote: the American women’s suffrage movement. Written by one of the most exciting voices in theater, Shaina Taub, the musical takes an unflinching look at the unsung trailblazers whose activism led to the ratification of the nineteenth amendment. A thrilling story of brilliant, flawed women working against and across generational, racial, and class divides, Suffs explores the victories and failures of a fight for equality that is still far from over.

Join Rachel’s Network for a touring performance of Suffs, and a pre-show dinner at a walkable restaurant from the theatre.

This program is for Rachel’s Network Members and Invited Guests.