AGENDA
DAY 1 | MONDAY, MAY 1
1 - 2 PM
2 - 7 PM
7 - 8:30 PM
8:30 - 9:30 PM
Lunch
Sfrondrata dining room
Arrivals
A chance to walk and enjoy Bellagio grounds.
Cocktails & Dinner
Our Why & Welcome Remarks
Mapping & Connections
Extrapolating from the participants' intake forms and answers, we will have a single dinner conversation to map the connections between those attending. Consider connections that allow for a robust conversation while also centering the conversation.
What’s something you believe now that you didn’t believe 10 years ago?
- Relationship Building
- Ground the journey
- Make informal connections
- Think about uncommon collaborations
Sfrondrata dining room
Project Dandelion Mission
In Conversation: Hafsat Abiola & Mary Robinson - The Meaning of the Dandelion
Sfrondrata tower conference room
DAY 2 | Tuesday, MAY 2
Raise Your Hand to Deliver Climate Justice
Who are our Stakeholders: how to get to scale on a global basis?
Session host: WRTHY
Sfrondrata conference room
Breakfast
Sfrondrata dining room
8 - 9 AM
Defining Climate Justice: The Mission, Vision, and Campaign
- Mapping the organizational field
- Defining a unique role for Project Dandelion
- Introducing Project Dandelion
Session host: WRTHY
Sfrondrata conference room
9:15 - 10:30 AM
Connect
Introductions
In addition to sharing who you are, choose one of the following to answer.
1. Why, of all the things you could be doing, did you decide to invest your time here?
2. In 1 sentence, what is the big, bold future you are here to support?
Session host: Pat Mitchell
Sfrondrata conference room
10:30 - 11:30 AM
11:30 - 11:45 AM
Provoke Thinking
Three conversations exploring the power of being in the room to create change, leveraging media to apply pressure, and bringing along engaged citizens.
Political Leadership
Mary Robinson
María F. E. Garcés
Front Line Warriors
Hindou O. Ibrahim
Colette P. Battle
Climate Allies - Storytelling / Media
Jess Search
Mosun Layode
Maliha Khan
Jennifer Stokes
Session host: Katie Redford
Sfrondrata conference room
11:45 AM - 1 PM
Lunch
Continuing panel discussion
Sfrondrata dining room
1 - 2 PM
Empathy Mapping
We will break out into four groups, then come back together to build a collective empathy map.
Group 1. Think and Feel
Group 2. Hear
Group 3. See
Group 4. Say and Do
Session hosts: Ronda Carnegie and Hafsat Abiola
Sfrondrata conference room
2:15 - 4:30 PM
The Global Living Room
Hope floats
Session host: Hafsat Abiola
Bellagio grounds
5 - 6 PM
Break
6 - 7 PM
Cocktails & Dinner
Sfrondrata dining room
7 - 8:30 PM
WRTHY Introduction
Pat to introduce Jen Willig & Katie Harrison
9 - 9:10 AM
DAY 3 | WEDNESDAY, MAY 3
Collective Impact
Large scale social change requires broad cross-sector coordination, yet many times the social sector remains focused on the isolated intervention of individual organizations.
11:30-12 Provoke thinking with Meagan Fallone
12-1 Breakout & Report facilitated by Meagan Fallone
Sfondrata conference room
Breakfast
Sfrondrata dining room
8 - 9 AM
9 - 9:30 AM
Day 3 Grounding
with Colette Pichon Battle and Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim
Sfondrata conference room
10 AM - 12 PM
12 - 1 PM
Lunch
Sfrondrata dining room
1 - 2 PM
Visualizing Project Dandelion
Session host: WRTHY
Discussion to follow
Sfondrata conference room
2 - 3 PM
Visual Discussion
Group conversation with Hafsat Abiola
Sfondrata conference room
3 - 4 PM
Project Dandelion Goals Breakouts
Session host: WRTHY & Cheryl Dorsey
4 - 5 PM
Break
5 - 6:30 PM
Villa Transport
Please meet outside of Sfrondrata for a ride up to the Villa.
6:30 PM
Cocktails & Dinner
Villa
7 - 8:30 PM
Evening Program
In conversation with Hannah Jones, Earthshot Prize
Villa
8:30 - 9:30 PM
Project Dandelion's Why
with Halla Tómasdóttir and Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim
Sfondrata conference room
9:30 - 10 AM
Project Dandelion Goals
Women-led change
Our goals:
STOP: Governments must stop subsidizing big oil, gas, and coal companies and impose a windfall tax.
SHIFT: To renewable investments.
PAY UP: Reimburse countries and communities least responsible but most impacted by the climate crisis.
BUILD: Better resilience to climate emergencies, especially in lower-income countries and communities.
Our values:
LEARN: From local and indigenous communities, expert defenders of nature and natural resources.
SCALE: A fair, clean energy future - with universal access to clean energy and jobs for all.
ELEVATE: Women-led climate solutions or solutions focused on those most impacted by the climate crisis today (mainly women and girls).
Session host: WRTHY
Sfondrata conference room
DAY 4 | Thursday, MAY 4
Funding Work Session 1
Unlocking Funding: Part 1
Learning from other organizations / innovative and inclusive practices - all in reference to Project Dandelion.
With perspectives from:
Laura García
Vicki Wilde
Funke Opeke
Session host: Leslie Mackrell
Sfrondrata conference room
Pressure Testing
Shifting to a role of advisors within a brain trust, what is the best future for Project Dandelion to create the most impact?
30 minute presentation, 1 hour discussion
Session host: Leslie MacKrell
Sfrondrata conference room
Breakfast
Sfrondrata dining room
8 - 9 AM
9 - 11 AM
Virtual Talk
Pre-recorded by Mona Sinha, Equality Now
Sfrondrata conference room
11 - 11:10 AM
Seeds vs. Roots Funding
What does funding really mean for Project Dandelion
Explore catalytic funding vs. sustained acceleration funding for Project Dandelion over seven years and what that means for the campaign.
Session host: WRTHY
Sfrondrata conference room
11:10 - 11:40 AM
11:40 AM - 1 PM
Lunch
Sfrondrata dining room
1 - 2 PM
Funding Work Session 2
Unlocking Funding: Part 2
Learning from other organizations / innovative and inclusive practices - all in reference to Project Dandelion.
With perspectives from:
Elizabeth Sheehan
Mosun Layode
Annemiek (Anna) Hoogenboom
Session host: Leslie Mackrell
Sfrondrata conference room
2:30 - 3:40 PM
Virtual Talk
Pre-recorded from Yamide Dagnet, Open Society
Sfrondrata conference room
3:40 - 3:50 PM
Ideas to Action
What are big, bold breakthroughs for Project Dandelion?
What are short term wins for Project Dandelion?
Session host: Cheryl Dorsey
Sfrondrata conference room
3:50 - 4:50 PM
Closing Exercise: Reflection / Gratitude Circle
Creating a circle, participants will share what they learned from the person next to them.
Session host: Hafsat Abiola
Sfrondrata conference room
4:50 - 5 PM
Break
5 - 7 PM
Cocktails & Dinner
Sfrondrata dining room
7 - 8:30 PM
Evening Program
TBD
8:30 - 9:30 PM
DAY 5 | Friday, MAY 5
8 - 9 AM
9 AM - 12 PM
Breakfast
Potential to meet notable Bellagio Resident women who arrived on Thursday night to hear about their work and what they hope to accomplish during their residencies.
Sfrondrata dining room
Departures