CCE Organizational Sustainability Speaker Series

ORGANIZATIONAL SUSTAINABILITY SPEAKER SERIES

Presents

Caring for What Sustains Us

Sustainability is not an add‑on to our work; it is the way we care for what sustains us.

Across the year, these nationally recognized thought leaders will engage participants in skill-building through timely conversations and practical reflections across the interconnected domains of human, social, economic, and environmental care. Each session will offer a space to strengthen personal sustainability, deepen collective wisdom, and connect daily work to long‑term community well‑being.

Dear CCE Colleagues, 

We’re excited to announce the 2026 Organizational Sustainability Speaker Series, a series grounded in the three guiding principles for our work this year: Hope, Reimagination, and Adaptability. 

Leadership is an act of care. CCE programs, partnerships, and policies help shape how people live, connect, earn a livelihood, and steward the land. This series equips leaders, whether through their position or their work in their communities, to practice care intentionally across the four interconnected pillars for Organizational Sustainability: human, social, economic, and environmental, so communities can thrive now and into the future. 

Each session will emphasize: 

·        Care as a strategic choice 

·        Systems thinking over silos 

·        Local action with long-term impact 

·        Equity, dignity, and belonging as core commitments 

Here’s a brief overview of the series: 

April 29, 12 – 1:15 pm

Dr. Courtney McCluney on Human Care - Caring for people as whole humans, well-being, dignity, learning, and resilience.

Register: https://cornell.zoom.us/meeting/register/dnluGseFTkaXOpMawhH6Ow

June 2, 1 – 2:15 pm

Cardozie Jones on Social Care - Strengthening relationships, trust, belonging, and community capacity. 

Register: https://cornell.zoom.us/meeting/register/hVU0cE0wQYOmtj1OQCTjTw

November 12, 9, 12 – 1:30 pm

Robin Wall Kimmerer on Environmental Care - Stewardship, climate resilience, and regenerative practices. 

Register: https://cornell.zoom.us/meeting/register/E9iDcg_GQdmL2Mx_wrkJAQ

December 3, 12 – 1:15 pm

Omar Freilla on Economic Care - Supporting livelihoods, local economies, and shared prosperity. 

Register: https://cornell.zoom.us/meeting/register/ACdsxa5xSZG0L2Ac1hVbyQ

We look forward to learning together and advancing sustainability across the CCE system. 

Warmly, Andy Turner