Climate change is overwhelming.  It can be easy to disconnect when it all feels too painful. 

To stay in this movement for the long haul we need to deal with our emotions head-on and develop the fortitude to persist.  By processing our feelings together in climate cafes, we can find the strength and solace to keep going; to act with sustained urgency without sacrificing mental wellness.

Strong communities are the key to resilience - our emotional resilience now, and our physical resilience in the climate-impacted future.  No matter what form this  crisis takes, we will need each other to get through it.   Relying on each other can look like climate cafes, mutual aid, or alternative food systems. We're here for all of it.

We believe that solving the climate crisis will take a large, integrated and organized collective effort. We emphasize the structural challenges we face as a society, and encourage our community to tackle these problems head on. Our individual contributions will only reach beyond ourselves if we take these actions collectively.

Climate Cafe runs thanks to the generosity of the people we reach. Our friends and neighbors donate their time, money, space, and snacks to this shared vision.  We believe that climate activism can level up against fossil finance if we all make small but sustained contributions to the cause.  

It's on us to rise to the occasion of the climate challenge - creating a more just society requires that we each strive to live our values.  This looks different for everyone, but CCNYC is here to encourage you to take those leaps you've been eyeing.  Whatever your passion is, let's find your next step into the movement.

  We don't have any purity tests here.  Each of us is in a different place on our unique journeys into climate action .  No matter how much or how little you know, no matter what you eat, wear, drive, or protest, we want you around our table.  During cafe sessions all emotions are valid, and we commit not to try and "fix" each other.