Resilience + Resistance

Power Shift 2023 will be a massive national youth convergence taking place April 6-8, 2023 in Bvlbancha (colonially known as New Orleans) that will bring together thousands of young people to skill-up to mitigate pending climate catastrophe through three days of trainings, workshops, panels, and actions. There will be speakers, workshops, an action, healing spaces, and more.

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Resistance Leaders + Speakers

Akwaeke Emezi

Akwaeke with a black shirt and gold chain necklaces. They have their hand which is adorned with a few gold rings, against their cheek and have visible face tattoos above their eyebrows. The text is, "Akwaeke Emezi Multidisciplinary Artist & Writer"

Multidisciplinary Artist
and Writer

Sikowis (Christine Nobiss)

Christine is standing by wheat. They're wearing a long sleeve gray shirt and gray and green cargo pants

Founder and Executive Director of Great Plains Action Society

Imani Barbarin

Imani is wearing a baby pink fit with shoulders exposed. She is adorned in vibrant eyeshadow and a beaded necklace. Imani’s goddess locs are in a bun atop her head and she smiles brightly. She is in front of red graffiti art.

Disability Rights and Inclusion
Activist and Speaker

Nakisa Glover

Nakisa stares confidently as she wears large earrings, a sage green shirt and sweater, and a necklace. Her hair is done in twist braids and pulled to one side of her face where it falls below the shoulder. Behind her are long rows of a garden or farm

Founder and Co-Executive
Director of Sol Nation

Wanjiku “Wawa” Gatheru

Wawa with long black curly hair framing the right side of her face. The text to the left reads, "Wanjiku "Wawa" Gatheru Environmental Justice Scholar - Activist"

Environmental Justice Scholar
and Activist

Amber Starks

Amber has long black curly hair. She's wearing long dangling yellow and red earrings and a red and white striped shirt

Advocate, Organizer, Cultural Critic, Decolonial Theorist, and Abolitionist

Christian Smalls

A black and white photo of Chris wearing a black cap backwards, black sunglasses, a white t-shirt and 2 chains around his neck. He has a dark beard and diamond earrings. The text reads, "Christian Smalls Founder & President of the Amazon Labor Union

Founder and President of the
Amazon Labor Union

Felicia M. Davis

Felicia has red lipstick on and a pattern collared shirt

Co-Founder of the HBCU Green Fund

Gail LeBoeuf

Gail has blonde hair that reaches her chin. She's wearing a white button down shirt underneath a black jacket. She has a gold name tag on her lapel with her name

Co-Founder & Co-Director of Inclusive Louisiana

Sha'Condria Sibley

Sha'Condria is standing in front of a field of tall yellow flowers. They have flowers in their hair, long yellow earrings that sit past their collarbone. They're wearing an off the shoulder top that's yellow with big purple flowers.

Poet, Writer & Multi-Inspired Artist

Sharon Lavigne

A black and white photo of Sharon with short hair and a slight smile. She is wearing a dark turtleneck and has a cross necklace

Founder of RISE St. James

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Get updates on political education sessions, movement building opportunities, and more— including updates on a virtual convergence happening this June!

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Support youth resistance movements. It begins with all of us supporting young front-line community leaders and fighters.

A group of people wearing white t-shirts are holding up signs that say "(em)Power The People For Climate Justice" and "The economy is built by immigrant and American workers"
A group of people are marching. A white man with gray hair is wearing a black mask and is holding up a sign that says "Water Is Life"
A Black femme leads the way in a large march from 2016
Group of student and youth chanting. They are all wearing green hard hats and green t-shirts
Group of activists marching with signs.
“I think PS21 did a wonderful job with thoroughly explaining the intersectionality between many of the racial justice and climate movements!”
— Anon. 2021 attendee

15+ years of training thousands of youth climate organizers:

The first Power Shift happened in 2007 in Washington, DC. We’ve trained new movement leaders for well over a decade. Join the thousands who’ve already experience Power Shift. Join the youth climate movement with us! Together we can create a resilient shared future.

Brown construction paper is stapled to a white cloth poster with the words, "No Justice on Stolen Land Turtle Island Occupied Since 1565". A turtle is drawn in the center of the paper, it's shell made to look like planet Earth

Why Bvlbancha?

We were very intentional in selecting Bvlbancha as our host city and are working closely with local activists to co-create PS23. The Gulf South is the belly of the beast of the petrochemical industry in the United States, and Bvlbancha and the surrounding region are ground zero for the effects of climate change and destructive industry practices on the USA's mainland. If the goal is to have an impact on the industries most harming our planet, making meaningful change in the Gulf South is vital. Fossil fuel industries are deeply embedded into the economy of this region, and being able to shift the balance of power and address industry created harm in the Gulf South will create ripple effects that will impact the world.

Take a look at last year’s convergence in the short films below