Get ready for Sun Day, a national mobilization on September 21, 2025––the Fall Equinox––celebrating solar and wind power, and growing the movement to build a cleaner, healthier future.
About this event
Join Bill McKibben in conversation with Third Act staff and Sun Day partners to learn about why we must dramatically accelerate and scale-up solar energy and how Sun Day will help achieve this goal. You’ll hear incredible and varied stories from across the country about solar energy: it’s here, it’s affordable, it works, and it’s liberating us from fossil fuels, oil oligarchs, and polluted air and water! You will hear from: an ice climber and Diné/Hopi filmmaker who teamed up to share the Navajo Solar Sunrise story; a Republican state legislator from Utah who authored a new law to allow “balcony” or small-scale plug-in solar; and an environmental justice activist from the Gulf South working to build a solar-powered community resilience hub for frontline families. Learn how you can get involved with Sun Day to make this a joyous, visible day of action. Get ready to build, rally, sing, and come together to educate our communities, improve laws, cut red tape and grow the clean energy revolution.
Kitty Calhoun, Third Act supporter, Ambassador for Protect Our Winters
Ms. Calhoun is a climber, climate advocate, and storyteller, and a supporter of Third Act and an Ambassador for Protect Our Winters, Patagonia, and Lion Energy. Having first witnessed melting snow and ice routes in the Himalaya nearly forty years ago, she now sees the impacts of climate change in her backyard in the American Southwest, particularly with the front-line communities on the Navajo reservation. Kitty teamed up with Lion Energy, Navajo community members, and Angelo Baca to help distribute 100 solar and battery kits to Navajo households who do not have access to the electrical grid and to document and tell the Navajo Solar Sunrise story. She is encouraged by the resiliency and welcoming of solar and batteries by Navajo communities because they can be tools towards self-reliance and empowerment.
Angelo Baca, Indigenous filmmaker, community advocate, and scholar
Mr. Baca (Diné/Hopi) is an Indigenous filmmaker, community advocate, and an assistant professor at the Rhode Island School of Design in History, Philosophy, and Social Sciences with a focus on Indigenous and Native American Studies. His work encompasses sacred lands protection, repatriation, and food sovereignty, and reflects his commitment to collaborative research with Indigenous communities on equal and respectful terms and a long-standing dedication to both Western and Indigenous knowledge. He serves on the Derogatory Placenames and the Bears Ears National Monument Committees appointed by Secretary Deb Haaland. He strives to empower local and traditional knowledge keepers of Indigenous communities in the stewardship of their own cultural practices and landscapes. Angelo teamed up with ally Kitty Calhoun, fellow filmmaker Sahar Khadjenoury, community organizer Norman Lameman, and the Public Health team at Utah Navajo Health System to deliver 100 solar kits to Navajo communities and to direct the “Navajo Solar Sunrise” short film to share the story about building a different kind of future: one powered by relationships, renewable energy, and deep honor and respect for Navajo people, culture, and land.
Dr Raymond Ward, Republican state legislator from Utah and a practicing physician
Dr. Ward is a Republican state legislator in the Utah House of Representatives, first elected in 2014, and is a practicing Family Medicine Physician. Dr. Ward authored legislation to allow small-scale solar power systems to plug directly into wall sockets without requiring grid interconnection applications. The legislation passed unanimously and was signed into law by the Governor, creating a model for other states. Dr. Ward is also a father and grandfather.
Roishetta Sibley Ozane, founder and CEO of The Vessel Project of Louisiana
Ms. Ozane, is the founder and CEO of The Vessel Project of Louisiana, an organization providing mutual aid and environmental justice services, including bill assistance, food, and emergency shelter. Roishetta has sponsored numerous community events and is co-founder of the Gulf Fossil Finance Hub, advocating for defunding fossil fuels and investing in clean energy and climate solutions in low-income, predominantly Black communities. An internationally recognized environmental justice advocate, Roishetta champions the rights of marginalized communities for clean air and water. Roishetta holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree from McNeese State University, a Master of Philosophy in Criminal Justice from Walden University, and is a current PhD candidate there. A mother of six and grandmother of one, Roishetta is dedicated to creating a better world for her children, believing that true goodness is collective.
