2019 Environmental Justice Symposium
Resilient Communities
Environmental Justice in the Face of Disaster
March 8 & 9, 2019 at Duke University
Registration is closed. Livestream Saturday's keynote and panel or follow @DukeELPC on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. #ResilientCommunities
Presented by the Duke Environmental Law and Policy Clinic and the Duke Integrated Toxicology and Environmental Health Program with support from the Duke Office of Faculty Advancement
Co-sponsored by Bennett College, the Duke Nicholas School of the Environment, the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, the Environmental Law Clinic at Columbia Law School, the Union of Concerned Scientists, and Vermont Law School
Friday, March 8, 2019
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| 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. | Community Tour. | |
| Bus tour of communities affected by concentrated animal agriculture and hurricanes in Eastern North Carolina. Led by the Rural Empowerment Association for Community Health. | ||
| 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. |
Dinner. |
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| 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. |
Panel: Environmental Justice in North Carolina Limit 90 registrants. |
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| An overview of major environmental justice concerns in the state and the organizing being done by communities to address them | ||
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Panelists: Naeema Muhammad |
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Omega Wilson | |
| Ryan Emanuel | ||
| Omari Wilson | ||
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Saturday, March 9 |
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| 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. |
Registration |
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| 9:00 - 9:30 a.m. |
Welcome |
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Jeff Anstead |
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| 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. |
Keynote |
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| Mustafa Santiago Ali | ||
| 10:30 - 10:45 a.m. | Break | |
| 10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. | Panel: Environmental justice and disaster response | |
| Panelists: Donna Chavis | ||
| Yesenia Cuello | ||
| Marianne Engelman Lado | ||
| Esther Calhoun | ||
| Leslie Fields | ||
| Ruth Santiago | ||
| 12:15-1:15 p.m. | Lunch | |
| 1:15 - 2:45 p.m. |
Strategies for Action |
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| A conversation on tools, strategies, and actions that build community resilience and inform disaster response | ||
| 2:45 - 3:00 p.m. | Break | |
| 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. | World Cafe: Ideas and Next Steps | |
| A discussion of questions and issues raised by the Symposium and next steps | ||
| 4:30 - 5:00 p.m. |
Closing |
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