Global Environmental Justice Conference 2021
 

Conference Schedule

Registration

8:30 am Location: Knobloch Environment Center, Kroon Hall
Welcome and Opening Session
9:00 am Location: Burke Auditorium, Kroon Hall and Online
 
Pathways to a green and just recovery for energy systems, housing, and communities
9:30 am Location: Burke Auditorium, Kroon Hall and Online
 

Moderated by Laura Bozzi
Director of Programs, Yale Center for Climate Change and Health, Yale School of Public Health

 
Panelists
  Chéri Smith

CEO, Founder, Indigenized Energy Initiative

Diana Hernandez
Associate Professor Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University

Daniel Aldana Cohen
Assistant Professor of Sociology, Director of the Socio-Spatial Climate Collaborative
University of California, Berkeley

Director of Domestic Climate Policy, Center for American Progress

 
Discussants
 

Rory Stewart
Ph.D Student, Yale School of the Environment

Narasimha Rao
Associate Professor of Energy Systems, Yale School of the Environment

Lunch Break and BREAKOUTS
11:30 am Location: Knobloch Environment Center, Kroon Hall and Online
Toward a Just Recovery: Theories of change to advance just solutions
12:30 pm Location: Burke Auditorium, Kroon Hall and Online
 

Moderated by Gerald Torres
Professor of Environmental Justice, Professor of Law, Faculty Director, Yale Center for Environmental Justice, Yale School of the Environment, Yale Law School 

 
Panelists
 

Dorceta Taylor
Senior Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Professor of Environmental Justice, Yale School of the Environment

Sonia Park
Director, Partnerships and Engagement, Namati

Keller Easterling
Enid Dwyer Professor, Yale School of Architecture

Coffee Break
2:00 pm Location: Knobloch Environment Center, Kroon Hall and Online
A just recovery for the global food system
2:45 pm Location: Burke Auditorium, Kroon Hall and Online
 

Moderated by Mark Bomford
Director, Yale Sustainable Food Program

 
Panelists
 

Ricardo Salvador
Senior Scientist; Director, Food & Environment Program, Union of Concerned Scientists

Naya Jones
Assistant Professor & Core Faculty in Global and Community Health Program, University of California, Santa Cruz

Debbie Humphries
Instructor of Public Health Practice, Yale School of Public Health

Elizabeth Hoover
Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, & Management, University of California, Berkeley

 
 
Discussants
 

Kristin Reynolds
Lecturer, Yale School of the Environment

Samara Brock
Ph.D Student, Yale School of the Environment

Closing Remarks
4:45 pm Location: Burke Auditorium, Kroon Hall and Online
Reception
5:00 pm Location: TBD

People and Partners