Global Environmental Justice Conference 2023

Conference 2023 Schedule

Friday, October 27, 2023

Breakfast and Registration
9:00 am	Location: Knobloch Environment Center, Kroon Hall
Welcome and Opening Statements
9:30 am	Location: Burke Auditorium, Kroon Hall, Online Welcome by Ingrid C. “Indy” Burke Carl W. Knobloch, Jr. Dean, Yale School of the Environment Opening Remarks by Graciela Chichilnisky Professor of Economics and Mathematical Statistics, Columbia University; co-founder, Global Thermostat Sarah Sladen Agency Youth Coordinator, USAID Bishop William J. Barber II Co-Chair, Poor People’s Campaign Founding Director, Center for Public Theology and Public Policy
Break
10:30 am	Location: Knobloch Environment Center, Kroon Hall
Track Sessions 1
10:45 am	Location: Kroon Hall, One session online only Tracks are organized around methodological questions and are designed to answer questions and build capacity on how joy can increase and accelerate impact. Panelists will cover diverse topics and each workshop will answer a common set of questions about how to make joy a transformative element in EJ, CJ and broader environmental work. (Tracks repeat Friday afternoon and Saturday morning) Conference Tracks Policy Track: The Joy in Just Policy-Making: Fossil Fuel Organizing in California, the Southeast US and the Caribbean Economics Track: When the Well Runs Dry: Economics, Finance, and Joy in Water and Mutual Aid Governance Track: Grounded Joy: Sovereignty, Land Tenure, Carbon, and the Sacred Evaluation Track: Migration, Displacement and Joy: Evaluation for What Really Matters Geography Track: Climate, Culture, Place, and Joy in the Caribbean
Lunch Break and Networking
12:15 pm	Location: Knobloch Environment Center, Kroon Hall
Plenary Panel: What is Environmental Joy? A Multi-disciplinary Perspective Environmental leaders in the arts, policy, science, and economics explore dimensions of joy within their respective fields and why it is worth attending to joy to advance environmental justice.
1:30 pm	Location: Burke Auditorium, Kroon Hall, Online Toshi Reagon Musician, Producer, and Activist; Composer, Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower Bruni Pizarro Director of Brand Strategy, For La Diáspora Studio Michael Méndez Assistant Professor of Environmental Planning and Policy University of California, Irvine Juan Nicolas Hernandez-Aguilera Associate Research Scientist, Yale School of the Environment
Track Sessions 2
2:45 pm	Location: Kroon Hall, One session online only Tracks are organized around methodological questions and are designed to answer questions and build capacity on how joy can increase and accelerate impact. Panelists will cover diverse topics and each workshop will answer a common set of questions about how to make joy a transformative element in EJ, CJ and broader environmental work. (Tracks repeat Saturday morning) Conference Tracks Policy Track: The Joy in Just Policy-Making: Fossil Fuel Organizing in California, the Southeast US and the Caribbean Economics Track: When the Well Runs Dry: Economics, Finance, and Joy in Water and Mutual Aid Governance Track: Grounded Joy: Sovereignty, Land Tenure, Carbon, and the Sacred Evaluation Track: Migration, Displacement and Joy: Evaluation for What Really Matters Geography Track: Climate, Culture, Place, and Joy in the Caribbean
Break
4:15 pm	Change Location for Evening Events
The “Happiness Lab” Live Podcast with Dr. Laurie Santos with Musical Guest Toshi Reagon in Concert! Conference attendees have priority access to a special live-recorded episode of the podcast featuring interviews with a leading Social psychologist studying environmental joy along with environmental justice leaders practicing it. Toshi Reagon and BIGLovely with Matt Graff, Mishti, Ann Klein, and Carla Duren in concert directly following.
5:15 pm	Location: Woolsey Hall Laurie Santos Chandrika and Ranjan Tandon Professor of Psychology, Yale University Elizabeth Dunn Professor of Psychology, University of British Columbia Christine Cordero Co-Director, Asian Pacific Environmental Network Louis Qaqish Senior Project Management Specialist, USAID musical guest Toshi Reagon Musician, Producer, and Activist; Composer, Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower
Sunset Joy Reception
7:30 pm	Location: Schwartzman Center, President’s Room

Saturday, October 28, 2023

Breakfast and Registration
8:30 am	Location: Knobloch Environment Center, Kroon Hall
Plenary Session
9:00 am	Burke Auditorium, Kroon Hall, Online Gretchen Goldman Climate Change Research and Technology Director, United States Department of Transportation Lyla June Johnston Artist, Scholar, Community Organizer
Track Sessions 3
10:15 am	Location: Kroon Hall, One session online only Tracks are organized around methodological questions and are designed to answer questions and build capacity on how joy can increase and accelerate impact. Panelists will cover diverse topics and each workshop will answer a common set of questions about how to make joy a transformative element in EJ, CJ and broader environmental work. (Tracks repeat) Conference Tracks Policy Track: The Joy in Just Policy-Making: Fossil Fuel Organizing in California, the Southeast US and the Caribbean Economics Track: When the Well Runs Dry: Economics, Finance, and Joy in Water and Mutual Aid Governance Track: Grounded Joy: Sovereignty, Land Tenure, Carbon, and the Sacred Evaluation Track: Migration, Displacement and Joy: Evaluation for What Really Matters Geography Track: Climate, Culture, Place and Joy in the Caribbean
Track Report Outs
12:00 pm	Location: Burke Auditorium, Kroon Hall, Online
Closing Plenary
12:45 pm	Location: Burke Auditorium, Kroon Hall, Online

Careers in Environmental Justice Workshop
1:30 pm	Location: Burke Auditorium, Kroon Hall, Online Kevin Doyle Executive Director, Office of Career and Professional Development, Yale School of the Environment Eleanor Thompson Deputy Director, Programmes, Namati Sierra Leone Mark Freudenberger Senior Associate, Tetra Tech Jennifer Baldwin Environment Division Chief, USAID Jamaica

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