

Environmental Justice
Symposium 2021
Duke University presents
The environmental justice movement has been foundational in the longstanding fight for equity and equality in the U.S. for decades. Today, environmental injustice continues to be a topic of growing importance and salience for people both internationally and domestically. In an attempt to provide a wide-reaching introduction to the multi-faceted environmental justice movement, Duke University presents the first of many student-led environmental justice symposiums to come.
On March 19-20, 2021, we will be hosting Duke University's Environmental Justice Symposium 2021, a conference focused on connecting students to professionals and activists who are currently working in the environmental justice and conservation space. We are so excited for you to join us!
This event is put on through partnerships with the Undergraduate Environmental Union (UEU), Duke Conservation Tech (DCT), Muslim Student Association (MSA), and Blue Devils United (BDU).
This symposium is supported in part by the National Institute Of Environmental Health Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under the Duke University Superfund Research Program (award P42ES010356) and the Duke University Program in Environmental Health (award T32ES021432). Symposium content is solely the responsibility of the speakers and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.
March 19-20
Virtual
Agenda
FRI, MARCH 19
3:00 pm
Sascha Boden - “Environmental Justice and Climate Protection – what role do German NGOs play?”
https://duke.zoom.us/j/98737478586 Meeting ID: 987 3747 8586
3:00 pm
4:00 pm
Madeline Parker - "Youth Climate Justice Activism in North Carolina"
https://duke.zoom.us/j/94395988548 Meeting ID: 943 9598 8548
5:00 pm
Dr. Fadhel Kaboub - "The Imperative of Colonial and Climate Reparations"
https://duke.zoom.us/j/93902538904 Meeting ID: 939 0253 8904
SAT, MARCH 20
9:00 am
Peggy Liu - Chairperson of the JUCCCE and named "Green Goddess of China"
https://duke.zoom.us/j/95193134835 Meeting ID: 951 9313 4835
10:00 am
Benjamin F. Wilson - "Environmental Justice and the Opportunity to Change the World, Why Not You, and Why Not Now?"
https://duke.zoom.us/j/95663922780 Meeting ID: 956 6392 2780
11:00 am
John Paul Jose - Youth Climate Activist in India
https://duke.zoom.us/j/92672342148 Meeting ID: 926 7234 2148
11:00 am
Frederick Tutman - "The Ethics of Environmental Justice: How Big Greens Mostly Get It Wrong."
https://duke.zoom.us/j/93231530767 Meeting ID: 932 3153 0767
12:00 pm
Christine Folch - "Why Stories Matter: Decolonizing Nature & Environmental Justice"
https://duke.zoom.us/j/97686189847 Meeting ID: 976 8618 9847
12:00 pm
Jamie Margolin - "Getting To The Roots of The Green New Deal"
https://duke.zoom.us/j/97138564125 Meeting ID: 971 3856 4125
1:00 pm
Nikhil Swaminathan & Lyndsey Gilpin - Environmental Justice in Journalism Panel
https://duke.zoom.us/j/99841926943 Meeting ID: 998 4192 6943
2:00 pm
Edgar Virguez - "Who pays the price for our actions? The toll of the environmental problems for members of developing countries"
https://duke.zoom.us/j/92478207711 Meeting ID: 924 7820 7711
3:00 pm
Joslin Kehdy - Founder of Recycle Lebanon
https://duke.zoom.us/j/91613779903 Meeting ID: 916 1377 9903
4:00 pm
Dr. Erika Weinthal - Professor of Environmental Policy and Public Policy
https://duke.zoom.us/j/92986294596 Meeting ID: 929 8629 4596
5:00 pm
Anthony Lanzillo - "Standing on Common Ground"
https://duke.zoom.us/j/92772340607 Meeting ID: 927 7234 0607
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