SCHEDULE
CONFERENCE AGENDA
7:30 - 8:00am
Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00 - 8:30am
8:30 - 8:45am
Conference Overview
Opening remarks by community and faculty representatives
8:45 - 11:00am
Plenary Session 1: The Need for Community/Academic Partnerships to address Environmental and Climate Justice Issues
Keynote Presenter: Richard Moore, Chair of the National Environmental Justice Advisory Council, National Co-Coordinator for Environmental Justice Health Alliance, Institute Co-Coordinator for Los Jardines
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Panel Discussion: State of Scientific Research and Community Concerns on Climate Change and Environmental Health in Frontline Communities
11:00 - 12:00pm
Networking Lunch
12:00 - 12:10pm
Welcoming Remarks by Emory Leadership
Dean Linda McCauley - Dean, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory
12:10 - 2:10pm
Plenary Session 2: Planning ahead – Developing Environmental Justice, Research, and Service Opportunities in Higher Education
Keynote Presenter - Dr. Sacoby Wilson, Associate Prof., Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health, School of Public Health, University of Maryland-College Park
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Panel Discussion: Environmental Justice Education and Service Opportunities: Student and Community Engagement
2:10 - 2:20pm
2:20 - 3:20pm
Plenary Session 3: Cooperation, Collaboration and Partnership – Translating Vision into Action for Advancing Environmental Justice Champions as Change Agents in Communities Through Leadership Development
Panel Discussion: Creating Synergy Between Environmental Champions and Academia to Develop Effective, Sustainable Leaders
3:20 - 4:20pm
Plenary Session 4: The Future of Environmental Justice and Community/Academic Collaboration
Keynote Presenter: Vernice Miller Travis, Executive Vice President, Metropolitan Group
4:20 - 4:45pm
Closing Plenary: Summary of Conference Recommendations to Support Environmental Justice Advocacy and Education
Keynote Presenters: Student Advisory Council Members
4:45 - 5:00pm
Closing Remarks
Quentin Pair, J.D. – Conference Steering Committee Co-chair, Professor, Howard University Law
Dr. Na’Taki Osborne Jelks – Professor, Environmental and Health Sciences, Spelman College
5:00 - 7:00pm
Networking Reception: Tour & Five Year Celebration of Emory’s WaterHub
Sponsored by the Office of Sustainability Initiatives, Emory University
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Transportation will be provided. Visit our Venue page to learn more about the WaterHub.
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To learn more about the locations of these events, please visit our VENUE page.
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