Climate Science, Climate Justice: Personal and Civic Action

POSTPONED

Panel Discussion 1: Climate Science, Community Transformation: The Role of Civic and Communal Action in Addressing Climate Change

  • Jason Cons – Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Texas
  • Kevin Shunk –  Floodplain Administrator for the City of Austin
  • Pavithra Vasudevan – Assistant Professor with the Department of African & African Diaspora Studies and the Center for Women’s & Gender Studies
  • Deidre Zoll – fourth-year Ph.D. candidate in Community and Regional Planning at the University of Texas at Austin

Keynote: Disability and Disaster: Social Vulnerability to Environmental Hazards

  • Laura Stough – Associate Professor of Educational Psychology, Assistant Director at the Center for Disability and Development, and a faculty fellow at the Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center at Texas A&M University

Panel Discussion 2: Building Community Immunity: Climate Adaptation in the Public Health Profession

  • Adelita G. Cantu – Associate Professor at UT Health San Antonio School of Nursing
  • Marc Coudert – Environmental Conservation Program Manager with the City of Austin Office of Sustainability
  • Loudres Rodriguez – Director of the Center for Place-Based Initiatives

Throughout the day, participants can explore a curated art exhibition, and booths by community organizations.

Explore local and global impacts of climate change from perspectives of public health, disability, postcolonialism, anthropology, equity, engineering, and civil administration.

Art & Understanding: Dramatic, Visual, Movement, and Music Pieces exploring humanistic relationships to climate change and action will be featured

Community activists and experts will share experiences in navigating and theorizing around borders, disaster, citizenship, and activism locally and globally

Visit Austin-Area organizations working on climate justice to find opportunities for engagement

Register in advance at go.austincc.edu/peace to receive free breakfast and lunch during the event

“A major goal of this annual symposium is to unite our community of learners through deep engagement with a particular theme that relates to peace and non-violent conflict transformation. It’s a day for our students to see connections between the seemingly disparate areas of their educational requirements, their own lives, local and global issues, and learn how they can get engaged in their community.”  — Dr. Shirin Khosropour, ACC Peace & Conflict Studies director.

 

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