View the April 1st Event recording on Howard University’s YouTube channel
Program
Welcome – Dr. Rubin Patterson, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, Howard University
University Leadership Panel:
Dr. Simon Nicholson, Associate Professor and Director of the Center for Environment, Community, and Equity, American University
Dr. Brooks Zitzmann, LCSW and Assistant Professor, The Catholic University of America
Dan Guilbeault, Director of Sustainability for Campus and Community, Georgetown University
Dr. Susan Anenberg, Associate Professor of Environmental, Occupational and Global Health, Director of the Climate Health Institute, The George Washington University
Dr. Shizuka Hsieh, Associate Professor of Chemistry, Program Chair, Trinity Washington University
Lisa Goldberg, AVP, Environment, Health, Safety and Sustainability, Howard University
Dr. Kamran Zendehdel, Acting Director of the Center for Sustainable Development and Resilience, University of the District of Columbia
Keynote Speakers
Kari Fulton is an award-winning Environmental and Climate Justice organizer, advocate, educator, and writer. Her work has been featured in various media including Black Entertainment Television (BET), Teen Vogue, Essence Magazine, and Chinese Global Television Network (CGTN). Fulton serves as the Frontline Policy Coordinator with Climate Justice Alliance, a leading voice for a just transition to a regenerative economy. She is a proud alumna of Howard University (B.A. Communications and Culture) and Georgetown University (Master of Policy Management)
Bill McKibben is a contributing writer to The New Yorker, and a founder of Third Act, which organizes people over the age of 60 to work on climate and racial justice. He founded the first global grassroots climate campaign, 350.org, and serves as the Schumann Distinguished Professor in Residence at Middlebury College in Vermont. In 2014 he was awarded the Right Livelihood Prize, sometimes called the ‘alternative Nobel,’ in the Swedish Parliament. He’s also won the Gandhi Peace Award, and honorary degrees from 19 colleges and universities. He has written over a dozen books about the environment, including his first, The End of Nature, published in 1989, and the forthcoming The Flag, the Cross, and the Station Wagon: A Graying American Looks Back at his Suburban Boyhood and Wonders What the Hell Happened.
Closing Remarks – Janelle Burke, Director, Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies Program, Howard University, and organizing faculty
Please be advised that there is a strict proof of COVID-19 vaccination policy in place. See below for additional details.
Ticket pick-ups:
Howard University: Locke Hall room 101, 3/28-3/31 from 10am-2pm, or contact Dr. Janelle Burke @Janelle.burke@howard.edu
The George Washington University: Fill out this google form
Georgetown University: Register HERE (Georgetown University only, limit 2 tickets per registration). You must be able to pick up the tickets in person on campus the week of Mar. 28-April 1. Details provided upon registration.