WEBINAR: Climate Justice in Transition: Centering Equitable Solutions in a Shifting Policy Landscape

How can higher education maintain its commitment to climate justice as it comes under scrutiny and faces targeted punitive actions? Federal climate and DEI policies have recently undergone massive shifts that threaten the higher education sector’s long-standing commitment to creating equitable climate solutions. This webinar will unpack the challenges the sector faces to center climate justice. Panelists will present strategies and tactics that institutions can use in uncertain times to remain accountable to the core principles of climate justice and to continue centering the experiences and knowledge of communities disproportionately impacted by climate change. Speakers: Olivia Aguilar, Professor and Director of the Center of Environment, Mount Holyoke College Jennie Stephens, Professor and Author, University of Ireland, Maynooth Luis Fernández Carril, Professor, Tecnológico de Monterrey Kem Opperman-Torres, fmr. Director of Sustainability, Dillard University Mak Porotesano, Coordinator and Climate Justice Advocate, Portland Community College