About this Event
Join us for a two-day series of panels, discussions, and film screenings to explore how reparative and restorative approaches can be applied to re-imagine environmental justice. Lunch will be provided and registration is required. This event is FREE and open to the public. Parking is available please register .
Image credit: Emebet A. Jigssa. (2023). Earth Satellite Image Imitation Abstract. https://icpac.medium.com/how-can-art-amplify-efforts-to-address-climate-change-7d775b261f08
Agenda
🕑: 09:00 AM - 09:45 AM
Breakfast
🕑: 09:45 AM - 10:00 AM
Welcome Remarks and Opening by Mayte Green-Mercado and Brian Murphy
🕑: 10:00 AM - 11:20 AM
A conversation on Ecocide in the Middle East
Info: This panel will center on the ongoing Ecocide in the Middle East and will include discussions with anthropologist Kali Rubaii and scholar of Human Rights Shourideh Molavi.
🕑: 11:20 AM - 11:30 AM
Coffee/Tea Break
🕑: 11:30 AM - 12:50 PM
A conversation with Local and International Environmental Activists and Writer
Info: Join us for a a conversation with environmental activist and writer Diana McCaulay and writer Naomi Jackson.
🕑: 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Lunch
🕑: 02:00 PM - 03:20 PM
Legal and Constitutional Frameworks for Environmental Justice
Info: This panel explores environmental justice and legal frameworks with Shawn LaTourette, New Jersey's Commissioner of Environmental Protection; Maya van Rossum, founder of the Green Amendment for the Generations Movement; and Quinn Yeargain, Professor of the Law of Democracy at Michigan State University.
🕑: 03:20 PM - 03:30 PM
Coffee/Tea Break
🕑: 03:30 AM - 05:30 AM
Film Screening of Mann v. Ford and The Meaning of the Seed
Info: Screening of films Mann V. Ford and The Meaning of the Seed, and a conversation with directors Anita Bakshi and Micah Fink, and Chief Wayne Mann. This panel will be moderated by Jack Tchen.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Express Newark, 54 Halsey Street, Newark, United States
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