CHAS Launch Event: Climate, Health, and the Future of Community Resilience
Join us as we launch this new chapter for the Center for Climate, Health, and Society (CHAS), featuring a timely conversation bringing together leaders from across Chicago and the country, with a panel of experts to consider what a more equitable and community-centered response to climate change can look like. We hope you’ll join the conversation.
Climate change is already a health crisis, but its effects are not experienced equally. This special event brings together national, academic, and community voices to explore how we can build healthier, more resilient communities.
| AGENDA | |
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| 5:15 pm | Doors Open/Check-In Registration |
| 5:30 pm | Reception |
| 6:00 pm | Welcome |
| 6:15 pm-7:15 pm | Panel Discussion |
Author and Journalist; Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair; Sterling Brown Endowed Chair, English Department, Howard University
Deborah R. and Edgar D. Jannotta Professor, Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice; Faculty Director of the Center for Climate, Health, and Society
Faculty Lecturer, University of Chicago Divinity School; Co-Founder and Executive Director, MAAFA Redemption Project
Former White House National Climate Advisor and U.S. EPA Administrator
This timely conversation is supported by the Burns Memorial Fund
This event is the culminating evening program for the Climate Frontiers: Energy and Climate at UChicago, an annual day-long program showcasing the scale and breadth of the University’s work on energy and climate change. The program includes a Climate Showcase and Student Poster Session, highlighting field-defining research underway across UChicago; a Climate & Energy Career Fair, connecting students with the wide range of career paths in the field; and a Leadership Forum, bringing UChicago faculty together with senior leaders to discuss issues at the heart of the climate and growth challenge. The event is hosted by the University of Chicago’s Institute for Climate and Sustainable Growth.
If you have any questions about access or to request a reasonable accommodation that will facilitate your full participation in this event such as ASL interpreting, captioned videos, Braille or electronic text, food options for individuals with dietary restrictions, etc. please contact the event organizer.