Location: Virtual and in-person at the University of Maryland Stamp Student Union
The CEEJH-UMD Symposium on Environmental Justice & Health Disparities #UMDejsymposium2023 will convene community members, advocates, nonprofit organizers, policymakers, researchers, EJ professionals, and students for an in-depth examination of ongoing environmental and climate justice issues affecting the local DC-Maryland-Virginia (DMV) region and communities nationally.
The symposium will take place virtually on September 11, 12 and 15.
REGISTER HERE (virtual)
The symposium will take place in-person on September 14 and 16 at the University of Maryland Stamp Student Union.
REGISTER HERE (in-person)
The Symposium theme is “People, Power, & Politics,” highlighting energy justice, climate change, power dynamics in environmental justice, and the use of technology in environmental justice work. Sessions with discussions on ongoing critical themes such as food sovereignty, healthcare access, community science, environmental justice mapping tools, climate justice, law, policy, and new topics in just and clean energy transitions will be covered.
Find more information on the Symposium, please check the website: https://www.ceejh.center
Please contact organizers at ceejhsymposium@gmail.com if there are additional questions.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives representing the 86th district.
CEO of Hip Hop Caucus, a minister, community activist and U.S. Air Force veteran.
EPA Senior Advisor to the Administrator for Environmental Justice.
