25th Annual Travers Conference on Ethics & Accountability in Government: Can California Meet the Challenges of the 21st Century?
2023-04-21 09:30 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | HYBRID: Bancroft Hotel and Zoom, 2680 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA, 94704, United States
California confronts a set of interlocking policy challenges that threaten its future vitality. The state has long been a magnet to people across the U.S. and the world seeking economic opportunity and a high quality of life. But as the price of housing has spiraled out of control and as climate change has multiplied the risks posed by drought and wildfires to communities, the state must develop new strategies that safeguard its future. This conference will bring together academic experts, policymakers, and advocates for a discussion of both the underlying problems facing the state and potential solutions.
In addition to a lunchtime Keynote by State Controller Bette Yee, the conference will feature three panels: “Safeguarding California’s Communities in the Face of Climate Change,” “California as Energy Leader,” and “Addressing the State’s Housing Crisis.”
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Zoom option will be available for those that cannot attend in person.

Landscapes of Political Memory - Seminar: Architecture, Political Violence and Collective Memory
2023-04-21 10:00 - 12:00 | Kaplan Hall 193, 415 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Mihaela Mihai, Senior Lecturer in Political Theory at the University of Edinburgh, will give a lecture on “Representing Environmental Grief” on Wednesday, April 19th at 4:00pm. In addition, Dr. Mihai will participate in several other events, including a seminar on architecture, political violence, and collective memory.

Earth Day Fair 2023
2023-04-21 12:00 - 16:00 | Dickson Court North
UCLA’s annual Earth Day Fair is held by E3’s Earth Month Campaign. This year, the theme is Conservation and Biodiversity, with an aim to educate the community about ecological issues and preserving natural habitats.
This is an activities fair where students can find organizations that they may be interested in and participate in educational activities, games, and giveaways to learn more about sustainability and environmental work on campus. To incentivize participation, there will be passports that students can check off to be entered into a raffle, along with giveaways leading up to the event.
We would love for you to join us in dedicating April to advocate for the right to a clean, safe, and healthy world for us and our future generations. Any environment or sustainability-focused organization is welcome to table at the Earth Day Fair. You will be provided 1 table and 2 chairs, and a tablecloth if requested. If you’re interested in tabling, please fill out this form as soon as possible.

Landscapes of Political Memory - Mini-Conference
2023-04-21 13:30 - 15:30 | Kaplan Hall 193, 415 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Mihaela Mihai, Senior Lecturer in Political Theory at the University of Edinburgh. Dr. Mihai will give a lecture on “Representing Environmental Grief” on Wednesday, April 19th at 4:00pm. In addition, Dr. Mihai will participate in several other events, including a mini-conference of graduate student work.

Earth Day Celebration at West Los Angeles College
2023-04-22 09:00 - 13:00 | West L.A. College, 9000 Overland Avenue, Culver City, CA, 90230, United States
Be part of the press event kicking off the opening of the CA Center for Climate Change Education! Hear from Assemblymember Isaac G. Bryan, Mayor Karen Bass, the Los Angeles Community College District Chancellor, and WLAC’s President about this first-of-its-kind resource that prepares students for careers in the clean energy and climate technology industries.
Admission is free! And there will be eco-friendly giveaways and a light lunch!
Connect with our guest speakers and participate in how-to workshops. Meet our exhibitors and learn about available rebates for homes & businesses. Visitors will have the opportunity to educate themselves on important environmental issues, find volunteer opportunities with incredible non-profits, and learn from our vendors about ways to make their homes and backyards more sustainable.
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LASAN's Earth Day LA 2023 at Hyperion
2023-04-22 09:00 - 14:00 | Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant, 12505 Vista Del Mar, Playa Del Rey, CA, 90293, United States
LA Sanitation & Environment’s (LASAN) signature event is back in full force with over 40 educational (and fun) exhibitors, City vehicles to explore, tons of photo ops, a kids zone, games, prizes, and free food & beverages, while supplies last. LASAN will also be hosting composting workshops at the event! In the spirit of environmental awareness, this will be a Zero Waste event.
Performances will begin around noon with talented local entertainers, and a DJ throughout the day to keep things fun.
Learn more at www.lacitysan.org/earthdayla.
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Earth Day Restoration Event and Picnic
2023-04-22 10:00 - 12:00 | Stone Canyon Creek, UCLA, by Charles E Young Dr North and Collins Center and Gold Hall
Volunteer at Stone Canyon Creek for invasive species removal and cleanup. There will be a picnic afterwards with snacks and games.

UC Master Gardeners at Pico Farmers Market
2023-04-22 10:00 - 12:30 | Pico Farmers Market, 2233 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, CA, 90405, United States
Visit with the UC Master Gardeners at the Saturday Pico Farmers Market. The booth is filled with free advice on how to care for plants, how to troubleshoot a gardening problem, and much more. Free seeds and seedlings are available on a limited basis. Market attendance is subject to change based on weather and holidays.

Santa Monica Earth Day: Butterfly Celebration
2023-04-22 10:30 - 12:00 | Montana Branch Library, 1704 Montana Avenue, Santa Monica, CA, 90403, United States
Kick off Earth Day with a butterfly storytime on the patio, followed by activity and information stations with butterfly crafts, pollinator gardening, and more! Free milkweed seed packets available while supplies last. For families.

Levan Institute for the Humanities Book Chats—Christina Dunbar-Hester, Oil Beach: How Toxic Infrastructure Threatens Life in the Ports of Los Angeles and Beyond
2023-04-24 12:00 - 13:00 | Online
A discussion of Christina Dunbar-Hester’s book, Oil Beach: How Toxic Infrastructure Threatens Life in the Ports of Los Angeles and Beyond (University of Chicago Press, 2023). The author will be joined in conversation by Ashley Carse (Vanderbilt University) and Deborah Cowen (University of Toronto), moderated by Juan De Lara (USC). Co-sponsored by the Center on Science, Technology, and Public Life and the Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies.
Registration is required. REGISTER HERE
About the Book: Can the stories of bananas, whales, sea birds, and otters teach us to reconsider the seaport as a place of ecological violence, tied to oil, capital, and trade?
San Pedro Bay, which contains the contiguous Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, is a significant site for petroleum shipping and refining as well as one of the largest container shipping ports in the world—some forty percent of containerized imports to the United States pass through this so-called America’s Port. It is also ecologically rich. Built atop a land- and waterscape of vital importance to wildlife, the heavily industrialized Los Angeles Harbor contains estuarial wetlands, the LA River mouth, and a marine ecology where colder and warmer Pacific Ocean waters meet. In this compelling interdisciplinary investigation, award-winning author Christina Dunbar-Hester explores the complex relationships among commerce, empire, environment, and the nonhuman life forms of San Pedro Bay over the last fifty years—a period coinciding with the era of modern environmental regulation in the United States. The LA port complex is not simply a local site, Dunbar-Hester argues, but a node in a network that enables the continued expansion of capitalism, propelling trade as it drives the extraction of natural resources, labor violations, pollution, and other harms. Focusing specifically on cetaceans, bananas, sea birds, and otters whose lives are intertwined with the vitality of the port complex itself, Oil Beach reveals how logistics infrastructure threatens ecologies as it circulates goods and capital—and helps us to consider a future where the accumulation of life and the accumulation of capital are not in violent tension.
About the Author: Christina Dunbar-Hester is a Professor of Communication at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. She conducts interpretive research into the politics of technology. She is the author of two award-winning ethnographies of activism in technical communities: Hacking Diversity: The Politics of Inclusion in Open Technology Cultures (Princeton U. Press, 2020); and Low Power to the People: Pirates, Protest, and Politics in FM Radio Activism (MIT Press, 2014). Dunbar-Hester’s most recent publication, Oil Beach: How Toxic Infrastructure Threatens Life in the Ports of Los Angeles and Beyond (University of Chicago Press, 2023) is a study of multispecies life and death in the Ports of Los Angeles/Long Beach, with emphasis on global shipping, wildlife conservation, and petroleum infrastructure.
Open to attendants outside of USC. An excerpt of the book will be made available to registered attendants. Registration before the event is required.
This event is part of the Levan Institute for the Humanities’ “Book Chats” series, conversations about new books published by USC scholars in the humanities and humanistic social sciences. To see more events in this series, including recordings of past events, visit https://dornsife.usc.edu/levan-institute/book-chats/.

Hill's Food for Thought - Interfaith & Sustainability
2023-04-24 18:00 - 20:30 | UCLA Covel Commons, Grand Horizon Room, 330 De Neve Dr, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
The Interfaith Living Learning Community (LLC) is excited to announce its very first time Hill-wide Food 4 Thought. Every week, LLC students engage amongst themselves in powerful and meaningful conversations where they learn about views and lifestyles from others that are different from their own. Now, The LLC is bringing this program to everyone on the hill to enjoy the food and thoughtful conversations about interfaith and sustainability.
Engage with a panel on Interfaith dialogue by faculty members and students, and enjoy great food in community with one another. This is the Interfaith LLC’s first ever signature event and we are excited to share this experience with you all!

Social Impact Consulting: Accelerating Impact in Nonprofits and For-profits
2023-04-25 11:30 - 12:30 | Marion Anderson Hall Grand Salon, 110 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Speakers
Aviva Altmann (’13), Principal, The Bridgespan Group
Jennifer Li Shen, Co-Founder and Senior Partner, Blue Garnet
Gayle Northrop (’96), Adjunct Assistant Professor, UCLA Anderson; President, Northrop Nonprofit Consulting (Moderator)
The panel will discuss leveraging the tools of consulting, research and strategy to accelerate systematic change in the nonprofit and for-profit arenas. It will explore consulting for nonprofits and social impact teams and projects within traditional consulting.
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Impact Week is UCLA Anderson’s hallmark social impact conference and is a special event for students, alumni, and the broader UCLA community. The 2023 theme “Impact In Action: Transformative Leadership for Societal Change” will explore the role of business and leadership as forces for positive societal change and will encompass change-makers, emerging trends and budding innovations that are transforming a variety of sectors such as clean technology, corporate sustainability, social entrepreneurship, impact investing and social impact consulting.

Under the Redwoods: A Sempervirens Fund Webinar Series - "Redwoods as Elderflora | Jared Farmer"
2023-04-25 13:00 - 14:00 | Online
Join author and historian Jared Farmer for an introduction to his book Elderflora: A Modern History of Ancient Trees, and a conversation about new ways to think about redwoods—on the individual, population, and species level—and about what our past with redwoods means for their future.
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Webinars are the last Tuesday of each month (January – October) ; one-time only recast of this webinar on April 25 at 7 PM PT.

A Conversation with Paul Ehrlich
2023-04-25 16:00 - 17:00 | Online
Join the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment for a conversation with population ecologist and environmental activist Paul R. Ehrlich, who will discuss his life and work with Woods Institute Director Chris Field following the publication of Ehrlich’s autobiography, Life: A Journey Through Science and Politics.
In a career spanning more than 60 years, Ehrlich, the Bing Professor of Population Studies, Emeritus, in the School of Humanities and Sciences and Senior Fellow, Emeritus, at the Woods Institute has authored or co-authored more than 40 books and 1,200 papers on topics as diverse as co-evolution in butterflies and flowering plants, jaw size in humans, and overpopulation.
Ehrlich, now 90, founded the Center for Conservation Biology, co-founded the Human Biology Program, and with Richard Holm established Jasper Ridge as a research reserve. He has used his platform as a respected scientist and bestselling author to call attention to environmental issues, including overpopulation, the importance of biodiversity, and the degradation of the planet’s natural resources and ecosystems. He has advocated for gender and racial equality in numerous forums and has guest-starred in more than 1,000 news and television segments, including more than 20 appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.
Join the conversation online to ask questions and get the backstories to Ehrlich’s varied and rich scientific career. Read more about Ehrlich in a recent Q&A.
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UCLA Administration Student Job Fair & Forum
2023-04-25 17:00 - 20:00 | UCLA Covel Commons, Grand Horizon Room, 330 De Neve Dr, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Explore student and career job opportunities, network with your peers, and learn how you can build a career with UCLA Administration. Listen to a discussion panel of employed UCLA alums sharing their journey from student employees to seasoned professionals. This is an excellent opportunity to learn about different career paths, network, and connect with potential employers.
Join our departments: Campus Human Resources; Central Ticket Office; Environment, Health & Safety; Events & Transportation; Sustainability; Housing & Hospitality; Information Technology Services; and UCLA Police Department for a fun night of food, giveaways, and activities.
This event will also include the following:
· Refreshments, including Insomnia Cookies!
· Raffle prizes!
· Sign-ups for departmental tours
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*﻿**PLEASE NOTE: This event is geared toward full time UCLA Students- you will be asked to show your BruinCard for entry***

Documentary: Breaking Boundaries, The Science of Our Planet
2023-04-25 19:15 - 21:00 | UCLA Anderson Cornell Hall Room D301, 110 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Screening of “Breaking Boundaries” a 2021 documentary narrated by David Attenborough on the climate crisis. It illustrates a revolutionary framework, outlined by the Swedish scientist and environmental science professor Johan Rockström, of nine planetary thresholds that determine the sustainability of life on Earth today. The event will close with an open discussion on the potential business implications of these boundaries. Snacks and beverages will be provided!
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Impact Week is UCLA Anderson’s hallmark social impact conference and is a special event for students, alumni, and the broader UCLA community. The 2023 theme “Impact In Action: Transformative Leadership for Societal Change” will explore the role of business and leadership as forces for positive societal change and will encompass change-makers, emerging trends and budding innovations that are transforming a variety of sectors such as clean technology, corporate sustainability, social entrepreneurship, impact investing and social impact consulting.

Free Food from the Dining Halls
2023-04-25 22:00, 2023-04-27 22:00 | Conference Room 1 in the Student Activities Center Basement, 220 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Bruin Dine is a student-run organization founded in 2018 that works to bridge the gap between food waste and food insecurity by recovering food from the UCLA dining halls that would have otherwise been thrown away and redistributing it. Open to everyone, bring your own container and utensils.

Impact Investing: The New Face of Venture Capital
2023-04-26 11:30 - 12:30 | Marion Anderson Hall Grand Salon, 110 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
The percentage of VC funding going to underrepresented founders remains stubbornly and depressingly low. These panelists are here to change that. This event will highlight VC investors in Los Angeles using capital as a vehicle to make the startup ecosystem more inclusive and innovative.
Speakers
Laurel Mintz, Founder and General Partner, Fabric VC
Austin Clements, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Slauson & Co.
Alicia Hanf, Founder and Managing Partner, Dear Mama Ventures
Ahmed Mirza (’19) Investment Manager, Techstars (Moderator)
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Impact Week is UCLA Anderson’s hallmark social impact conference and is a special event for students, alumni, and the broader UCLA community. The 2023 theme “Impact In Action: Transformative Leadership for Societal Change” will explore the role of business and leadership as forces for positive societal change and will encompass change-makers, emerging trends and budding innovations that are transforming a variety of sectors such as clean technology, corporate sustainability, social entrepreneurship, impact investing and social impact consulting.

LA Green Jobs - Virtual Career Fair
2023-04-26 14:30 - 16:00 | Online
Hello, green job seekers! Join the LA Green Jobs: Virtual Career Fair brought to you by USGBC-LA!
If you’re looking for an opportunity to speak directly with hiring managers in the sustainability industry for the built environment, this is a great opportunity for you.
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Participating Companies TBA
Location: Online
Past Participating Companies Include:
ADEC Innovations
Clean Power Alliance (CPA)
Green Wealth Partners
Leading Edge
Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI)
VCA Green
Verdical Group
U.S. Green Building Council-Los Angeles

Food Tech and Sustainability: Building Circular Food Systems
2023-04-26 18:00 - 20:00 | Bioscience LA, 4130 Overland Ave, Culver City, CA, 90230, United States
The panel will discuss the importance of building circular food systems while elevating food ingredients’ highest use potential.
Agriculture represents one of the most carbon intensive industries of the modern era and new technologies are arising to reduce waste and improve agricultural practices. This event discusses how it is imperative to move beyond the idea of “waste” and focus on building circular food systems while elevating food ingredients highest use potential.
Speakers:
Dr. Lara Ramdin, Chief Innovation Officer, Upcycled Foods; Former Chief Innovation Officer, Dole Sunshine Company
Kaitlin Mogentale, Founder and CEO, Pulp Pantry & Co.
Joy Nemerson, Marketing Manager, Programs and Events, Upcycled Food Association (Moderator)
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Impact Week is UCLA Anderson’s hallmark social impact conference and is a special event for students, alumni, and the broader UCLA community. The 2023 theme “Impact In Action: Transformative Leadership for Societal Change” will explore the role of business and leadership as forces for positive societal change and will encompass change-makers, emerging trends and budding innovations that are transforming a variety of sectors such as clean technology, corporate sustainability, social entrepreneurship, impact investing and social impact consulting.

T.R.E.E. Talks: Designing for Now
2023-04-26 18:00 - 21:00 | NeueHouse Hollywood, 6121 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90028, United States
Design impacts everything we do – from the spaces we inhabit, to the clothes we wear, to the images we see. Join us for a panel conversation exploring how designers are creating sustainable solutions for today. It’s one thing to design for the future; these professionals are implementing actionable change that address our environment.
Featuring an introduction and micro-lecture on natural plant design by TreePeople staff followed by a panel discussion with ingenious professionals in design, architecture, and fashion moderated by Claire L. Evans, Grammy-nominated musician, writer, and artist.
Including:
Keith Eshelman, Co-Founder and CEO of Parks Project
Leo Marmol, Architect and Managing Partner of Marmol Radziner
Shobha Philips, Founder of PROCLAIM
and Moderated by Claire L. Evans, Grammy-Nominated Musician, Writer and Artist
Angus Wall, Oscar-winning editor, creator of TreePeople’s “Tree Film”
Musical performance by Green-House
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IEEE x WATT Rivian Rebelle Rally Screening + Q&A
2023-04-26 18:30 - 20:00 | Kaplan Hall 169, 415 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Interested in automotive engineering? Rivian is hosting a screening about the Rebelle Rally participants and encouraging more women to pursue to the field. There will be a Q&A after the film screening and a chance to network over food!
This event is intended to support women’s experiences in automotive and engineering industry. We strongly encourage women engineers to RSVP and come to the event, but anyone is welcome, especially if you are passionate and interested in learning more about empowering women in this space.
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Free Food from the Dining Halls
2023-04-26 22:00 | Student Activities Center ROTC Room 120P, 220 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States

The Role of Impact, Culture, and Sustainability in Next-Gen Businesses
2023-04-27 11:00 - 12:00 | Marion Anderson Hall Grand Salon, 110 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
This panel explores avenues to make an impact from within a large organization.
Speakers

Natalie Byrne, Founder, blank space
Ahmed Elshinnawy, Senior Manager – Sustainability & Climate, Deloitte Digital
Sunny Sohrabian, Director of Sustainability, LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games
Magali Delmas, Professor of Management; Faculty Director, Center for Impact, UCLA Anderson (Moderator)

These panelists are change makers challenging organizations to rethink what it means to be successful. This event will explore avenues to create change within organizations and scale impact across a variety of industries and functions. Attendees will be equipped with the knowledge and tools to be transformative leaders for positive societal impact within their organizations and beyond.
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Impact Week is UCLA Anderson’s hallmark social impact conference and is a special event for students, alumni, and the broader UCLA community. The 2023 theme “Impact In Action: Transformative Leadership for Societal Change” will explore the role of business and leadership as forces for positive societal change and will encompass change-makers, emerging trends and budding innovations that are transforming a variety of sectors such as clean technology, corporate sustainability, social entrepreneurship, impact investing and social impact consulting.

Vanishing Fish: The Fight for Global Ocean Justice
2023-04-27 11:00 - 15:00 | Mudd Hall of Philosophy, 3709 Trousdale Parkway, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, United States
Three leading environmental thinkers discuss the global fight for ocean justice, in a world grappling with the impacts of overfishing and climate change. They will also discuss the Tyler Prize Laureate’s call to end fishing on the high seas – as well as reflect on the Tyler Prize, which is this year celebrating its 50th Anniversary.
Join this special in-person conversation at the University of Southern California (USC) – home of the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement.
A HISTORIC CONVERSATION
In February, the 2023 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement – often described as the ‘Nobel Prize for the Environment’ – was awarded to two courageous Canadian ocean fisheries experts: ecologist Dr. Daniel Pauly and economist Dr. Rashid Sumaila.
On April 27, the 2023 Laureates will present their official ‘Tyler Prize Laureate Lecture’, in this historic 50th year of the Tyler Prize. They will then be joined in conversation with environmental author and academic, Dr. Jennifer Jacquet.
* Registrants for this event are will be sent an Order Confirmation email via Eventbrite with instructions on how to attend.
* This in-person event will be live-streamed online.
Seating is strictly limited.
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Posibles Futuros Para Un Planeta Saludable / Futures for a Healthy Planet
2023-04-27 15:30 - 17:00 | Scriptorium at USC University Club, 705 W 34th St, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, United States
This is a Spanish-Language event.
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Climate Justice Forum
2023-04-27 17:00 - 20:00 | Barbara and Joseph Goldenberg Terrace at The Fowler Museum, 308 Charles E Young Dr N, Los Angeles, CA, 90024, United States
Be a part of the Climate Justice Conversations summit event and now four-year-long tradition, the 2023 Climate Justice Forum, an evening reception and speaker panel.
The night will start off with a reception filled with small plates from a local restaurant, mocktails, and music.
During the first portion of the event, we will be hearing from our keynote speaker, Jason Foster. Jason is the President & Chief Operating Officer of Destination Crenshaw – an open-air museum along Crenshaw Boulevard in Los Angeles dedicated to preserving the history and culture of African Americans. Prior to Destination Crenshaw, Jason was Director of Strategic Partnerships at River LA, where he connected with River LA’s community partners, corporate representatives, and LA County residents to grow civic pride and social responsibility surrounding the LA River.
The second portion of the event will feature a conversation centering resilience and environmental justice between Jason and
Alesia Montgomery: Assistant Professor at UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability (IoES). Alesia studies the social and environmental justice concerns of low-income, radicalized communities.
AnMarie Mendoza: Sawyer Seminar Fellow on Sanctuary Spaces for the UCLA Luskin Institute on Inequality and Democracy, and PhD candidate in Urban Planning. AnMarie is also the Indigenous Waters Program Director for Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples.
Helen Campbell: Planning Director for Office of LA City Councilmember Eunisses Hernández, CD 1 and Board Member of LA Más, a community organization building collective power in Northeast Los Angeles. Helen previously served as a Senior Planner with the California Governor’s Office of Planning and Research.
The panel will be moderated and introduced by Sebastián Solarte-Caicedo, PhD student at UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability (IoES) researching how energy policy should be designed to foster community well-being and peace building at a local level.
Through our opening speakers and the following conversations, we hope the Climate Justice Forum raises awareness about the contributions that people of color have made to the environmental sustainability movement; reframes conceptions of vulnerable communities; and stimulates critical dialogue about environmental racism and injustice issues and climate resilience at UCLA and beyond. Those who attend will be entered into a second-hand Patagonia jacket raffle, with 20 winners!
To learn more about the Climate Justice Forum and our other Climate Justice Conversations events, visit the Environmentalists of Color Collective (ECC) at UCLA website.
Admission is free, but a ticket is required for each attendee. Ticket does not guarantee entry, come early to secure a seat.
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Luskin Lecture Series: Catherine Coleman Flowers on Journey for Water, Climate, and Environmental Justice
2023-04-27 18:00 - 19:30 | Kerckhoff Grand Salon, 308 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
This event features MacArthur “genius” award-winning activist Catherine Coleman Flowers and her groundbreaking, community-driven work on the previously invisible problem of inadequate water and sanitation infrastructure in rural communities in the United States. Flowers’ journey is discussed in the broader context of national climate and environmental justice advocacy.
The second half of the event will feature Catherine in discussion with Joaquin Esquivel, chair of the California State Water Resources Control Board (California Water Board), and Megan Mullin, faculty director of the UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation (LCI). The discussion will include the sanitation equity work that will soon be launched by LCI’s Human Right to Water Solutions Lab in collaboration with the California Water Board and partners.
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Catherine Coleman Flowers is an internationally recognized environmental activist, MacArthur “genius” grant recipient, and author. She has dedicated her life’s work to advocating for environmental justice, primarily equal access to clean water and functional sanitation for communities across the United States.
Founder of the Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice (CREEJ), Flowers has spent her career promoting equal access to clean water, air, sanitation, and soil to reduce health and economic disparities in marginalized, rural communities. In addition, Flowers serves as Rural Development Manager for Bryan Stevenson’s Equal Justice Initiative (EJI), is a Board Member for the Center for Earth Ethics at Union Theological Seminary, and sits on the Board of Directors for the Climate Reality Project and the Natural Resources Defense Council. Flowers is also Co-Chair of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Commission on Accelerating Climate Action and Practitioner in Residence at Duke University.
In 2021, her leadership and fervor in fighting for solutions to these issues led her to one of her most notable appointments yet — Vice Chair of the Biden Administration’s inaugural White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council. Flowers was also named Levenick Resident Scholar in Sustainable Leadership at the University of Illinois for the spring 2021 and was awarded an honorary PhD in science from Wesleyan University.
As the author of Waste: One Woman’s Fight Against America’s Dirty Secret, Flowers shares her inspiring story of advocacy, from childhood to environmental justice champion. She discusses sanitation and its correlation with systemic class, racial, and geographic prejudice that affects people across the United States. She has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Bloomberg, The Guardian, and on PBS.
LOCATION
UCLA Kerckhoff Hall
Charles E Young Grand Salon (Walking Directions)
Check-in begins at 5:15pm with the discussion following at 6:00pm.
Part of the Meyer and Renee Luskin Lecture Series.
GUIDELINES
RSVP required for admittance.
Admission is free, but registration is required for each attendee.
Parking
Public transportation: Big Blue Bus (Routes 2 and 17), Culver CityBus (Line 6), Metro
Ride hailing locations: Gateway Plaza, Luskin Conference Center
On-site parking available for $14 (Lot 2, Lot 8)

Climate Equity LA Series: Community-Driven Climate Resilience
2023-04-27 18:00 - 20:00 | Online
The City of Los Angeles Climate Emergency Mobilization Office (CEMO) invites you to join the Climate Equity LA Series on Community-Driven Climate Resilience, on Thursday, April 27, 6:00 – 8:00 pm. This event will highlight the work of community experts and organizers in developing solutions for extreme heat in Los Angeles that are shaped and driven by community priorities, including mutual aid networks, local resilience surveying, and participatory heat mapping.
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La Oficina de Movilización de Emergencia Climática de la Ciudad de Los Ángeles le invita a unirse a nosotros para nuestra Serie Equidad Climática LA, Resiliencia Climática Dirigida por la Comunidad, el Jueves, 27 de Abril, de las 6:00 a las 8:00 pm. Este evento destacará el trabajo de los expertos y organizadores de la comunidad en el desarrollo de soluciones para el calor extremo en Los Ángeles que están moldeadas y dirigidas por las prioridades de la comunidad, incluidas las redes de ayuda mutua, las encuestas de resiliencia local y el mapeo de calor participativos.
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