Symposium Program
Friday September 20, 2024
2:30 pm: Check-in opens [Wilson Atrium, Campus Center]
3:00-4:30 pm: Parallel Sessions A and B
Session A: Conversations between the Arts, Humanities, and Climate Justice (Chair: Alexis Callender) [Campus Center 205]
- Phoebe Godfrey, University of Connecticut. How We Got Here: Biblical Stories, Cultural Symbols, and The Anthropocene.
- Angela D’Souza, Umass Amherst. Why can’t we go outside to eat lunch and why am I afraid of insects?
- Anna Botta, Smith College. Claudia Durastanti’s Missitalia: A Feminist Reconsiders the Italian South.
- Vanessa Adel, Smith College. Poetry for Climate Justice.
Session B: Adaptation, Resilience, and Climate Justice (Chair: Camille Washington-Ottombre) [Campus Center 103/104]
- Tasfia Tasnim and Michael Mikulewicz, SUNY ESF. A Call for Re-politicizing Climate Justice.
- Cielo A. Sharkus, Holly Embke, Krista Harper, Vicente Pereira-Roa, Jason Comcowich, Hilda Roque, Sunrise Iaim Smith, Stephen Fernandez, Eve Vogel, Christian D. Guzman. Understanding Perception of Risk and Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change Through Participatory Research with a Massachusetts Urban Farming Community.
- Rose Cherneff, Hampshire College Farm. Widening our Approaches to Farming in the Face of Climate Change.
- Shannon Callaham, Umass Amherst. Equity-Centered Engagement Through Climate Resilience Policy in Massachusetts.
5 pm: Plenary Keynote, Dr. Dorceta Taylor, Professor, Environmental Justice, Yale University, “Racial and Gender Disparities in Executive Compensation and Funding in Environmental Organizations”. Q&A will be moderated by Storm Lewis’21. [Carroll Room, Campus Center]
6:30 pm: Welcome Reception [Wilson Atrium, Campus Center]
7:45 pm: Evening activities, Parallel Offerings
- Film Screening: Can’t Stop Change: Queer Climate Stories from the Florida Frontlines
Followed by a discussion with Vanessa Raditz, Can’t Stop Change Co-Producer, Co-Director, Co-Editor; Jess Martinez, Can’t Stop Change Co-Producer & Co-Director; and Ang Roell, They Keep Bees [Graham Hall, Hillyer Hall] - Art Exhibition: Confluence by Amanda Maciuba
Amanda Maciuba’s work is an exploration of the visible and invisible marks of human hands on the landscape. Her practice investigates human relationships with the environment over time, forefronting the impacts of human driven climate change. (see additional information here) [Oresman Gallery, Hillyer Hall]
Saturday September 21, 2024
8:30 am: Check-in and Coffee Social Hour for all symposium participants [Seelye Hall first floor]
9:15-10:45 am: Parallel Sessions C, D, and E
Session C: Women and Climate Justice (Chair: Camille Washington-Ottombre) [Seelye 201]
- Clara Fang, Oasis: A Green Equity Collective, Women of Color and the Glass Cliff: Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Environmental Leadership.
- Meghan Elizabeth Kallman and Josephine Ferorelli. The Conceivable Future: Planning Families and Taking Action in the Age of Climate Change.
- Tenzin Dhardon Sharling. Decolonial Feminist Perspectives on U.S. Climate Colonialism and Empire Consolidation.
- Jane Caputi, Florida Atlantic University. Disney’s Moana: Neither Feminist Nor Climate Just.
Session D: Climate Justice in the Global South (Chair: Javier Puente) [Seelye 106]
- Ashwin Ravikumar and Sara Zhu, Amherst College. To Protect Tropical Forests, the Global North Must Pay Climate Debt: Empirical Evidence from the Peruvian Amazon.
- Parisa Rinaldi, St. Mary’s College of Maryland. Action-research and climate justice: collaborative endeavors with fishing communities in two Colombian port-cities.
- Zahra Golshani, Marzie Shakiba, Avaye Mehre-Hamoon, Cornell University. Resilience in Adversity: Navigating Women’s Potentials and Struggles Amid Environmental Crisis in the South of Iran.
- Kwabena Antwi, Clark University. (Intra)gendered adoption of natural climate solutions in agriculture to address climatic and non-climatic risks.
Session E: Just Energy Transitions (Chair: Alexander Barron) [Seelye 301]
- Jacob Park, University of Johannesburg. Understanding and Accelerating the Financing of Green and Just Transition in Africa: What Can We Learn from South Africa’s Just Energy Transition Partnership Framework?
- Teniel Rhiney, Andre Tarleton, Ana Beatriz Juarez Stucker, Krista Harper, Charlie Sullivan, and Nicholas Caverly, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. A Just Residential Energy Transition through an Intersectional Feminist Lens.
- Yu Cao, University of Alaska Fairbanks. Environmental Racism in Alaska: A Case Study of Historical Nuclear Legacy.
- Ania Camargo, Thermal Networks Senior Manager, Building Decarbonization Coalition.
11:00 am: Plenary Keynote, Jacqueline Patterson, Founder and Executive Director, Chisholm Legacy Project, “Another World is Possible: Advancing Systems Change to Address Climate Injustice”. Q&A will be moderated by Niveen Ismail. [Weinstein Auditorium, Wright Hall]
12:30-1:30 pm: Lunch for symposium participants [Alumnae House, 33 Elm Street ]
1:45-3:15 pm: Parallel Sessions F and G
Session F: Queerness and Climate Justice (Chair: Heather Rosenfeld) [Seelye 201]
- Michael Mikulewicz , SUNY ESF. Searching for queerness in climate change studies: surveying an emerging field of studies.
- Khalil Deka , SUNY ESF. Impacts of climate change on the LGBTQIUA+ community in India and Syracuse, New York.
- Emme Christie, SUNY ESF. Bridging the Climate-Human Rights Gap: Aligning LGBTQ+ Rights with Climate Justice Advocacy in Jamaica.
- Vanessa Raditz, University of Georgia. StoryMapping Queer Climate Justice.
Session G: Voices for Climate Justice from Around the World (Chairs: Sabine von Mering, Camille Washington-Ottombre) [Seelye 106]
- Clara Fang’05, Green Tara Consulting.
- Luisa Neubauer, Fridays for Future Germany.
- Alexa Barriga’16, SISTA Fire RI.
- Zora Steedley’22, OneWorld Sustainable Investments.
- Storm Lewis’21, Storm Indigo L. Consulting LLC.
3:30-4:30 pm: Coffee Social Hour and Games for all symposium participants [Seelye Hall first floor and Room 101]
4:30-6:30 pm: Parallel Workshops (see detailed descriptions of all workshops here)
- Workshop 1: Rest for (the) Movement, for the Rest of Our Lives [Seelye 301]
- Workshop 2: Think Like an EcoSystem [Seelye 201]
- Workshop 3: Collectively Imagining Transformed Futures [Seelye 101]
- Workshop 4: Ecodrama [Seelye 106]
6:45 pm: Dinner (panelists only) [Conference Center, Oak Room]