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X-WR-CALNAME:Climate Justice and Racial Equity
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DESCRIPTION:Environmental devastation and racial inequities are deeply inte
 rtwined. Experts from a variety of fields will explain and explore the con
 nections between climate justice and racial equity and how they both facto
 r into new solutions for clean energy transition. \n\n \n\nSantina Contrer
 as is an assistant professor of Urban Planning and Spatial Analysis at the
  USC Sol Price School of Public Policy. Her research focuses on examining 
 the implementation\, equitability\, and underlying power dynamics associat
 ed with community engagement activities in hazard\, disaster\, and environ
 mental planning spaces. Contreras has extensive experience working in the 
 private and nonprofit sectors on the design and implementation of resilien
 ce-building and post-disaster recovery projects. She has published numerou
 s papers and reports focused on assessing equity\, justice\, and engagemen
 t approaches surrounding natural hazard events\, environmental planning pr
 ojects\, and broader resilience-building efforts.Juan De Lara is director 
 of the Center for Latinx and Latin American Studies and an associate profe
 ssor in the department of American Studies and Ethnicity at USC. His resea
 rch focuses on social justice and social movements\, urban political econo
 my\, nature\, environmental justice\, race and ethnicity\, labor\, science
  and technology studies\, Los Angeles\, and the U.S./Mexico border. His bo
 ok Inland Shift: Race\, Space\, and Capital in Inland Southern California 
 uses logistics and commodity chains to unpack the black box of globalizati
 on by showing how the scientific management of bodies\, space\, and time p
 roduced new racialized labor regimes.Dr. Manuel Pastor is a Distinguished 
 Professor of Sociology and American Studies and Ethnicity at USC. He curre
 ntly directs the Equity Research Institute at USC and is the inaugural hol
 der of the Turpanjian Chair in Civil Society and Social Change at USC. His
  most recent (2024) book\, Charging Forward: Lithium Valley\, Electric Veh
 icles\, and a Just Future (co-authored with Chris Benner)\, delves into th
 e pivotal role of California’s Lithium Valley in the “lithium gold rus
 h” and its broader implications for climate challenges\, justice\, and d
 emocracy.Allison Agsten (moderator) is the inaugural director of USC Annen
 berg’s Center for Climate Journalism and Communication where she concept
 ualizes initiatives to bolster public understanding of climate change. She
  is also executive producer of the energy transition podcast series\, Elec
 tric Futures\, and the author of a range of reports addressing climate cha
 nge and the media\, corporate sustainability practices\, and policy-relate
 d issues. In addition\, Agsten serves as the USC Wrigley Institute for Env
 ironment and Sustainability’s first curator. She has worked as producer 
 at CNN\, Director of Communications at LACMA\, and Curator of Public Engag
 ement at the Hammer Museum\, amongst other roles.
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LOCATION:Wallis Annenberg Hall (ANN)
SUMMARY:Climate Justice and Racial Equity
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CATEGORIES:Arts
CATEGORIES:Lecture / Talk / Workshop
CATEGORIES:Sustainability
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