Friday 11/3
1-6 PM
Arrival and Check in
Urban Environmental Lab (UEL)
7:00 PM
Dinner
Smith-Buonanno Hall Room 106 and Lobby
8:00 PM
Gathering Opening
Smith-Buonanno Hall Room 106 and Lobby
10:00 PM
Game Night
Smith-Buonanno Hall Room 106 and Lobby
Saturday 11/4
9:00 AM
Breakfast
Sayles Hall Auditorium
10:00 AM
Panel 1: Confronting Environmental Racism
Metcalf Research Auditorium
Rep. Jennifer Stewart — Teacher and RI legislator (D-59th District, Pawtucket). Working to save municipal greenspace from becoming a parking lot.
Kalikoonāmaukūpuna (Kaliko) Kalāhiki — Queer and māhū Kanaka Maoli student, creative, and farmer from Kāne'ohe. Brown ‘24 studying Critical Native American and Indigenous Studies.
Jayson Maurice Porter — Environmental historian, writer, and scholar whose research focuses on environmental politics, food systems, agrochemicals, and racial ecologies in Mexico and the Americas.
11:00 AM
15 MINUTE BREAK
11:15 AM
WORKSHOP 1
Smith-Buonanno Hall
1A: Power Mapping & Research
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Group A: Smitty-B G01
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Group B: Smitty-B G12
1B: Narrative Building & Storytelling
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Group A: Smitty-B G13
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Group B: Smitty-B G18
1C: Action Planning 101
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Group A: Smitty-B 101
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Group B: Smitty-B 106
12:15 PM
15 MINUTE BREAK
12:30 PM
Lunch
Sayles Hall Auditorium
1:15 PM
15 MINUTE BREAK
1:30 PM
Panel 2: Mobilizing the Ivory Tower: The Role of the University in Driving Social Change
Metcalf Research Auditorium
Myles Lennon — Brown Professor of Environment and Anthropology. Studies solar energy in New York City and Black land stewardship.
Brian Lander — Assistant professor of history and environmental studies, environmental historian of premodern China, and member of Scholars at Brown for Climate action.
Niyanta Nepal — Brown ‘25 studying biomedical engineering and education studies. Organizer with Students for Educational Equity at Brown and Alliance of Rhode Island Southeast Asians for Education,
working with Providence Public Schools.
Erin Mackey — University of Toronto undergraduate. Organizer with Climate Justice UoT, pushing for dissociation from fossil fuels. Canadian Coalition Organizer for Campus Climate Network.
2:30 PM
15 MINUTE BREAK
2:45 PM
WORKSHOP 2
Smith-Buonanno Hall
2A: Building and Sustaining a College Group
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Group A: Smitty-B G01
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Group B: Smitty-B G12
2B: Leadership Development
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Group A: Smitty-B G13
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Group B: Smitty-B G18
2C: Class Privilege & Activism
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Smitty-B 106
3:45 PM
15 MINUTE BREAK
4:00 PM
WORKSHOP 3
Salomon Center and Smith-Buonanno Hall
3A: Advancing a Campaign
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Group A: Smitty-B G01
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Group B: Smitty-B G12
3B: Building an Anti-Racist Movement
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Smitty-B 106
3C: Inclusive Leadership Skills
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Salomon Center 001
5:00 PM
15 MINUTE BREAK
5:15 PM
Panel 3: On-Campus and Off-Campus Activism: Bridging the Gap
Metcalf Research Auditorium
Cicia Lee — Brown PhD student in Political Science with ten years of experience as an organizer, trainer, and movement strategist. Organized for minimum wage, paid sick leave, and criminal justice reform.
Isabella Guinigundo — Filipina student organizer at Ohio State University, co-founder of Ohio Youth for Climate Justice and Communications Manager of the Youth Climate Finance Alliance.
Jasper Cattell — Brown PhD student in sociology and longtime climate and current labor organizer researching the history of alliances between labor unions and environmental organizations in the US.
6:15 PM
15 MINUTE BREAK
6:30 PM
Dinner
Sayles Hall Auditorium
9:00 PM
Evening Hangout
The Underground (lower floor of Campus Center)
9:00 PM
CCG Social
Kaspar Multipurpose Room (lower floor of Campus Center)
Sunday 11/5
9:00 AM
Breakfast & Art Build
Sayles Hall Auditorium
7:00 PM
Closing: Commitment to the Future
Sayles Hall Auditorium
8:00 PM
Check-out & Goodbye
Sayles Hall Auditorium