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Events Schedule

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) KalāhikiQueer and māhū Kanaka Maoli student, creative, and farmer from Kāne'ohe. Brown ‘24 studying Critical Native American and Indigenous Studies.
 

Jayson Maurice PorterEnvironmental 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 

  • Group A: Smitty-B G01

  • Group B: Smitty-B G12

1B: Narrative Building & Storytelling

  • Group A: Smitty-B G13

  • Group B: Smitty-B G18

1C: Action Planning 101

  • Group A: Smitty-B 101

  • 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 LennonBrown Professor of Environment and Anthropology. Studies solar energy in New York City and Black land stewardship.


Brian LanderAssistant professor of history and environmental studies, environmental historian of premodern China, and member of Scholars at Brown for Climate action.
 

Niyanta NepalBrown ‘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

  • Group A: Smitty-B G01

  • Group B: Smitty-B G12

2B: Leadership Development 

  • Group A: Smitty-B G13

  • Group B: Smitty-B G18

2C: Class Privilege & Activism

  • Smitty-B 106

3:45 PM

15 MINUTE BREAK

4:00 PM

WORKSHOP 3

Salomon Center and Smith-Buonanno Hall

3A: Advancing a Campaign

  • Group A: Smitty-B G01

  • Group B: Smitty-B G12

3B: Building an Anti-Racist Movement

  • Smitty-B 106

3C: Inclusive Leadership Skills

  • 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 LeeBrown 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 GuinigundoFilipina 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

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