Environmental Justice Panel Discussion

Past event
Oct 12, 2021, 1:30 to 3 PM

Please join us for a virtual panel discussion to raise awareness of and conversation around Vermont's S.148: An act relating to environmental justice in Vermont. The bill seeks to establish an environmental justice policy for the State of Vermont and would require state agencies to incorporate environmental justice into their work.

Panelists are:
- Senator Kesha Ram Hinsdale, Vermont State Senator and lead sponsor of S. 148
- Judy Dow, Abenaki Educator and Executive Director of Gedakina
- Sebbi Wu, Climate &Equity Advocate with the Vermont Public Interest Research Group
- Iris Hsiang, youth delegate to the Vermont Climate Council and member of the Just Transitions Subcommittee

The panel will be moderated by Carolyn Finney, Environmental Affairs Artist in Residence.

This event is co-sponsored by the Middlebury College Environmental Studies Program, the Climate Action Capacity Project, the Franklin Environmental Center at Hillcrest, the Office of Institutional Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and the Anderson Freeman Resource Center.

Please register via this link: https://tinyurl.com/S148panel

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