New Horizons 2021 Agenda
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Day One
Waiting Room
Welcome, Orientation, and Opening Address
Expanding our Understanding of Inequities in the Conservation Arena: Gender and Racial Wage Gaps and Funding Disparities
Professor, Yale School of the Environment
Video Presentation
Video: Diversity Pathways and Emerging Conservationists of Color I
Welcome from the Dean of the Yale School of the Environment
Carl W. Knobloch, Jr. Dean,
Yale School of the Environment
Break
Plenary 1: Climate Justice: Current and Future Challenges
Vice President of Environmental Justice, Climate, and Community Revitalization
National Wildlife Federation
Senior Director, Environmental and Climate Justice Program
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Assistant Professor
Bryn Mawr College and Haverford College Department of Environmental Studies
Professor, Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, Geography, and African Studies
Pennsylvania State University
Professor, Yale School of the Environment
Environment and Community Mobilization: The Case of an Upcoming Alabama Election
Assistant Professor, School of Agriculture Tuskegee University
Professor, University of Michigan
Break
Structured Networking
Day Two
Graduate Student and Young Professional Poster Session -- Refereed
Break
Video Presentation
Diversity Pathways Emerging Young Professional of Color in the Conservation Sector II
Plenary 2: Environmental Justice -- Research, Policy, and Community Mobilization
Professor University of California at Santa Barbara, Environmental Studies
Professor Yale University – School of the Environment and the Law School
Founder, Executive DirectorDeep South Center for Environmental Justice
Distinguished Professor of Urban Planning and Environmental Policy, Texas Southern University
Barbara Jordan - Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs
Senior Associate, Arabella Advisors
Break
Concurrent Workshop Sessions
Workshop 1: Effective Job Interviewing Techniques
Career Coach, President
Green Career Advisor
Senior Policy Analyst for Water Programs, Northeast-Midwest Institute
Workshop 2: Salary Negotiations and Competing Job Offers
Director of Human Resources and Culture Clean Water Action
Capacity Coordinator, We the People of Detroit
Workshop 3: Understanding the Grantmaking Process: How Do Foundations Make Grants and What Do They Look For?
Senior Program Officer The Environment Program, The JPB Foundation
Executive Director New England Grassroots Environment Fund
Program Officer Fred and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation
Senior Program Officer, The Environment Program The Kresge Foundation
Workshop 4: Policymaking and Political Action
Regional Lead Enforcement Coordinator
Environmental Protection Agency
Government Affairs Associate, League of Conservation Voters
Program Manager, National Association of City Transportation Officials
Environmental Justice Program Manager, National Wildlife Federation
Workshop 5: Writing Graduate School Essays and Navigating the Graduate School Application Process
Director of Enrollment Management, Yale School of the Environment
PhD Urban Affairs and Public Policy, University of Delaware Biden School of Public Policy and Administration
Workshop 6: Community Engagement, Advocacy, and Organizing
Former Senior Campaign Strategist for Climate Equity, Dēmos
Climate Justice Director Catalyst Miami
Former Regional Organizer for Community Action Works
M.S Environmental Justice, University of Michigan
Workshop 7: Film and Water Justice: Spotlight on Flint, Michigan
Associate Professor Central Michigan University Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work
Filmmaker Kate Levy Productions
Executive Director Environmental Transformation Movement of Flint
Professor, University of Michigan
Break
Plenary 3: Racial Discourses, Injustices, Equity, and Engagement in Conservation Organizations
President and Chief Executive Officer National Audubon Society
Chief Operating Officer Greenpeace
Director of the North America Cities Network, The Nature Conservancy
Executive Director Sierra Club
Break
Concurrent Plenaries
Plenary 4: Nature, the Outdoors, Connectedness, Diversity, and Inclusion: International Dimensions
CEO, Youth Outside
Founder, Director Emeritus- Latino Outdoors
Partner- Avarna Group
Founder Nature, Youth Connection, & Education
Associate Professor Beihang University, Department of Economics
Ph.D Candidate Yale University, History and African American Studies
Fellow, Office of Graduate Student Development and Diversity
Plenary 5: Food, Energy, and Sustainability
Executive Director Land Loss Prevention Project
Founder and Director D-Town Farm and the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network
Associate Professor, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
Associate Professor, Yale School of the Environment
Break
Networking
Day Three
Undergraduate Poster Session - Refereed
Concurrent Plenaries
Plenary 6: Pollution, Health, and Justice
Executive Director WE ACT for Environmental Justice
Assistant Professor University of Maryland School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation
Associate Professor, The Ohio State University Environmental and Natural Resource Sociology
Senior Program Manager- Communications, Environmental Grantmakers Association
Plenary 7: Environmental Grantmaking Foundations: Responding to the Pandemic; an Election; and Facilitating Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Senior Program Officer Bullitt Foundation
President Pisces Foundation
Program Officer Mertz Gilmore Foundation
Executive Director Island Foundation
Executive Director, Park Foundation
Break
Video Presentations
Diversity and Professional Advancement in Conservation Organizations: Challenges and Opportunities for People of Color
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Conservation Organizations: Where Do We Go From Here?
Plenary 8: Policy, Law, and Thinking Critically about the Nexus of Environmental Justice, Conservation, and Sustainability
Principal, Metropolitan Group
Professor University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability
President Institute for Sustainable Communities
Assistant Professor University of Michigan Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Professor, Yale School of the Environment
Poster Awards and Closing Address
After Hours: Celebrate, Continue Making Connections, and Network
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