HAA Virtual Event: Climate Change Mobilization, Protests, and Politics
As calls for rapid and transformative responses to climate change intensify, how will our societies, institutions, and economies rise to the challenges of a just transition?
Wednesday, December 9, 2020 @ 10:00AM PT (1:00PM ET)
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Event Title: Climate Change Mobilization, Protests, and Politics: Are Power Structures Shifting?
Cost: No charge
Questions? Contact the Harvard Alumni Association at haa_alumnieducation@harvard.edu or 617-495-1920.
Join Harvard faculty, students, and fellow alumni for a cross-disciplinary conversation about climate change. Decarbonization, regeneration of natural systems, and improved health and equity are daunting challenges for government and the economy. What are some of the elements of meaningful innovation and reform? Are protests on the outside and mobilization of stakeholders on the inside the yin and yang of change? Are power and narratives shifting from government to private sector, civil society, and local communities? As millions of people around the world are awakened to the crisis, how and where can they participate in making a difference?
Welcome and introduction by Dean Rakesh Khurana PhD '98, Danoff Dean of Harvard College
Speakers include:
Claire Broome AB '70, MD '75, Assistant Surgeon General, US Public Health Service (retired)
James Coleman COL '21, Harvard College Student and South San Francisco City Councilor
Marshall Ganz AB '64, PhD '93, Rita E. Hauser Senior Lecturer in Leadership, Organizing, and Civil Society
Terrence McNally COL '69 (moderator), Host, Disruptive podcast for Harvard’s Wyss Institute; Host, Free Forum, Pacifica radio/podcast
Kelsey Wirth AB '91, Co-founder, Mothers Out Front
This program is hosted by the Harvard Alumni Association and developed in conjunction with Members of the Harvard College Class of 1969, the Harvard Alumni for Climate and the Environment, the Harvard Club of New Hampshire, and the Harvard Office for Sustainability. Additional support provided by ClassACT HR73 and Harvard Club of the North Shore.
Other programs in this series include:
Climate, Biodiversity, Pandemics, and Justice on September 23
Climate, Government, and the Economy on October 15
Changing Hearts and Minds on Climate Change on November 18
Moving Climate Action Forward on January 13
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