Climate and Environmental Justice Conference 2023

Faith-based, community-based, and academic collaboration for action

April 27 - 28, 2023, Santa Clara University

Preliminary Program

Day 1: Thursday, April 27, 2023

Centering Race, Indigeneity and Income in Community-University Collaborations for Climate and Environmental Justice in the West

9:00 - 9:15 am - Opening Reflections, Prayer, and Welcome

9:15 - 10:30 am - Panel 1: Indigenous Voices in Collaborations for Climate and Environmental Justice

10:30 - 10:45 am - Break

10:45 - 12:00 pm - Panel 2: Engaging Race and Class in Collaborations for Environmental Justice

12 - 12:45 pm - Lunch

Co-Producing Actionable Knowledge for Climate and Environmental Justice in the Americas

12:45 - 1:45 pm - Panel 3: Centering Youth Voices in Collaborations

1:45 - 2:00 pm - Break

2:00 - 3:30 pm - Panel 4: Creating Change for Water and Climate Justice in California and Central America

3:30 - 3:45 pm - Break

3:45 - 5:15 pm - Panel 5: Diversifying and Decolonizing Food Systems for Climate Resilience in California and Central America

5:15 - 5:30 pm - Closing Session

5:30 - 6:30 pm - Poster Session, Networking, and Refreshments

Day 2: Friday, April 28, 2023

Training for Transformation: Community-Engaged Research and Learning for Climate and Environmental Justice

9:00 - 10:15 am - Panel 6: Transformational Examples of Community-Engaged Learning and Research

10:15 - 10:30 am - Break

10:30 - 11:45 am - Panel 7: Community-University Networks for Learning, Research, and Collective Action across Institutions

11:45 am - 1:00 pm - Lunch & tUrn’s Good Market

Strengthening Partnerships for Restorative Climate And Environmental Justice: Networking, Capacity Building and Collective Action

1:00 - 1:30 pm - Keynote on Partnerships for Restorative Climate and Environmental Justice

1:30 - 1:45 pm - Previews of Afternoon Sessions

1:45 - 3:00 pm - Workshops

Demystifying the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Process and California Code 11135 - Part 1

From Data Collection and Mapping to Advocacy and Policy Change: Google Tools for Environmental and Climate Justice

ArcGIS Tools and Story Maps for Environmental and Climate Justice

The California Drinking Water Tool

CalEnviroScreen for Your Community

Overview of Tools for Data Collection and Mapping

Community-Partners as Educators, Mentors, and Student Intern Hosts

Transforming Higher Education Institutions to Promote Community-University Partnerships for Climate and Environmental Justice

3:00 - 3:15 pm - Break

3:15 - 4:30pm - Networking Sessions

Demystifying the CEQA process and/or CA Code 11135 - Part 2

Youth Community Organizations

University Divestment and Environmental Justice Collaboratives

Laudato Si Animators

Northern California University-Community Environmental Justice Network

Environmental Justice Law and Advocacy Networking

South Bay Food Justice Collaborative

Academic - Community-Partner Speed Dating

Others to be Proposed by Collaborators

4:30 - 5:00 pm - Closing

5:00 - 8:30 pm - Optional Social Event: tUrn Barnless Barn Dance

Day 3: Saturday, April 29, 2023 - By invitation only

A workshop to strengthen faith and community-based collaboration to advance environmental and climate justice

8:30 - 9:00 am - Opening

9:00 - 10:30 am - How Can ‘We’ Implement Laudato Si’ Action Planning across Universities?

10:45 am – 12:15 pm - Strengthening Partnerships for Action across K-12, Universities, and Social Ministry for Climate Justice

12:15 – 1:15 pm - Lunch

1:15 – 2:30 pm - Round Table on Funding University-Community Partnerships for Integral Ecology

2:30 - 3:00 pm - Closing Reflections