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Shifting Paradigms: A Grassroots Response to Industry and Climate (PSR PA)

Hosted by Halt The Harm Network & Tonyehn Verkitus
 
 
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About Event

This half-day, virtual conference will focus on organizational and individual roles in preserving the health of fenceline and frontline communities while fighting climate change and the industries that harm them. We will bring together community leaders to share actionable strategies for sustainability and empowerment; research on air quality and childhood leukemia in proximity to fuel infrastructure; and close with an Indigenous-led discussion about resisting the harms of climate change from a global perspective. The goal is to cultivate solutions based strategies to preserve and improve the health of our communities.

For more info:https://www.psrpa.org/event-details/shifting-paradigms-a-grassroots-response-to-industry-and-climate

Agenda

​12PM: Welcome

​12:05 PM: The State of the Commonwealth

​12:20 PM: Preparing for what’s next: Communities and Resilience

  • Sharon Lavigne - Rise St. James 

  • Erniko Brown - Organized Uplifting Resources & Strategies 

  • Lindsay Harper - Arm in Arm for Climate

  • Moderator - Matt Mehalik, Executive Director, Breathe Project

1:25 PM: Unconventional Oil and Gas Development, Drinking Water, and Children's Health in the Appalachian Basin - Nicole Deziel, PhD, MHS

2:25 PM: Intermission with Halt the Harm

​2:30 PM: Improving our Understanding of Hazardous Air Pollutant Exposure and Risk in Fenceline Communities - Peter Decarlo, PhD

3:30 PM: Global Guidance on Climate Change

  • Pooven Moodley - Natural Justice

  • Delilah Barrios, CST

  • Moderator - Tammy Murphy, Advocacy Director, PSR PA

Closing and Additional Q&A