Faculty Learning Community on Environmental Justice

As part of our Faculty Learning Community initiative, we are hosting an environmental justice workshop next Friday, October 16^th, on Zoom. This workshop will include a mix of speakers and small group dialogue. Please see below for the full schedule. While this workshop is not limited to faculty, it is designed for a faculty audience.

To register, please fill out this form. We will send zoom login information closer to the event. Please feel free to share this opportunity with colleagues.

9:00-9:05 Welcome and Introductions, Grace Wang (Curriculum for the Bioregion)

9:05-9:55 Keynote Address: Title TBA, Running Grass (Three Circles Center, EPA (retired))

10:00-11:45 Integrating climate justice and civic engagement in your classes: Learn how to integrate climate justice and civic engagement into your curriculum. You’ll walk away from this workshop with the outline of a lesson for your class. Heather Price (North Seattle College) and Sonya Doucette (Bellevue College)

LUNCH BREAK

1:00-2:00 Breakout sessions

• Student research, leadership, and stewardship for environmental justice in South Seattle: a 20 minute presentation will be followed by open discussion with Troy Abel (Western Washington University)

• Building Student-Led Environmental Justice Curricular and Co-Curricular Offerings on Your Campus: an interactive session with Kate Darby (Western Washington University)

• Climate Justice Activism: Jill MacIntyre Witt (Climate Reality Project)

2:00-2:15 — Closing Remarks, Next Steps