Saturday, April 23, 2022 10:00am-12:30pm

As the capstone for the conference, this session explores how law and policy can be creatively, imaginatively, and practically used to advance CRCQL’s goals and the EJ movement more broadly. The session will address how EJ and BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) organizations draw on critical approaches to community engagement (such as consent-based and kin-centric organizing and creating community-based, solidarity economies) and how they have built– and are further developing – diverse, intersectional coalitions committed to engaging in and moving toward just transitions to more equitable, solidarity-grounded, and sustainable futures.

Panelists: Zulene Mayfield, CRCQL; Carol Kazeem, Chester activist; Kearni Warren, Energy Justice Network, Kyle Powys Whyte, School of Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan; Ana Baptista, Milano School of Policy, Management, and Environment, The New School; Jacqui Patterson, Director, Chisholm Legacy Project; Dorcas Gilmore, Just Transition Lawyering Network