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CEEJH Symposium on EJ and Health Disparities

September 11, 2023 - September 16, 2023

On behalf of the Community Engagement, Environmental Justice, & Health (CEEJH) program in the University of Maryland School of Public Health, we are pleased to invite you to the CEEJH-UMD Environmental Justice & Health Disparities Symposium to be held September 11-16, 2023.

September 11-12 will be virtual. September 13 will be a live Advocacy Day. September 14-16 will be live at the University of Maryland Stamp Student Union. 

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN. The symposium is free! 

REGISTER HERE (virtual) and REGISTER HERE (in-person)!

 

The CEEJH-UMD Symposium on Environmental Justice & Health Disparities (#UMDejsymposium2023) will convene community members, advocates, nonprofit organizers, policymakers, researchers, EJ professionals, and students for an in-depth examination of ongoing environmental and climate justice issues affecting the local DC-Maryland-Virginia (DMV) region and communities nationally. 

The symposium will take place virtually on September 11-12, 2023, and in-person on September 14-16, 2023 at the University of Maryland Stamp Student Union.

The in-person event days on September 14-16 will include a breakfast, daily sessions, a lunch break, a viewing of “the Smell of Money” and a reception on Thursday evening, and a closing plenary on Saturday from 6 p.m. – 9 p.m.

The Symposium theme is “People, Power, & Politics,” highlighting energy justice, climate change, power dynamics in environmental justice, and the use of technology in environmental justice work. Sessions with discussions on ongoing critical themes such as food sovereignty, healthcare access, community science, environmental justice mapping tools, climate justice, law, policy, and new topics in just and clean energy transitions will be covered.

Find more information on the Symposium, please check the website: https://www.ceejh.center

Please contact organizers at ceejhsymposium@gmail.com if there are additional questions.

 

Organizer

University of Maryland School of Public Health, MD Institute for Applied Environment, CEEJH
Phone:
301-405-2438
Website:
https://www.ceejhlab.org/

Venue

Adele H. Stamp Student Union (University of Maryland)
3972 Campus Drive
College Park, MD 20742 United States
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Phone:
(301) 314-3375
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