SESSION 1 AGENDA
SHLI Lunch & Learn
Taking Action:
Advancing Conversations On Climate Change, Environmental Justice and Health Equity
The Satcher Health Leadership Institute (SHLI) at Morehouse School of Medicine and the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) have partnered to provide a bi-monthly lunch and learn series for legislators, policymakers, institutional leaders, and community advocates. This series will focus on addressing civic engagement, climate change policies, community mobilization, water quality, carbon emissions, energy and power conservation, and climate change effects on vulnerable communities through a policy and health equity lens.
When: August 25, 2021 ~ 12:00 PM- 1:30 PM EST
Topic: Empowering HBCU’s and Vulnerable Communities to Lead Environmental Equity Actions
Tentative Agenda
12:00-12:20 PM - Welcome and Introductions
Daniel E. Dawes, JD
Executive Director
Satcher Health Leadership Institute
Associate Professor
Morehouse School of Medicine
Maisha Standifer, PhD, MPH
Director, Health Policy
Satcher Health Leadership Institute
Morehouse School of Medicine
Carlton Waterhouse, JD, PhD
Deputy Assistant Administrator
Office of Land and Emergency Management
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Representative Mandisha A. Thomas
Georgia House of Representatives
65th District
12:20-1:20 PM - Round Table Discussions
Maisha Standifer, PhD, MPH (Moderating)
Na'Taki Osborne Jelks, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Environmental & Health Sciences
Spelman College
Fatemeh Shafiei, PhD
Associate Professor, Political Science
Director, Environmental & Health Sciences
Spelman College
Victor M. Ibeanusi, PhD, DHc
Dean
School of the Environment
Florida A&M University
Ethell Vereen, PhD
Assistant Professor
Biology
Morehouse College
Crystal M. James, JD, MPH
Head, Department of Graduate Public Health
Director, Graduate Public Health Program
Associate Professor of Graduate Public Health
College of Veterinary Medicine
Tuskegee University
1:20-1:25 PM - Question and Answers
1:25-1:30 PM - Closing Remarks
Maisha Standifer, PhD, MPH
Questions? Contact Jareese Stroud, MPH: jstroud@msm.edu