Reparative and Restorative Paradigms for Environmental Justice
Schedule
Wed Apr 23 2025 at 09:00 am to 06:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
Express Newark | Newark, NJ

About this Event
Join us for a two-day series of panels, discussions, and film screenings to explore how reparative and restorative approaches can be applied to re-imagine environmental justice. Lunch will be provided and registration is required. This event is FREE and open to the public. Parking is available please register .
Image credit: Emebet A. Jigssa. (2023). Earth Satellite Image Imitation Abstract. https://icpac.medium.com/how-can-art-amplify-efforts-to-address-climate-change-7d775b261f08
Agenda
🕑: 09:00 AM - 09:45 AM
Breakfast
🕑: 09:45 AM - 10:00 AM
Welcome Remarks and Opening by Mayte Green-Mercado and Brian Murphy
🕑: 10:00 AM - 11:20 AM
A conversation on Ecocide in the Middle East
Info: This panel will center on the ongoing Ecocide in the Middle East and will include discussions with anthropologist Kali Rubaii and scholar of Human Rights Shourideh Molavi.
🕑: 11:20 AM - 11:30 AM
Coffee/Tea Break
🕑: 11:30 AM - 12:50 PM
A conversation with Local and International Environmental Activists and Writer
Info: Join us for a a conversation with environmental activist and writer Diana McCaulay and writer Naomi Jackson.
🕑: 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Lunch
🕑: 02:00 PM - 03:20 PM
Legal and Constitutional Frameworks for Environmental Justice
Info: This panel explores environmental justice and legal frameworks with Shawn LaTourette, New Jersey's Commissioner of Environmental Protection; Maya van Rossum, founder of the Green Amendment for the Generations Movement; and Quinn Yeargain, Professor of the Law of Democracy at Michigan State University.
🕑: 03:20 PM - 03:30 PM
Coffee/Tea Break
🕑: 03:30 AM - 05:30 AM
Film Screening of Mann v. Ford and The Meaning of the Seed
Info: Screening of films Mann V. Ford and The Meaning of the Seed, and a conversation with directors Anita Bakshi and Micah Fink, and Chief Wayne Mann. This panel will be moderated by Jack Tchen.
Where is it happening?
Express Newark, 54 Halsey Street, Newark, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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