Climate Justice Symposium for Transforming Education

The Climate Justice Symposium for Transforming Education, hosted by CSU and UC, is free and open to anyone interested in attending. Sessions will be offered in a mix of pre-recorded and live formats. All live components of the conference will also be recorded and available after the event, so if the timing doesn't work for you, you are still encouraged to register so that you can receive instructions on how to access the free post-event recordings.

During the symposium, the following topics will be explored:

1. How to integrate climate justice into higher education curriculum (including into medical school curriculum) and how to scale up these efforts;

2. Community engagement through climate justice curricula;

3. Just and transformative pedagogies; and

4. The role of health in the climate crisis dialogue.

The virtual event will be hosted April 28th through May 1st. Live sessions will occur between 10am-12pm and 2-4pm each day in addition to pre-recorded sessions available at your convenience.

Register here.

Lightning Talks and Opportunity to Win Prize Money!

They are also seeking proposals for lightning talks from faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate students who would like to present 3-5 slides in 5-7 minutes on one of their core conference topic focuses (see bullet points above). They will ask presenters to pre-record these lightning talks and participants will be able to vote on their favorite talks. Cash prizes will be awarded to the most popular pre-recorded lightning talks and awards will be given in the amounts of:

1. Three CSU Faculty will be selected for: Gold ($1,000), Silver ($500), and Bronze ($300)

2. Three CSU Students will be selected for: Gold ($1,000), Silver ($500), and Bronze ($300)

3. Three UC Faculty will be selected for: Gold ($1,000), Silver ($500), and Bronze ($300)

4. Three UC Students will be selected for: Gold ($1,000), Silver ($500), and Bronze ($300)

Please note that student awards will be coordinated through the Financial Aid office of the winning students. Faculty awards will be in the form of an award to be used towards their research and/or teaching and the award will be transferred to their home academic department.

Applicants for lightning talks must register to give a lightning talk by 4/9/2021 here (this link will let you register and submit your lightning talk at the same time). Applicants will be vetted for eligibility, connection to the themes, and completeness of application and will receive confirmation that their application was accepted by 4/13. Presenters of the lightning talks must submit their pre-recorded lightning talk by 4/21/2021 for posting to the conference website prior to the virtual symposium kick-off on 4/28/2021.

If you choose to register now, but want to submit your talk description later, you can register here and then later apply for a lightning talk at this form for just the lightning talk submittal.