Climates of Inequality 2024: Dr. Michael Mendez (UC Irvine)
November 19, 2024
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM America/Chicago
Climate of Inequalities: Fall 2024
Join the UIC Latino Cultural Center for a series of virtual conversations with environmental and climate justice leaders this fall. Their work reveals frameworks and strategies to address the disproportionate impacts of climate change and environmental pollution on communities of color and low-income earners. Students in the Environmental & Climate Justice course* will facilitate the conversations.
Dr. Michael Mendez is an assistant professor of environmental policy and planning at the University of California, Irvine. As climate change advances, communities across the United States are adapting to the increased threat of wildfires. Such disasters are expected to become more frequent and severe. In this lecture, Dr. Michael Méndez explores why it is crucial to understand how these events amplify existing inequalities, and how to lessen the resulting harms, in particular for the most stigmatized populations, such as undocumented Latino/a and Indigenous migrants.
*LALS 495 // MUSE 400
When: Tuesday, November 19, 2024
Time: 5PM-6PM CST
Where: Zoom Webinar
RSVP: https://go.uic.edu/COI19
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For access needs or questions, email us at lcc@uic.edu
Co-sponsored by the Department of Latin American and Latino Studies (LALS), Freshwater Lab, Great Cities Institute, L@s GANAS, Social Justice Initiative, and Museum and Exhibition Studies (MUSE) Program.
Date posted
Oct 22, 2024
Date updated
Oct 22, 2024