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Global Institutions, Local Impact: Power & Responsibility of Engaged Universities
Saturday, October 2 • 12:00 - 13:30
TNLC 2021: Climate Justice Track: “Just Sustainabilities”- Critical Reflections and Possibilities

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Climate Justice Track: “Just Sustainabilities: Critical Learnings for Climate Justice and Resilience from Community Responses to the Pandemic,” with Professor Julian Agyeman (Tufts University) and Professor Penn Loh (Tufts University). This session will introduce “just sustainabilities” as an approach to reframe the relationship between humans, environment, economy, and our social systems. Julian Agyeman will share his work exploring how just sustainabilities work is growing in communities across the globe and its implications for climate justice. Penn Loh will share lessons learned from local community responses to the pandemic that have also been building equitable approaches to resilience for climate impacts. They will facilitate discussion and small groups to further explore how universities can contribute to just sustainabilities globally and locally.

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Speakers
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Julian Agyeman

Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, Tufts University
Julian Agyeman Ph.D. FRSA FRGS is a Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning at Tufts University. He is the originator of the increasingly influential concept of just sustainabilities, the intentional integration of social justice and environmental sustainability... Read More →
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Penn Loh

Senior Lecturer and Director of the Master of Public Policy Program and Community Practice, Tufts University
Penn Loh is Senior Lecturer and Director of the Master of Public Policy Program and Community Practice at Tufts University’s Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning. He partners with various community base building organizations in the Solidarity Economy Initiative... Read More →


Saturday October 2, 2021 12:00 - 13:30 EDT
Virtual