Climate Change and Community Resilience Symposium
Tuesday November 12, 2024 – FIU MMC CBC Room 233
The temperature of the planet is rising, and it is happening now, impacting both natural and human systems. These changes are significantly and unequally affecting communities of color, particularly in Miami, FL where there are consequences of rising sea levels, hurricanes, more severe storms, flooding, and extreme heat. When facing these accelerating climate threats, it is imperative to implement sustainable climate-resilient measures that value lived experiences, traditional and local knowledge.
After four years of working with eight Miami communities, The Mellon-funded Race, Risk, and Resilience: Building a Local-to-Global “Commons for Justice” Project (FIU-‘CfJ’) is excited to present the one-day transdisciplinary Climate Change and Community Resilience Symposium. This symposium, the culmination of research, engagement, gathering oral histories, teaching and art activations throughout Miami Dade County and at FIU asks: how do the humanities and arts respond to the growing environmental crisis and how can researchers work with communities on resilient strategies? How can social scientists help to assist in mitigating the threats we face and together fashion a more sustainable future?
The day will highlight this work and the collaborations through lively discussions, spoken word, musical performance and more. This event offers a platform for meaningful discussion among members of the university, community, and local government to access what has been done and to imagine and map out how we can all move forward together with the goal of effecting positive change. The event features opportunities for attendees to network with like-minded individuals who are seeking climate solutions as collaborators, funders, or implementers.
The Climate Change and Community Resilience Symposium offers a platform for meaningful discussion with social and climate justice organizers, practitioners, students, artists, and academia who will provide valuable perspectives on climate change, resilience, and advocacy in Miami, Florida heavily impacted by hurricanes, floods, extreme heat, disinvestment, displacement, and extraction of value, with the goal of effecting positive change.
Event Details
FIU CBC R233
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THIS SYMPOSIUM IS SUPPORTED BY:
The Mellon Foundation
FIU Extreme Events Institute
FIU Center for Community Impact & Public Purpose
FIU Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs
Ruth K. and Shepard Broad Distinguished Lecture Series
Dorothea Green Lecture Series
THIS SYMPOSIUM IS PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH:
FIU African and African Diaspora Studies
Ah-Ta-Thi-Ki Museum
Catalyst Miami
FIU Center for Women’s and Gender Studies
FIU College of Arts, Sciences, and Education
FIU Department of Global and Sociocultural Studies
FIU Department Politics and International Relations
FIU Global Indigenous Forum
Grove Rights and Community Equity Inc. (GRACE)
Haitian Cultural Arts Alliance
FIU Jorge M. Pérez Metropolitan Center
FIU Maurice A. Ferré Institute for Civic Leadership
Miami Workers Center
Miami-Dade Heat Resilience Office
Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida
The Allapattah Collaborative, CDC
FIU Wolfsonian Public Humanities Lab
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