Climate Change: The Real News, The Fake News, and What Can Be Done About It
Rutgers University, Livingston Campus Student Center
84 Joyce Kilmer Ave, Piscataway Township, NJ 08854
Followed by:
NJ SOPHE 35th Anniversary Celebration
3:30 pm - 5: 30 pm
Rutgers Club, 85 Avenue E, 2nd Floor
(Just a short walk from the Annual Program)
Agenda:
8:30 Registration
9:00 NJ SOPHE Board Meeting
9:30 Keynote Speaker: Climate Change 101
Anthony Broccoli, Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental Sciences, Co-Director, Rutgers Climate Institute
10:45 Implications of Climate Change in NJ for Public Health
Marjorie Kaplan, Dr.P.H., Associate Director Rutgers Climate Institute
Jeanne Herb, Executive Director, Environmental Analysis and Communications Group, Rutgers Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
11:20 Break
11:30 NJ Master Energy Plan: Opportunities to integrate health and health equity
Karen Lowrie, Associate Director, Environmental Analysis and Communications Group, Rutgers Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
11:45 Sustainable Jersey
Lauren Skowronski, Program Director for Community Engagement, Sustainable Jersey at TCNJ’s Sustainability Institute
12:15 Lunch/ Poster Promenade
1:15 Awards and Scholarships
Heather Flattery: National SOPHE highlights
Marline Edmonds: Advocacy Summit highlights
2:00 PM Breakout Sessions Round 1
Priya Gandhi, Research Associate, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Charles Nouhan, Chairman and Representative to the United Nations, Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future
Cathy Snyder, Founder and Executive Director, Rolling Harvest
2:40 PM Breakout Session Round 2
3:15 Closing Remarks
3:30 35th Anniversary Celebration
Continuing Education Credits:
An application has been made for 4.0 Category I The Rutgers School of Public Health, Center for Public Health Workforce Development is designated as a multiple event provider of CECHs by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing.
