2024 Ƶ Environmental Law Journal Blank Rome LLP Symposium, 02/09
“Blame, Burden and Bravery: Gender Justice, Indigenous Justice and the Environment”
Friday, February 9
9:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Laurence E. Hirsch ’71 Classroom (Room 101)
John F. Scarpa Hall
Recent years have seen a surge of attention focused on environmental justice, recognizing that environmental burdens tend to fall disproportionately on certain populations. Often neglected in conversations about environmental justice, however, is the role of gender, and yet evidence suggests that gender is a significant factor in environmental issues. Studies indicate that women are more concerned about environmental issues and engage in more environmentally responsible practices than men. Women have played important roles in the environmental movement, and yet men have tended to occupy formal leadership positions in environmental agencies and organizations. Women have played a particularly strong role in indigenous environmental activism.
The 2024 Ƶ Environmental Law Journal Blank Rome LLP Symposium will focus on the association between gender and the environment and how a stronger understanding of that link can facilitate better environmental policies and practices in both the private and public sectors. Expert panelists from legal practice and the academy will offer their insights and ideas.
The Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education Board has approved this event for3 substantive CLE credits. Please note registration for this event is required.
AGENDA
9:00 –10:00 a.m.: Women in Environmental Leadership
- , Assistant Director, Institute for Women’s Studies, University of Georgia
- , Vice President, General Counsel & Human Resources, Covation Biomaterials
- , Senior Associate, Verdis Group
Moderated byTerri Boyer, EdD,’95 CLAS,Assistant Vice Provost of Centers and Institutes, Directorof theAnne Welsh McNulty Institute for Women's LeadershipandAssociate Professor of Education & Counseling,ƵandAudrey Heuser '24
10:15 –11:15 a.m.: The Eco-Gender Gap
- , Partner, Bustos Law Group
- , Associate Professor, Providence College School of Business
Moderated by Rachel Murray '24
11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.: Indigenous Leadership
- , Conservation Policy Analyst, Northwestern Indian Fisheries Commission
- , Secretary/Treasurer, Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community
- , Visiting Professor of Law, University of California, Irvine School of Law
- , Senior Attorney, Earthjustice
Moderated by Taylor Wilson '24
Co-sponsored by theAnne Welsh McNulty Institute for Women's Leadership and
the Ƶ Strategic Initiative for Climate, Justice and Sustainability
