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Climate Justice in an Aging World Webinar
11 March @ 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM UTC-8
Dear colleagues,
In follow-up to our climate-focused IDOP event, you may be interested to join this session of the GSA Climate Change and Aging SIG webinar series to be held on Monday, 11 March at 10 AM Pacific time (19:00 CET).
More information and the registration link is below.
Happy weekend to you all!
Kim
“Climate Change Resilience Across the Life Course: The Importance of Considering Marginal and Intersectional Identities.”
For registration:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMvdeGtrjsvHd2cKKLpGYygahmA-Fk-1d2y
Danielle Arigoni, Ph.D.: Why Climate Resilience Planning Must be Centered in the Needs of Older Adults.
Danielle Arigoni is an urban planner and community resilience expert. She currently serves as Managing Director for Policy and Solutions at National Housing Trust, where she provides strategic direction for the organization’s sustainability and resilience policy efforts, and oversight and guidance for NHT’s state and local advisory services. She is also author of Climate Resilience for an Aging Nation which explores the impacts of climate change on a rapidly growing demographic – people over 65 – and the need for community-scale solutions to reduce risk for all.
Shlomit Aharoni, Ph.D.: Ecofeminism: Cultivating Resilience through Interconnectivity
Dr. Shlomit Aharoni Lir is a poet, essayist, lecturer, and gender studies scholar. She holds a research fellowship at Bar-Ilan University and is a lecturer at Achva College. Her research, published in leading international and Israeli journals, along with her literary writings, have earned her numerous awards and honors. These accolades include the Golda Meir Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology Fellowship for Women in Science and Technology, the Bar-Ilan University Presidential Fellowship, and the Na’amat Prize for Pioneering Feminist Research.
Moderator: Angie Perone, Ph.D., JD, MSW, MA
Angie Perone is a social worker, licensed attorney, and interdisciplinary scholar. She is the Director of the Center for the Advanced Study of Aging Services and an Assistant Professor at the University of Berkeley, School of Social Welfare. Her research focuses on intersections of equitable aging, caregiving, and health policy. Prior to her appointment at UC Berkeley, Dr. Perone spent nearly 15 years as a civil rights attorney and as the executive director for a nonprofit focused on services and advocacy for LGBTQIA+ older adults. Dr. Perone also served as a Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow with the National Academy of Medicine in the United States Senate and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.