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DESCRIPTION:Keynote Speaker | Sustainability Month\n\nCreating an Environme
 ntally Safe and Socially Just World Where Humanity Can Thrive: A Day with D
 aphne Frias\n\nJoin youth activist\, Daphne Frias\, as she explores connect
 ions between climate & environmental justice\, disability rights\, and the 
 impact of social and planetary boundaries on health and well-being (Kate Ra
 worth\, Doughnut Economics Model).\n\nYou are welcome to join one or more s
 essions throughout the day. Our time with Daphne will build upon Cornell’s 
 adoption of the Okanagan Charter last fall. Cornell faculty\, staff\, and s
 tudents will be invited to envision\, explore\, and contribute to Cornell’s
  on-going transformation into a health-promoting and sustainable campus. \n
 \nLunch and dinner will be provided – RSVP needed due to limited space.\n\n
 Event Schedule\n\n11:00am-12:00pm   Panel discussion - Bethe Common Room12:
 15pm-1:15pm   Lunch Bethe - Dining Room1:30pm-2:30pm   Workshop - Bethe Com
 mon Room5:00pm-6:30pm   Dinner - Eco House Fireside Lounge\n Panel Discussi
 on\n\nModerator: Sandra Mosqueira-Caminada – Cornell’s Yang Tan InstitutePa
 nelists: Daphne Frias – Youth ActivistJulie Edwards – Director\, Skorton Ce
 nter for Health InitiativesSarah Carson – Director\, Campus Sustainability 
 OfficeGen Meredith – Professor of Practice\, Department of Public & Ecosyst
 em HealthSwathi Suvarna – Graduate Student\, City & Regional PlanningJames 
 Rand – Student\, Defend the Forest Cornell Topics:Cornell as a health-promo
 ting and sustainable campus\, Okanagan CharterClimate & environmental justi
 ceDisability rights\, and the impact of climate change on health & intersec
 tional identitiesOne Health\, and moreDinner Discussion\n\nFacilitators: Li
 z Radman - Residence Hall Director\, Ecology HouseEilyan Bitar - Associate 
 Professor\, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering\nAbout the Speake
 r\nDaphne Frias is a 25-year-old youth activist. She is unapologetically La
 tina. Daphne has Cerebral Palsy\, and uses a wheelchair to ambulate. She is
  fiercely proud to be a loud champion for the disabled community. Active in
  the fight against gun violence and for voting rights\, Daphne has been fig
 hting the climate crisis as well. Her work deconstructs the silos between d
 isability and the climate crisis with a public health approach. She was app
 ointed as spokesperson for the global climate strikes that took place on Se
 ptember 20th\, 2019. Most recently she was featured as a key panelist at th
 e New York Times Climate hub in a conversation moderated by Emma Watson. Sh
 e has no intention of backing down until the health of our earth is secure.
  Her work has been featured in the Sierra Club\, Teen Vogue\, PopSugar\, NP
 R\, Vice\, Elle\, among many others.\n \n\nCo-sponsors\nHosted by the Campu
 s Sustainability Office\, Cornell Health\, Hans Bethe House\, and Ecology H
 ouse. Co-sponsored by North Campus Faculty Programs\, Yang-Tan Institute\, 
 Latina/o Studies Program
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SUMMARY:A Day with Daphne Frias
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URL:https://events.cornell.edu/event/a_conversation_with_daphne_frias
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