Centering the voices of leading Chicagoland environmental justice advocates, the Evanston Environmental Justice Conversation Series provides a biannual, accessible community forum fostering rich conversations between community members, environmental justice advocates, and civic, religious, and academic leaders from the Evanston community and beyond. The Series will focus on local and national issues shaping the contemporary struggle for environmental justice.
The keynote speaker will be Cheryl Johnson from People for Community Recovery in Chicago followed by an intergenerational panel with Janet Alexander Davis, Co-chair Environmental Justice Evanston of Climate Action Evanston, Isabel Bernal, High School Student from Evanston Cradle to Career, and Nicole Hoskins, Assistant Professor at the University of Scranton and Garrett Scholar-In-Residence.
The Conversation Series is made possible through a partnership between The Center for the Church and the Black Experience and the Stead Center for Ethics and Values at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary and the Evanston/North Shore branch of the NAACP.