Registration and Continental Breakfast

Welcoming Remarks

Regina Strong, Office of the Environmental Justice Public Advocate, EGLE
Donald Taylor, President, University of Detroit-Mercy
Dr. Jalonne L. White-Newsome, Senior Director for Environmental Justice, White House Council on Environmental Quality

Building Resilience in Environmental Justice Communities

Tri-City Resiliency Planning:
Alisha Barnes, Ebony Elmore, Dinah George,  Megan Husted 

Eastside Resilience Hubs: 
Ricky Ackerman, Donna Northern, Tim Skrotzki

Legislative Role in Advancing Environmental Justice

Graham Diedrich
State Representative Abraham Aiyash
State Representative Donavan McKinney

Equitable Opportunities and Just Transitions

Dana Hughes, Detroit Public Schools Community District
Deborah Majeski, DTE Energy
Scott Alan Davis, SEEL

Why Environmental Justice Mapping Matters

Katie Lambeth, EGLE
Joel Howrani Heeres, Public Sector Consultants
Kathy Triantafillou, US EPA Region 5
Jack Akinlosotu, City of Detroit

Building Local Environmental Justice Networks and Collaboratives

Eastside Climate Action Coalition (ECAC):
Alexis Sims, Dominique Dowd, and LeJuan Council

Grand Rapids Community Collaboration on Climate Change (C4):
Kareem Scales, Annabelle Wilkinson, and Iris Gipson

Engaging Youth in Environmental Justice through the Arts and Careers

Bryan Lewis, MAC-EJ

Green Door Initiative: Jordan Irving
Thriving Together:  Jaden Favors and Rowan O'Connor

Getting to Water Affordability in Michigan

Monica Lewis-Patrick, We the People of Detroit/MAC-EJ
Ann Baughman, Freshwater Future
Andrew Kricun, Moonshot Missions
Andy Buchsbaum, UM School of Law

Environmental Justice and Health Equity

Dr. James Bell, Brenda Jegede, Aaron Ferguson, and Kory Groetsch, MDHHS

 

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Plenary Session: Environmental Justice Perspectives on Thriving Communities

Panelists: 
Sylvia Orduño, Michigan Welfare Rights
Keith Cooley, Principia, LLC
Mona Monroe-Younis, Environmental Transformation Movement of Flint
Frank Houston, Blue Green Alliance
Alison Sutter, City of Grand Rapids
Fadi Mourad, DTE

Day 2 Welcome

Regina Strong, Office of the Environmental Justice Public Advocate, EGLE

Reimagining I-375 

Jonathan Loree and Monica Monsma, MDOT

Working Together Toward Environmental Justice

Alex Little, City of Benton Harbor
Marcy Hamilton, Southwest Michigan Planning Commission
Emily Finnell, Office of the Great Lakes, EGLE
Princella Tobias, Benton Harbor Team Solutions
Joelle Regovich, Abonmarche
LaToya Turn, Boys & Girls Club of Greater Southwest Michigan

Advancing Justice through Michigan's Migrant Labor Support Organizations

Dale Flores Freeman, MDHHS
Majed Ghussaini and Antonio Escobar, MDARD
Gerardo Aranda, LEO

Addressing High Energy Burdens

Rahul Agrawal Bejarano, Energy Equity Project
Anne Armstrong Cusack, MPSC
Sarah Mullkoff, MPSC
Jake Wilkinson, EGLE

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Keynote:  Implementing Environmental Justice Priorities

Debra Shore, Regional Administrator, US EPA Region 5

Environmental Justice and the Private Sector

Rebecca Karason, Huntington Bank
Fadi Mourad, DTE Energy
Chip Amoe, MSU

Building Capacity for Environmental Justice

Alan Walts, US EPA
Stacy Grant, Justice40 Accelerator
Briana Parker, Elevate