Academy Town Square Series on Environmental and Climate Justice

Jacqui Patterson is director of the NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program and co-founder of Women of Color United. In this Academy Town Square, she will discuss how community leaders she’s met across the country are addressing environmental and climate justice as a human and civil rights issue. Her program advocates for the reduction of harmful emissions, greater energy efficiency, and stronger community resilience, especially in low-income urban areas including Philadelphia. Patterson has worked as a policy analyst for ActionAid and for IMA World Health assisting medical facilities and programs in 23 countries in Africa and the Caribbean.

Free Admission
Wednesday, December 14
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University

6:30 p.m.
Talk by Jacqui Patterson on how community leadership is addressing environmental and climate justice
as human and civil rights issuses.

7:30 p.m.
Q&A with Jacqui Patterson

This event is part of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University's 2016 Town Square Series, made possible by Warren Environmental Counsel. This series of evening programs is designed to engage and provide relevant educational content to the public on environmental issues.