The Penn State student group U-Belong, supported by the College of Liberal Arts Sustainability Council and Penn State Sustainability, will host Diandra Esparza, executive director of Intersectional Environmentalist, for a keynote talk on Wednesday, April 3, from 6:45 to 8:30 p.m. in 10 Sparks at the University Park campus.
Esparza will provide an overview of intersectional environmentalism, which recognizes that communities of color historically have been most impacted by environmental injustices and therefore need to be at the forefront of creating solutions and being involved in environmental decision-making, movements and educational systems.
Jude Sullivan and Brianna Donaldson-Morton, graduate students in social psychology, will co-host the evening, which will also take an opportunity to recognize faculty/staff/students at Penn State who are doing social justice, intersectionality and/or sustainability work.