This month-long celebration of the planet aims to further the Earth Day history of environmental activism. The health of the planet directly affects the health of people, and small changes in our daily life really can make a difference. While celebrating the Earth this month, take time to sign petitions, call your representatives, and reexamine your own actions.
Georgia has postponed its presidential primary election to June 9. That date was already scheduled for state and local primary races, including the race for one U.S. Senate seat. If you already voted in the presidential primary in March, that vote counts, and you will need to vote again for the remaining May races. If you did … Continue Reading →
Join GeorgiaForward and Georgia Municipal Association on September 15 at 6pm for Let Your Voice Be Heard: How, When, and Why To Vote featuring Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, Carter Center Chair Jason Carter, and Professor Andra Gillespie of Emory University with a U.S. Census reminder from Janet Lee. Register to join here: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/6061540943127355919
The Emory University Center for Ethics is pleased to present the inaugural James W. Fowler Ethics Lecture, featuring New York Times bestselling author Ibram X. Kendi on How To Be An Antiracist. Please join us on Wednesday September 16th, 2020 at 4pm as Dr. Kendi addresses our individual responsibility to create a more just and equitable society. Register today at www.engage.emory.edu/Kendi and see … Continue Reading →
Equitable Dinners: Lift Every Voice is a series of online conversations, featuring guest speakers on a range of topics, and launched by a short play. Equitable Dinners: Lift Every Voice will take place one Sunday a month from 5 to 7:00pm through September. Please join us September 20, as we talk frankly about race equity … Continue Reading →
September 22nd is National Voter Registration Day! To celebrate, join the Emory Votes Initiative, the Center for Civic & Community Engagement at Emory, the President’s Office, and members of the Emory community for a live, virtual program talking up voter registration and civic engagement, including calls to action. You’ll have a chance to hear a … Continue Reading →
Hear from an esteemed panel of experts as we prepare for life after the eventual peak of Covid-19 outbreaks. Learn what our new priorities will likely look like, what strategies are needed to meet new demands and how to prepare for emerging markets.
OSI’s Incentives Funds applications are still open for the 2020-2021 funding cycle! OSI offers funding opportunities to empower the Emory community to implement new ideas and research that supports innovation, knowledge-gathering, and positive behavior changes on the Emory University and Oxford College of Emory University campuses and in Emory Healthcare facilities. Last year, over $34,000 … Continue Reading →
Are you tired of hearing bad news? Do you want some good news about what is happening across the region and in the RCE? Join the RCE Greater Atlanta Monday, September 28th, at 3pm! Our special guest, Ms. Suzanne Burnes, will use the UN Sustainable Development goals as a framework to highlight exciting work that … Continue Reading →
Join Emory Climate Talks, in partnership with the Resilience & Sustainability Collaboratory, Office of Sustainability Initiatives and the Turner Environmental Law Clinic, for a special virtual event: an online screening of the film PUBLIC TRUST and follow-up conversation with Mr. Avi Garbow, J.D., Environmental Advocate with Patagonia, Inc. Mr. Garbow has decades of experience in environmental protection … Continue Reading →
The Climate and Health Program at The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will host a series of climate and health webinars over the next several months. This webinar series was originally planned to be held as an in-person symposium in March 2020. The webinars will highlight the pressing need for greater scientific and … Continue Reading →
