Event
Made to Last, Built to Harm: Reckoning and reimagining our relationship with plastic
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The Switzer Foundation is proud to present a collaborative panel with the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice focused on centering voices and concerns of the impact of plastics from cradle to grave.
Timnit Kefela, who is both a 2021 Switzer Fellow and Agents of Change Fellow in Residence, will moderate this conversation with emerging leaders in reimagining our relationship with plastic.
Presenters include:
- Andresa Oliveira Tavares Lima is a PhD student at Northeastern University and Intern at the Silent Spring Institute, who researches how microplastics break down in the environment and the connection between PFAS and microplastics;
- Brandon Rothrock (2024 Agents of Change Fellow) is a PhD candidate at Ohio State University where he studies how queer and disabled Appalachians embedded in nonprofit organizations envision environmental justice and just energy transition in the Ohio River Valley;
- Paloma Henriques (2021 Switzer Fellow) is senior petrochemical campaigner at Friends of the Earth who supports resilient communities working to protect their health and our shared climate and oceans by preventing the construction of new petrochemical plants.
This event is open to Switzer Fellows, Agents of Change Fellows, and anyone interested in this conversation! Please feel free to share with your colleagues and networks.
