June 18th symposium features L.A. Mayor
Karen Bass, Dr. Robert Bullard, the father of environmental
justice, and other thought-leaders.
Symposium broadcast live on
C-SPAN
KBLA Talk 1580:
WHAT:
The California Science Center will serve
as the perfect venue for KBLA Talk 1580’s historic Climate Justice
Symposium. Moderated by award-winning talk show host Tavis Smiley,
the gathering will convene leaders of the nation’s climate and
environmental justice community. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass will
offer remarks about the importance of climate justice. Renowned
scholar Dr. Cornel West will deliver remarks on the intersection of
Climate Justice and Juneteenth. The symposium will be broadcast
live on C-SPAN, June 18, 7pm ET/6pm CT/4pm PT.
PROGRAM:
Opening Remarks
Tavis Smiley, owner of SmileyAudioMedia,
Inc., talk show host, recipient of the coveted “Freedom of Speech”
Award from TALKERS 2023
Welcome
Jeff Rudolph, President and CEO,
California Science Center
Remarks
Hon. Karen Bass, Mayor, City of Los
Angeles
Black Perspectives & Attitudes on
Climate Justice
Shakari Byerly, Ph.D., Managing Partner,
EVITARUS, Inc.
Special Award Presentation
Dr. Robert Bullard, Executive Director,
Bullard Center for Environmental Justice
Panel Discussion
Panelists:
Robert Bullard, Executive Director,
Bullard Center for Environmental Justice
Ben Jealous, Executive Director, Sierra
Club
Majora Carter, Founder, Majora Carter
Group
Van Jones, TV Host, Author,
Changemaker
Mustafa Santiago Ali, Executive Vice
President, National Wildlife Federation
Glory Dolphin Hammes, CEO, IQAir North
America
Stephanie Wiggins, CEO, LA Metropolitan
Transportation Authority
Peggy Shepard, Co-Chair, White House
Environmental Justice Advisory Council, Co-Founder and Executive
Director, WE ACT for Environmental Justice
Denise Fairchild, President Emeritus,
Emerald Cities Collaborative
Leah Thomas, Founder, Intersectional
Environmentalist
Reverend Lennox Yearwood Jr., President
& CEO, Hip Hop Caucus and Host of “The Coolest Show”
Jacqueline Patterson, Founder &
Executive Director, The Chisholm Legacy Project
Remarks, The Intersection of Climate
Justice & Juneteenth
Dr. Cornel West, Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Professor of Philosophy and Christian Practice, Union Theological
Seminary
Closing Remarks
Tavis Smiley
WHEN:
Tuesday, June 18, 2024
4-7pm PT
WHERE:
California Science Center
Donald P. Loker Conference Center
700 Exposition Park Drive
Los Angeles, California 90037
ABOUT KBLA TALK 1580’S CLIMATE JUSTICE
CAMPAIGN:
On January 12, 2024, SmileyAudioMedia, Inc. announced that its
flagship Los Angeles-based radio station, KBLA Talk 1580 AM, was
launching a historic $2 million, 12-month Climate Justice
Campaign with four clear objectives: center the voices of
communities of color in the climate conversation, connect at-risk
fellow citizens with advocacy organizations, increase climate
health literacy, and highlight frontline climate justice crusaders
of color. The initiative will achieve these objectives with a
robust schedule of climate-themed broadcasts, special events and
more during the next 12 months.
KBLA’s Climate Justice Campaign is powered by generous
sponsorships from LADWP, Metro, CalEndow, California Community
Foundation, The California Wellness Foundation, MWD, CalTrans, the
Sierra Club, the South Coast Air Quality Management District and
other partners who will join the campaign in Q3 and Q4.
ABOUT KBLA TALK 1580
KBLA Talk 1580 AM is a heritage station and the original home of
the iconic hip hop station KDAY. At 50,000 watts, day and night,
KBLA serves a coverage area of nearly 12 million listeners. KBLA
Talk 1580 boasts an all-star lineup of hosts who speak candidly and
passionately to the challenges people of color face daily trying to
navigate life and realize their hopes and dreams. KBLA Talk 1580
serves an audience long ignored by talk radio in Los Angeles and
now other American cities – people of color and progressives. For
more information, visit KBLA1580.com.
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