Film Screening and Panel: Beyond Comedy: Getting Cornell to Step Up on Climate Justice
Cornell Campus: Uris Hall 202, 5:00-6:30pm, Friday September 13
109 Tower Rd, Ithaca, NY 14853
A screening of Cornell Commits to Confronting Climate Change Activists followed by a panel discussion and Q&A with members of the film crew and prominent activists from local movements. Panelists will reveal the backstories to the film and the much longer drama of Cornell's response to activist movements. Together, panelists will discuss insights on ways forward for the climate justice movement. A chance to hear from diverse perspectives and connect to experiences accumulated by multiple movements calling for institutional change.
Panelists include:
Caroline Levine, Cornell Professor of Literatures in English, a leader of TIAA Divest!, and a member of the team that successfully pressured Cornell to divest in 2020.
Robert Howarth, Cornell Professor of Ecology & Environmental Biology whose research and leadership have been instrumental to the New York State Climate Act. As “the scientist fossil fuel companies can’t stand,” Howarth has sought to advance Cornell’s climate accountability, including the successful divestment campaign in 2020.
Michael Charles, Cornell Assistant Professor of Biological and Environmental Engineering and affiliate faculty of the American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program, drafting author of Ohio State’s Climate Action Plan, and ongoing participant in the International Indigenous Peoples’ Forum on Climate Change.
Eric Cheyfitz, Cornell Professor of American Studies and Humane Letters and the American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program (AIISP), former director of AIISP and active in the resistance to Israeli apartheid and genocide both on and off campus.
Madelyn Rhodes, Cornell undergraduate, Fossil Free Cornell.
bethany ojalehto mays, Cornell alum and former professor, Cornell on Fire activist and film actor/writer/director
Chris Owen, Cornell undergraduate, Society for Natural Resource Conservation, Cornell on Fire activist and film actor
Admission is free!