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Concurrent Education Session

MON-A05: A Conversation: the Power of Equity in Climate Action

Monday, October 7, 2024
11:00am – 12:15pm ET
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Room 146A
1.25 PDH, LA CES/HSW, AICP, NY/HSW, FL

Sparking a broad conversation about the role of equity in all work, this session poses ways the ASLA Climate Action Plan can structure equity as the umbrella. The power of centering equity in the plan’s goals and initiatives will be discussed by leaders of BlackLAN and the Climate Action Plan.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Be able to identify the inequities that exist with regard to climate action.
  • Learn how equity guides the goals and initiatives of the ASLA Climate Action Plan, what the benefits are and how structural equity provides different benefits.
  • Learn how equity guides the goals and initiatives of the ASLA Climate Action Plan, what the benefits are, and how structural equity provides different benefits.
  • Learn about strategies for building structural equity that can apply to all work.