Learn about the unique ways climate change impacts pregnancy and the postpartum period, and how policy makers, health practitioners, and community members can respond.

Register: https://forms.gle/rH6j3MP7uFnrV5Jj9

Schedule

April 2:
• 9:00: Breakfast (INTS 1109)

• 9:15: Welcome, Introductions - Dr. Jade Sasser

Opening Remarks: Dr. Crystal Baik, Chair, Department of Gender & Sexuality Studies

• 9:30-10:30: Morning Keynote: “Bridging the Gaps Between Climate Change and Maternal & Child Health through Disaster Preparedness.” 

Dr. Tyra Gross, Associate Professor of Public Health, Xavier University of Louisiana

• 10:30-10:45: Coffee break (INTS 1109)

• 10:45-12:00 Session 1: Research Panel

“Climate Impacts on Maternal Mental Health.” Dr. Jade Sasser, Associate Professor, Gender & Sexuality Studies; Society, Environment, & Health Equity, UC Riverside: 

“Impacts of Wildfire Smoke During Pregnancy on Maternal and Child Health Outcomes.” Dr. Amy Padula, Associate Professor, Ob/Gyn, Reproductive Sciences UC San Francisco School of Medicine: 

“Love Your Mother: Intersections of Environmental Justice and Reproductive Health at the Fenceline.” Dr. Bhavna Shamasunder, Professor, Mellichamp Chair in Racially Just, Resilient and Sustainable City Futures, UC Santa Barbara

Moderator: Dr. Mark Wolfson, Chair, Department of Social Medicine, Population, and Public Health, UC Riverside

• 12:00-1:00: Lunch (INTS 1109)

• 1:15: Reconvene

Dean Daryle Williams, College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

Dr. Dana Simmons, Chair, Society, Environment & Health Equity

• 1:30: Afternoon Mini-Keynote 

Fortino Morales III, City of Riverside Sustainability Officer 

• 2:00-2:45: Session 2: Ensuring Healthy Communities in the Inland Empire 

Panelists: 

Juan Landeros-Tavera, Program Director, Climate Justice Program, Riverside University Health System 

Erin Edwards, Executive Director, Blue Zones Project Riverside 

• 3:00-4:00: Session 3: Ensuring Healthy Policies for the Climate Future

Panelists: 

Clarissa Cervantes, Council Member, City of Riverside

Denise Davis, Council Member, City of Redlands

Dr. Francesca Hopkins, Associate Professor, Climate Change & Sustainability, UC Riverside

• 4:15-5:00: Wine & hors d'oeuvres reception (INTS 1109)

April 3:

• 9:15: Breakfast 

• 9:25: Welcome: Dr. Jade Sasser

• 9:30-10:30 Morning presentation: Black Women for Wellness: Uniting Reproductive Justice and Environmental Justice in Communities

Tianna Shaw Wakeman, Environmental Justice Program Director for Black Women for Wellness

Moderator: Dr. Cristina Gomez-Vidal, Assistant Professor, Society, Environment & Health Equity, UC Riverside

• 10:30-10:45: Coffee break 

• 10:45-12:00: Global Communities/Healthy Start: Supporting Perinatal Populations through Emergencies

Yuli Smith, Consortium Manager, and Lisa Bain, Senior Director 

Global Communities/Healthy Start 

Moderator: Aiyana Davison, Midwife & Founder, Village House Wellness 

• 12:00-1:30: Lunch and Evacuation Kits preparation

• 1:30pm Close

Sponsored by UCR College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Center for Ideas & Society, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Department of Society, Environment, and Health Equity, Department of Social Medicine, Population, and Public Health, and Green Campus Action Plan.

Free and open to the public

Parking 

Event parking in UCR Parking Lot #1, "Blue" section.

Complimentary parking permits are available at this link: https://www.offstreet.io/events/TT1H3WC4

Walking directions from Lot 1 to event location, available here.