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Global Health Justice and Governance (GHJG) Program Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and Chelsea Clinton Adjunct Assistant Professor Department of Health Policy and Management GHJG Cooperating Faculty are pleased to invite you to A Virtual Convening on Fracking, Environmental Health, and Gender Justice Please join us for a virtual forum for scientists, advocates, and policy experts to share findings and strategies to address the public health implications of fracking. Cross-discipline engagement on this topic will be structured around the following four areas of inquiry, featured as panel discussions: State of the Evidence; Impact/Leadership of Indigenous Communities and Gender Justice; Regulatory Context and Governance Surrounding Fracking; and Evidence to Action. This convening will provide a platform for dialogue between stakeholders who often operate on different planes and will focus on information sharing and relationship building. We would be honored if you could attend. If you have not done so already, please register with the link above. 1:00 p.m. - 1:05 p.m. EST Welcome Remarks 1:05 p.m. - 1:55 p.m. EST State of the Evidence: What Do We Know and What Is Missing? Micaela Martinez - Moderator Assistant Professor, Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University Joan Casey Assistant Professor, Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University Christopher Kassotis Assistant Professor, Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Wayne State University Lisa McKenzie Assistant Professor, Environmental & Occupational Health, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado, Denver Anschutz Medical Campus 1:55 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. EST Break 2:00 p.m. - 2:50 p.m. EST Regulatory Context and Governance Surrounding Fracking Chelsea Clinton - Moderator Adjunct Assistant Professor, Health Policy and Management, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University Seth Shonkoff Executive Director, PSE Healthy Energy Visiting Scholar, University of California, Berkeley Kate Konschnik Director, Climate & Energy Program, Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, Duke University Amy Mall Senior Advocate, Dirty Energy, Lands Division, Nature Program, Natural Resources Defense Council 2:50 p.m. - 2:55 p.m. EST Break 2:55 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. EST Impact/Leadership of Indigenous Communities and Gender Justice Ana Navas-Acien - Moderator Director, Columbia University Superfund Research Program Professor, Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University Kandi (Mossett) White Native Energy & Climate Campaign Coordinator, Indigenous Environmental Network Janene Yazzie Sustainable Development Program Coordinator, International Indian Treaty Council Co-Convener, Indigenous Peoples Major Group for Sustainable Development Rochelle Diver Environmental Health Program Coordinator, International Indian Treaty Council 3:45 p.m. - 3:50 p.m. EST Break 3:50 p.m. - 4:25 p.m. EST Evidence to Action Terry McGovern - Moderator Chair, Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University Helen Slottje Attorney, Slottje Law, PLLC Mad Stano Senior Legal Counsel, Energy Equity, The Greenlining Institute 4:25 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. EST Closing Remarks