Speaking & Presentations

Speaking / Presentations

ConFluence: A Cultured Multiverse Convention, Panel: Asian and Asian American Geeks: Forward and Back, November 19, 2023.
Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies, "Climate Emergencies the New Normal? Not on my Watch", September 26, 2023.
University of Minnesota Bee and Pollinator Research Lab, Bee Squad, Department of Entomology, August 2021.
Money Power and Solidarity Podcast "Burning Issues with Shalini Gupta and Roxxanne O'Brien", on Northern Metals and Cumulative Impacts, Community Members for Environmental Justice, June 2021.
University of St. Thomas Sustainability Communities/English Department, joint Podcast on Environmental Justice and Narrative with Minnesota Book Award winner Shannon Gibney, April 2021.
Climate, Soil, and Water Department Lecture Series, University of Minnesota, March 2021.
Chicago Environmental Justice Funders, on the federal landscape of environmental justice, February 2021.
Artemisia Leadership Initiative Lecture, Dismantling Racism in Environmental Policy, University of Minnesota, October 2020.
Webinars on report Climate Change, Health, And Equity Survey Findings: Gaps, Needs, And Opportunities. Co-sponsored by Health and Environmental Funders Network (HEFN), Biodiversity Funders Group (BFG) / Climate and Energy Funders Group (CEFG), Environmental Grantmakers Association (EGA), Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities (TFN), Grantmakers In Health (GIH), and Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders (SAFSF). March and April 2020.
Night Garden, Climate and environmental policy conversation with MN Book Award recipient and poet, Sun Yung Shin, 2019.
Community & Policy History of Southside Green Zones, Southside Green Zones Council, City of Minneapolis, June 2019.
Northside Minneapolis Environmental Justice Youth Tour in collaboration with Roxxanne O'Brien, Oct 2018.
Energy Justice in Policy Solutions Training, Providence Racial and EJ Committee/Community Leaders Retreat, Sep 2018
New England Energy System Build-Out Training, Providence Racial & EJ Committee/Community Leaders Retreat, Sep 2018
National Adaptation Forum, Environmental Justice-based Climate Resiliency Plans, organizer/panel speaker, May 2017
Environmental Protection Agency workshop, Environmental Justice and Air Toxics: A Blueprint of Best Practices and Resources for A Healthier Oregon, Trainer, March 2017
University of Iowa, School of Social Work, speaker, 2017
Juxtaposition Arts, energy systems workshop, lead trainer, 2017
City of Minneapolis Green Zones Working Group Training, co-trainer, Jul 2016
Climate Justice Alliance National Convening, energy democracy workshop trainer, 2016
Minnesota Public Health Association Annual Conference, presentation on Climate Resiliency, 2016
EI Policy Forum Series: Air Quality and Health Equity, response panelist, Dec 2016
RE-AMP and Equity Implications for Midwest Climate and Energy Policy, presentation, 2016
Minneapolis Foundation, Face Forward Futurist Conference, The Future of the Environment, speaker, 2016
Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE), Keynote, 2015
Climate Justice Alliance (CJA) National Training on Clean Power Plan, hydropower presentation/group trainer, 2015
Green Zones Community Training: Phillips via Nexus Community Partners HIA SC, 2015
Metropolitan Energy Policy Coalition, presentation on Energy Planning and Social Equity, 2015
City of St. Paul, sustainability department, presentation, 2015
Nexus Community Partners BCLI Series: Housing and Energy Equity, 2015

Prior to 2015

Climate and Community Energy Use: Morris, Minnesota Citizen Jury, 2014
Minnesota Environmental Quality Board, Environmental Congress, The Human Face of Climate Change, March 2013
Environmental Justice Assessment on Climate and Energy, REAMP Network Annual Meeting of Midwest Energy and Climate organizations and funders, Chicago, IL, June 2012
Integrating Environment + Culture for Lasting Change, Headwaters Foundation for Justice, April 2012
Carbon Tax Panel, Green Summit on Pricing Carbon Emissions, Garrison, NY, 2011
Current Policies and Future Alternatives, Discussion on Framing Climate Change Solutions at 1st Annual Climate Justice Retreat, September 10-12, 2009
Climate Equity: Ensuring a Just Response to Climate Change, IATP Minnesota Global, September 2009
Equity and International Climate Negotiations, Will Steger Foundation Climate Change Summer Institute, Aug 2009
Understanding Climate Policy: Cap-and-Trade, panelist at Dancing the Intersection of Social Justice and Climate Change Workshop, Annual International Pedagogy Theatre Conference, May 24th, 2009
Presenter and Facilitator, Climate Change: A Social Justice Analysis, Movement Building Series, Sponsored by Headwaters Foundation for Justice, April 7th and May 5th, 2009
Sustainable Energy Utility Basics, presentation to Mayor and city leaders of Milan, MN, April 23rd, 2009
Low Carbon Fuel Standard – Status in Minnesota, North Central Bioeconomy Consortium – LCFS Webinar Series, July 31, 2008. Presented jointly with Dr. Steven J. Taff at the University of Minnesota
Food, Energy and Our Changing Climate Forum, Organizer and Moderator, sponsored by Environmental Leadership Program and Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, June 11, 2008
Living, Giving and Spending for Environmental Justice, Headwaters Foundation for Justice, speaker, April 30, 2008
Testimony to Minnesota Joint House/Senate Hearing on Low Carbon Fuel Standard Informational Hearing, Committees present: House and Senate Environment, Agriculture, Energy. April 15, 2008
Bioenergy in Minnesota: Overview, 2008 Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Fisheries, Wildlife and Ecological Roundtable, January 4, 2008
Waste and Minnesota Climate Policy, Association of Recycling Managers, June 12, 2008
Climate Justice 101, Environmental Justice Advocates of Minnesota, Founders Day, January 2007
Climate Change and Equity, Environmental Justice Advocates of Minnesota, August 24, 2007
Testimony on Biomass Fueled Heating Systems, Minnesota Senate Environment Committee, 2004