MSU Libraries’ Refugees and Climate Change: A Conversation on Resilience

Wed, February 3, 2021 5:30 PM - Wed, February 3, 2021 7:30 PM at Virtual

Join us on Feb. 3 from 5:30 - 7:30 pm for the MSU Libraries’ Refugees and Climate Change: A Conversation on Resilience, supported by the American Library Association’s Resilient Communities: Libraries Respond to Climate Change program. Hear from our panel, featuring experts from the MSU Department of Community Sustainability, MSU Department of Sociology, and the Refugee Development Center, as they discuss the connections between climate change, food, community resilience, and human migration while viewing select clips from the film, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind. Free to all!

Panelists:

Erika Brown-Binion, Executive Director, Refugee Development Center
Govinda Acharya, Refugee Development Center
Jennifer Hodbod, Assistant Professor, MSU Dept. of Community Sustainability
Lalaki Awudu, Graduate Student, MSU Dept. of Sociology

Moderator: Eric Tans, Environmental Sciences Librarian, MSU Libraries