Climate and debt justice from the Caribbean to the Midwest

Event information

Date

Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Add to Calendar 2025-01-22 08:30:00 2025-01-22 09:00:00 Climate and debt justice from the Caribbean to the Midwest A Breakfast Info Bites webinar sessionWhen severe weather hits, it's often costly. Is this cost distributed fairly? Should people/industries or countries that engage in climate warming activities help pay? Amid increasing extreme weather events across the globe, justice in climate and debt vary based on geography and racial identity. Join us to learn about climate and debt in the Caribbean and its impact on Minnesota. Kick off the 2025 season of Breakfast Info Bites with University of Minnesota’s Fayola Jacobs, Ph.D. and host Isabel Huot-Link. Speaker: Fayola Jacobs, Ph.D., University of Minnesota, assistant professor America/Chicago public

Time

8:30 - 9 a.m. Central time

Location

Webinar series

Contact

Kim Guenther, University of Minnesota Extension educator for leadership and civic engagement
[email protected] or 507-258-8750

Isabel Huot-Link, University of Minnesota Extension educator for leadership and civic engagement
[email protected] or 507-258-8775

A Breakfast Info Bites webinar session

When severe weather hits, it's often costly. Is this cost distributed fairly? Should people/industries or countries that engage in climate warming activities help pay? Amid increasing extreme weather events across the globe, justice in climate and debt vary based on geography and racial identity. Join us to learn about climate and debt in the Caribbean and its impact on Minnesota.

Kick off the 2025 season of Breakfast Info Bites with University of Minnesota’s Fayola Jacobs, Ph.D. and host Isabel Huot-Link.

Speaker: Fayola Jacobs, Ph.D., University of Minnesota, assistant professor

Cost

Free

Registration

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with information about joining the session using Zoom.

Accommodations

University of Minnesota Extension is committed to providing equal opportunity for participation in all programs, services and activities. To request accommodations for persons with disabilities, reach out to the event's contact, Isabel Huot-Link ([email protected]), two weeks before the start of the event. Requests received after this date will be honored whenever possible.

Language

This webinar is delivered in English. Interpreter services may be available with an advance request.

About the presenter

Fayola Jacobs is an assistant professor in the urban and regional planning area. Prior to her appointment in August 2019, she was a postdoctoral associate with the CREATE Initiative. She completed her doctorate in urban and regional sciences at Texas A&M University and earned her master’s degree in city and regional planning at UNC–Chapel Hill. Her graduate research focused on interrogating disaster mitigation plans and policies through a Black feminist lens.

Before graduate school, she worked for a mental health agency creating and facilitating anti-oppression workshops on migration, racism and mental health.