Air pollution is the world's largest environmental health risk according to the World Health Organization.  This burden is not shared equally and often disproportionally impacts historically underserved communities.  This presentation, by Andrew Whelan, Communications Manager for iCleanAIRE NC, will focus on the ways CleanAIRE NC is partnering with communities to spread clean air awareness, measure […]

Anya Overmann is a lifelong Ethical Humanist who has worked with multiple humanist organizations worldwide and currently serves on the American Ethical Union Board. During this experience, she has witnessed white supremacy culture on an institutional scale within both Ethical Culture and organized Humanism. In this talk, Anya offers her observations, insights, and recommendations on […]

Julie Furr Youngman is a senior attorney with the Southern Environmental Law Center, where she focuses on litigation in state and federal courts. Her cases involve protecting water quality and quantity, coastal resources, and endangered species, and promoting environmental justice. Her career has spanned military service, private law practice, and teaching law at Washington & […]

StrongHER TogetHER is a Durham-based non-profit that teaches girls to stick together, no matter how different they are. Girls are able to organically embrace our mission via eight years of programming that focuses on elevated outcomes, positive mental health, anti racism, mentoring, literacy and more. Stacey Donoghue has studied civil engineering and she’s been to […]

Fred Breidt will give a talk based in part on the book titled The Death of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why it Matters by Tom Nichols. Fred will lead a discussion about the Dunning-Kruger Effect and how it shapes our political landscape. We will also discuss how social media and the rapid […]