Join us for a conversation about promoting environmental justice and workers' rights, especially in underserved communities and with workers in often invisible positions. We will discuss these issues from the perspective of community organizing, law and advocacy, and government regulation and policy – with a focus on opportunities to collaborate across sectors.
Panelists:
Julia Liou, Planning and Development Director, Asian Health Services
Matthew Tejada, Director of the Office of Environmental Justice, US Environmental Protection Agency
Natalicia Tracy, Executive Director, Brazilian Worker Center & Brazilian Policy Center
Trip Van Noppen, President, Earthjustice
Marshall Ganz, Senior Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
Open to the public.
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Event Cosponsors:
Center for Public Leadership
Harvard University Center for the Environment
HBS Business and Environment Initiative
This event honors the recipients of the 2016 Roy Award, the California Healthy Nail Salon Program, a partnership between the California Healthy Nail Salon Collaborative, Asian Health Services (AHS), the City and County of San Francisco, the City of Santa Monica, Alameda County, Santa Clara County, and San Mateo County. The program addresses the environmental health and justice issues faced by workers in the salon industry and works to standardize safe, pollution prevention salon practices that can be implemented nationwide and globally. The Program focuses on the reduction of carcinogenic and reproductive toxins in the workplace by establishing locally-legislated programs that educate and empower salon employees and incentivize salons to reduce chemical exposures and protect the health of the employees, customers, and the environment.
