2020 Gilvary Symposium
Building A Green New Deal In The Rust Belt: Legal, Policy And Democratic Challenges
The University of Dayton School of Law, the Hanley Sustainability Institute and the University of Dayton Human Rights Center invite you to attend the 2020 Gilvary Symposium on Friday, January 31 at Keller Hall from 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
The symposium will explore the topic, "Building a Green New Deal in the Rust Belt: Legal, Policy and Democratic Challenges." It will feature Keynote Speaker Robert C. Hockett, Edward Cornell Professor of Law, Cornell Law School. Professor Hockett will explore the topic, "Financing the Green New Deal and Institutional Reform."
The symposium will also feature five panels:
- Economic Realities: Can We Afford A Green New Deal? How Can We Not Afford A Green New Deal?
- Can We Legally Implement A Green New Deal? If We Don’t Will There Be Anything Left To Govern?
- Powering The Green New Deal: Labor And Energy
- The Green New Deal And Urban Policy: Combating Environmental Racism
- The Green New Deal And Exurban Policy: Combating Suburban Inertia, Agribusiness Dominance, And The Erosion Of Tribal Sovereignty
CLE credit in Ohio of 8.0 hours has been approved. Non Ohio CLE credit available upon request to state bar authorities (at the discretion of the state).
The symposium is made possible by The Honorable James J. Gilvary Fund for Law, Religion, and Social Justice.
For inquiries, please contact Lee Ann Ross at lawevents@udayton.edu or at 937-229-3793.
Free Registration (Includes Lunch)
Register Now (Deadline: Friday, January 24)
Ohio CLE credit of 8.0 hours has been approved. Non Ohio CLE credit available upon request to state bar authorities (at the discretion of the state).
Introduction to the 2020 Gilvary Symposium.
Andrew Strauss, Dean and Professor of Law, University of Dayton School of Law
Ben McCall, Professor of Physics and Chemistry; Executive Director of Hanley Sustainability Institute
Faisal Chaudhry, Assistant Professor of Law & History, University of Dayton School of Law
From two different angles, the panelists for this session will look at the question of economic affordability that hangs over any call for a Green New Deal.
Respondent:
Shuang-Ye Wu, Professor & Chair, Department of Geology, University of Dayton
Panel:
Robert Pollin, Distinguished Professor, Department of Economics & Co-Director, Political Economy Research Institute, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Nathan Tankus, Research Scholar, Modern Money Network
The two panelists for this session will look at the question of the legal and regulatory feasibility of instantiating a Green New Deal.
Respondent:
Dalindyebo Shabalala, Assistant Professor, University of Dayton School of Law
Panel:
Alice Kaswan, Professor and Associate Dean for Faculty Scholarship, University of San Francisco School of Law
William Burns, Co-Director & Professor of Research, Institute for Carbon Removal Law & Policy, American University
"Financing the Green New Deal and Institutional Reform"
This panel will consider the idea of ‘powering’ a Green New Deal agenda at the regional level of the Rust Belt through bringing together expertise on labor and clean/sustainable energy.
Panel:
Kevin Hallinan, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering/ Renewable and Clean Energy, University of Dayton & Chief Innovation Office & Director of Innovation, CleanEnergy4All, Dayton, Ohio
Dwayne Thomas, President, United Mineworkers of America Local Southwestern Pennsylvania in tandem with Heaven Sensky, Community Organizer, Center for Coalfield Justice
This panel will turn from the foundations of a GND at the regional level in its labor and energy program to how a GND agenda can enliven and be enlivened by struggles around environmental justice and the right to the city.
Panel:
Aaron Bartley Lawyer, Co-Founder and past Director, People United for Sustainable Housing Buffalo
Donele Wilkins, Founding Partner and CEO, Detroit's Green Door Initiative
This panel will examine a range of issues connected to environmental justice beyond the urban core, in the exurban spaces of inner ring suburbs, more rural agricultural exteriors, and the sovereign spaces of Native America.
Panel:
Brenda Jo McManama, Indigenous Environmental Network
Stephen Bartlett, Director, Sustainable Agriculture of Louisville, Kentucky & Board Member, Family Farm Defenders, Madison, Wisconsin
Parking
Those attending the symposium will need to go to the Parking Visitor's Center at University Circle to be directed where to park.