Environmental Justice and the Law

The University of Saint Joseph will hold Environmental Justice and the Law: One Activist’s Path to Protect People and the Planet, as part of the Mungur Lectures and the next event in the “Embracing Our Environment: Integrating the Natural World with the Arts” series made possible by support from the University’s National Endowment of the Humanities and Art Fund.The event will be held in-person on April 8, 2022, from 1 p.m. to 12 p.m. on the second floor of Bruyette I the AV classroom in at USJ. This event is free and open to the public and includes lunch. Registration is required by emailing Professor Nancy Billias at nbillias@usj.edu.Each year, the Department of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies hosts a lecture funded by the bequest of an alumna, Mary Munger ’39.This year’s speaker will be a graduate student from Yale Law School. Liz Jacob is a passionate advocate for environmental justice who is deeply invested in her community and committed to advancing racial justice-centered solutions to build a safe, more sustainable world for us all.April 8, 2022 | 12-1 p.m.IN-PERSON PRESENTATION | Location: AV Room, Bruyette Athenaeum BuildingPresenter: Liz Jacob, Yale Law School Graduate studentThe talk is free and open to the public and includes lunch. To register, please contact Professor Nancy Billias, nbillias@usj.edu.Questions/Contact:Dr. Kirsten MartinKirstenMartin@usj.edu860 231 5385Additional information about “Embracing Our Environment: Integrating the Natural Environment with the Arts” can be found at https://www.usj.edu/academics/academic-event-series/environment-and-arts/Upcoming events include:

• • April 13 How Nature is Integrated with Arts in Japan

• • April 20 Poetry and the Environment

• • April 20 USJ Earth Festival

• • April 27 Farm to Table: A Roundtable Discussion with the Friends of Holcomb Farm