• Wednesday, December 11, 2019 Dinner: 5:00-8:30 p.m.

    5:00-6:00 Registration and hors d’oeuvres in the Prefunction Area

    6:00-6:10 Seated in the Centennial Ballroom AB

    6:15-6:20 Welcome and Land Acknowledgement: Miztla Aguilera, Tongva/Gabrielino and Mexica Native and B.S. Student, Chicano and Latino Studies, Certificate, American Indian Indigenous Cultures

    6:20-6:30 Welcome Remarks: Marcelo Suárez-Orozco, Wasserman Dean, Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, UCLA and Co-chair, UC–CSU Environment and Climate Change Literacy Project and Summit

    6:30-6:40 Video remarks: Lorenzo Fioramonti, Minister of Education, University and Research, Government of Italy

    7:15-7:20 Introduce Senator Ben Allen: Will Parish, Founder and President, Ten Strands

    7:20-7:40 Plenary Speaker: Ben Allen, Senator, California

    7:40-8:20 Film and Presentation: Kathy Kasic, Assistant Professor, CSU Sacramento and Film Director and Cinematographer, Metamorph Films

    • Trailer: 3600 Feet Beneath the Ice

    • Film: Coring for Climate

    8:20-8:30 Entertainment: CSU Channel Islands Performing Arts Program

    • Raudel Bañuelos, Vice Tribal Chair, Barbareño/Ventureño Band of Mission Indians and Chumash elder, CSU Channel Islands

    • Erika Beck, President, CSU Channel Islands

  • Thursday, December 12, 2019 Summit: 7:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

    7:00 – 8:15 Registration and breakfast in the Centennial Ballroom Prefunction Area

    8:15 – 8:30 Seated in the Centennial Ballroom AB

    8:30 – 9:45 Opening Session

    8:30-8:40 UCLA Lab School Kids Singing

    8:40-8:45 Welcome & Land Acknowledgment: Miztla Aguilera, Tongva/Gabrielino and Mexica Native and B.S. Student, Chicano and Latino Studies, Certificate, American Indian Indigenous Cultures

    8:45-8:50 Welcome Remarks: Gene Block, Chancellor, UCLA

    8:50-8:55 Call to Action, The Purpose of Today's Summit: Darlene Tieu, Teacher, UCLA Mann School, Los Angeles Unified School District

    8:55-9:05 Opening Talk: Why are we Assembled Here? The CSU Perspective: Timothy White, Chancellor, CSU

    9:05-9:25 Time to Act is Now!: Edmund G. Brown, Junior, Governor (former), California

    9:25-9:45 The Urgency for Actions on Environment Problems: Eric Rignot, Chemistry Donald Bren Professor of Earth System Science and Department Chair, JPL and Chancellor Professor of Earth System Science, UCI

    9:50-10:30 PANEL 1: Call to Action for K–12 Environmental Literacy: Why now? Policy Perspective

    Moderator: V. Ram Ramanathan, Distinguished Professor, UCSD and Co-chair, UC–CSU Environment and Climate Change Literacy Project and Summit

    Panel #1 Members:

    • Kate Gordon, Director, Governor’s Office of Planning and Research and Senior Policy Advisor to the Governor on Climate

    • Marcia McNutt, President, National Academy of Sciences

    • Enid Partika, M.S. Student, Environmental Systems Environmental Chemistry, UC San Diego

    • Peter Rivera, Program Officer, Hewlett Foundation

    10:30-10:45 BREAK

    10:45-11:25 PANEL 2: Call to Action for K–12 Environmental Literacy: Why now? Educator Perspective

    Moderator: V. Ram Ramanathan, Distinguished Professor UCSD and Steering Committee Co-chair, ECCLPS

    Panel #2 Members:

    • Cuauhtémoc Avila, Superintendent, Rialto USD

    • Kavita Gupta, Teacher AP Chemistry, Curriculum Lead, Fremont UHSD

    • Sofia Lepore, B.S. Student, Geography and Planning, CSU Chico

    • Tim Swinehart, Teacher, Portland Public Schools

    • Bill Sandoval, Professor of Education, UCLA

    11:30-11:35 INTRODUCE ROUNDTABLES – Karen Cowe, Chief Executive Officer, Ten Strands

    • Roundtables A and B: Subcommittees demonstrate best practices and/or recommendations in the Report

    • Roundtable C: Interest alike groups identify ways to implement and scale Report recommendations and ways to support the recommended UC and CSU commitments in their field/position

    11:35-12:05 Roundtable Session A

    12:10-12:40 Roundtable Session B

    12:40–1:30 LUNCH AND NETWORK

    1:40-2:15 Roundtable Session C

    2:15-2:20 Briana Carbajal, Climate Activist and Sustainable LA Grand Challenge Research Fellow, UCLA ‘21

    2:20–2:30 Lauren Faber, Chief Sustainability Officer, Office of Mayor Eric Garcetti, City of Los Angeles

    2:30-2:40 University of California Statement: Janet Napolitano, President, UC

    2:40-3:20 PANEL 3: Way Forward and Actions – How is California Leading the Charge?

    Moderator: Marcelo Suárez-Orozco, Wasserman Dean, Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, UCLA

    Panel #3 Members:

    • Emily Carter, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, UCLA

    • Vincent Del Casino, Junior, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, SJSU

    • Janet Napolitano, President, UC

    • Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis, Lieutenant Governor, California

    3:20-3:30 BREAK

    3:30-4:00 Presentations and Closing remarks:

    • Curriculum: Karen Cowe, Chief Executive Officer, Ten Strands

    • Pre-service: Richard Arum, Dean and Professor, School of Education, UCI

    • In-service: Jill Grace, Regional Director for K-12 Alliance, WestEd

    4:00-4:05 Word of Thanks: Marquita Grenot-Scheyer, Assistant Vice Chancellor, Educator Preparation and Public Schools Programs, CSU Office of the Chancellor and Co-chair, UC–CSU Environment and Climate Change Literacy Project and Summit

    Finish at 5:30 CLOSING RECEPTION