NC A&T STATE UNIVERSITY EARTH DAY PANEL:
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, EQUITY, AND SUSTAINABILITY:
EARTH DAY IMPERATIVES
EARTH DAY 2021
EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (April 19, 2021) — North Carolina A&T State University is presenting a special virtual panel discussion in recognition of Earth Day this Thursday, April 22, beginning at noon: “Environmental Justice, Equity and Sustainability: Earth Day Imperatives.” Register for this free, virtual event at http://bit.ly/EarthDayImperative.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator and N.C. A&T alumnus Michael S. Regan will provide opening remarks, and alumnus Tracy Lloyd McCurty, Esq., Executive Director of the Washington-based Black Belt Justice Center and a leading advocate for the $5-billion appropriation for Black farmers included in the recently passed American Rescue Plan, will moderate. Panelists include:
- Dr. Walter Hill, Dean of the Tuskegee University College of Agriculture, Environmental and Nutrition Sciences and a USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture Hall of Fame member
- Dr. Deidra Hodges, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Texas-El Paso, and an expert in solar energy and other renewables
- Dr. Arnab Bhowmik, Assistant Professor of Soil Science/Soil Microbiology, North Carolina A&T, and an expert in sustainable agriculture and greenhouse gas emissions
- Kay Brandon, MSW, Chair, Solid Waste Management Commission, Greensboro, and Co-Founder of Citizens for Economic and Environmental Justice
- Michael Carter, Jr., a graduate of the North Carolina A&T College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, an 11th generation farmer and part of the fifth generation to run his family’s century farm, Carter Farms in the Piedmont Region of Virginia