Program

9:00 AM

Land Acknowledgement

• Corrina Gould, Tribal Chair, Confederated Villages of Lisjan & Co Founder, Sogorea Te Land Trust

9:10 AM

Welcome

• Cheryl Davila, Founder, CEMTF & Former Councilmember, City of

Berkeley

Speakers

9:15 AM

Air Pollution Climate Change and Health

• Elise Wallis, MPH, Manager | Health Partnerships, American Lung Association

9:35 AM

Monitoring for Clarity: Detecting Harmful Algal Blooms in San Francisco Bay

• Cheryl Patel, Field Investigator & Community Science Coordinator, San Francisco Baykeeper
• Makayla Marquez, Field Investigation & Outreach Team, San Francisco Baykeeper

9:55 AM

Climate & Mental Health

• Jovanka Beckles, MBA, Board Member Director, (retired ) Mental Health Specialist, Alameda County Transit

10:15 AM /

Climate Change & Mosquito-Borne Diseases in California

• Mary Beth Danforth, PhD Epidemiologist, California Department of Public Health, Infectious Disease Branch Vector-Borne Disease Section

10:35 AM

Climate, Health & Food Sovereignty

• Reverend Michael Smith, PhD, Center for Food Faith & Justice

10:55 AM Break

11:00 AM

Palestine & Climate Justice

• Lujain Al-Saleh, Just Transition Coordinator, Communities For a Better Environment (CBE)

11:25 AM

Climate, Health & Qigong

• Chandra Collins, Plant forward Culinary Chef Instructor, Nutrition Coach, Qigong Instructor, Speaker, Author, & Breast Cancer Survivor

11:50 AM

Announcements & Closing

• Cheryl Davila

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Cheryl Davila 

Founder & Chair CEMTF 

Former Councilmember, City of Berkeley, CA

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As a Councilmember, Cheryl was a champion for the climate. Under her leadership the Climate Emergency Declaration passed unanimously in June 2018 which was the third  in the world. Now over 2335 governments around the world have since declared climate emergencies. 

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Cheryl founded CEMTF in 2019. Did you know CEMTF was the brainchild of the prohibition of natural gas infrastructure in new buildings? True. 

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CEMTF is in its 5th year! We’ll be celebrating in our 5th year soon. Stay tuned! 

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