Juntos for Climate Action, Career Exploration, and Community Resilience

Session Submission Type: Traditional Presentation

Summary

Learn about a university-community partnership engaging Latinx teens in an exploration of local climate impacts, solutions and careers. We share lessons learned adapting a museum-based climate education program into a multi-component exploration of climate resilience and community action with the Juntos 4-H Program, an organization serving Latinx youth and families.

Sub Unit

• Educating for a Changing Climate

Presenters

• Sarah Yelton, UNC Institute for the Environment

• Lucia Planchon, Juntos NC - NC State University

Non-Attending Contributors

• Kathleen Gray, UNC Institute for the Environment

• Diana Urieta, Juntos NC/NC State University

• Victoria Triana, UNC Institute for the Environment

• Anna Butler, UNC Institute for the Environment

• Dana Brown Haine, UNC-Chapel Hill Institute for the Environment

• Anne Elkins, Juntos NC - NC State University