From Sept. 10–12, thirty-two future-oriented scholars from around the United States will convene at the Just Ocean and Coastal Futures Conference at Cornell University to imagine, design, and support reparative frameworks in ocean and coastal studies.

The three-day conference, sponsored by the Center for Racial Justice and Equitable Futures and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University, will include individual presentations, invited keynotes, roundtable discussions, workshop sessions, and communal events in which participants will acknowledge, identify, and challenge pernicious ocean and coastal inequities including past and present events and structural processes at local, regional, and global scales. 

"The Just Ocean and Coastal Futures Conference will be an intimate gathering of professional scholars and graduate students from around the US,” said Dr. Amelia Moore, associate professor of natural resources and the environment in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. "The attendees work domestically and internationally, and they are committed to catalyzing just futures in coastal and ocean studies via knowledge and practice sharing, networking, and solidarity building to reaffirm our commitments to changing the culture of ocean and coastal research and policy in a time of fear and retrenchment.”

In addition to time devoted to the convening of invited scholars, the conference will host several free public events that will be open to the public and campus communities, including keynotes from scholars and practitioners, as well as a documentary film screening. 

Read the full story and learn more about the conference, event details, and registration at the Center for Racial Justice and Equitable Futures website.