Urban heat has severe impacts in areas once neglected through redlining. LA is taking action, but more needs to be done for heat resilience. UCLA can help guide cooling efforts to address past and future injustices.
This event showcases Catherine Coleman Flowers, a MacArthur "genius" award-winning activist, and her community-driven efforts to address inadequate water and sanitation infrastructure in rural US communities. The second half of the event will feature Catherine in discussion with Joaquin Esquivel, chair of the California State Water Resources Control Board (California Water Board), and Megan Mullin, faculty director of the UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation (LCI).
The fifth annual Luskin Summit will feature the unveiling of our annual poll about life in Los Angeles and six breakout sessions featuring scholars and civic leaders including: 9:30-10:30 a.m. […]
