HOFSTRA CULTURAL CENTER DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT, AND SUSTAINABILITY and
HOFSTRA LEADERS IN ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM AND FELLOWSHIP (LEAF) CLUB presents
FILM SCREENING AND DISCUSSION: YOUTH V GOV The film YOUTH v GOV follows the story of 21 American youths who filed a groundbreaking lawsuit against the U.S. government for creating the climate crisis. The youths claim that the environmental damage caused by the government’s willful actions for more than six decades endangers their constitutional rights to life, liberty, and property. The Juliana plaintiffs, represented by the legal nonprofit, Our Children’s Trust, present the diversity of America’s youth impacted by the climate crisis. Hailing from across the country, they encompass cultural, economic, racial, and geographic diversity, with many from marginalized communities. Their diversity speaks not only to the impacts of climate change, but to the inclusion required if we are to build a better, more just future together. If these young people are successful, they will not only make history, they will change the future. Facilitators: • E. Christa Farmer, Department of Geology, Environment, and Sustainability School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics • Marrakech Cunliffe, Leaders in Environmental Activism and Fellowship (LEAF) Club, Hofstra University
Wednesday, September 28, 2022 6:30 p.m.
Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, South Campus
Held in collaboration with the second annual Presidential Symposium on Solutions for a Sustainable Tomorrow
Free and open to the public. Advance registration is required. To register, please visit events.hofstra.edu. For further information, please visit hofstra.edu/ps22 or call the Hofstra Cultural Center at 516-463-5669. 92985:9/22