2025 UEP Senior Comprehensive Presentations

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Meeting ID: 884 1176 6317
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Friday, April 18th  

Panel 1: Who Has the Power? Exploring Urban Development, Community Voices, and the Politics of Funding (1:05-2:30 PM)

• Bella Flad: "Weighing Health and Wealth: How Stakeholders Shape Development in the Inland Empire" (1:05 PM)
• Kate Reinhard: "From Allocation to Action: How Changes in Title I Funding Transform Community Decision-Making; a case study of the Campbell Union High School District" (1:20 PM)
• Lesly Nonoal: "Beyond the Ivory Tower: Gentrification and Displacement in South Central Los Angeles" (1:35 PM)
• Noah Weitzner: "Residing Without Representation: Housing Development in the Face of Federal Control and Influence in Washington, D.C. (1:50 PM)
• Panel 1 Q&A session (2:05 PM)

Panel 2: Building Resilient Public Infrastructure in the Age of Climate Extremes (2:35-3:45 PM)

• Maia Adams: "Toward Climate-Ready Schools: Advancing Environmental Justice Through Strategic Investment Within The Los Angeles Unified School District" (2:35 PM)
• Sophia Baker: "Assessing LA’s Response to Extreme Heat and Its Effects on Unhoused Communities" (2:50 PM)
• Emerson Staley: "Handing the Reins to Nature: Perceptions of Green Infrastructure in Los Angeles" (3:05 PM)
• Panel 2 Q&A session (3:20 PM)

Wednesday, April 23rd

Panel 3: Addressing Environmental Burdens through Equitable Transitions (1:05-2:30 PM)

• Jodhan Fine: "The Impacts and Barriers to Youth Outdoor Education in the Los Angeles Region" (1:05 PM)
• Ethan Kerman: "Equitable Afforestation in Urban Environments: A Canopy Cover Analysis of the Beijing Plain Afforestation Program" (1:20 PM)
• Francis Briones: "Behind the Seams: Los Angeles' Sustainable Fashion Brands and Textile Waste Diversion" (1:35 PM)
• Sloan Wittliff: "Perceptions of Sidewalk Transit Environments: Two Sites in Pasadena, California" (1:50 PM)
• Panel 3 Q&A session (2:05 PM)

Panel 4: Strategies for Organizing Emergent Labor (2:35-3:45 PM)

• Gabriel Morton: "Organizing for a Living Wage in Los Angeles: A Case Study on Community-Labor Cooperation"  (2:35 PM)
• Izzy Wang: " Flesh and Freedom: Applying a Care Politics Framework to Home Care and Domestic Worker Organizing " (2:50 PM)
• Emma Galbraith: "The Kids Are All...Fighting For Power Through Undergrad Labor Unions" (3:05 PM)
• Panel 4 Q&A session (3:20 PM)