The Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (Harvard Chan C-CHANGE) and Putney Pre-College, an initiative of Putney Student Travel, hosted another year of youth summer programming on climate, equity, and health in July 2022.
Students from twenty-five states and nine countries gathered in Boston to learn tangible ways to take climate action. They developed leadership skills and inspired each other to fight for a healthier, more sustainable, and equitable future.
The Harvard Chan C-CHANGE Youth Summit trained students to be leaders in their communities through workshops, field-based activities, and meetings with scientists, health and policy experts, academics, energy innovators, and more.
Empowering Young People to Lead
July 24-30, 2022
High school students gathered in Boston, MA and dove into climate issues related to their interests, strengths, and passions. Students gained perspective from inspiring world leaders, politicians, advocates, scientists, and renewable energy innovators, at the forefront of tackling the climate crisis. Students engaged with the program themes through the lens of their chosen Action Focus group: Climate Communications, Press, & Media, Climate Science, Entrepreneurship, Industry, & Technology, Environmental Justice, Global Health, Epidemiology, & Infectious Disease, Medicine & Healthcare, and Policy & Advocacy.
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Guest Speakers for Summer 2022
Gaurab Basu MD, MPH
Primary Care Physician and Co-Director of the Center for Health Equity Education and Advocacy at Cambridge Health AllianceInstructor, Harvard Medical School
Allison Begalman
Co-Founder & CEO, YEA! Impact
Mayor Stephen Benjamin
Former Mayor of Columbia, South CarolinaThe Richard L. and Ronay A. Menschel Senior Leadership Fellow, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
Aaron Bernstein MD, MPH
Interim Director, Harvard Chan C-CHANGEPediatric Hospitalist, Boston Children’s Hospital
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Lindsey Butler, PhD
Director of Climate and Health Resilience, Blue Cross Blue Shield Massachusetts
Marcia Castro MA, PhD
Andelot Professor of DemographyChair, Department of Global Health and Population Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Grace Chan MD, PhD
Pediatrician at Boston Children’s HospitalAssociate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Caleb Dresser, MD, MPH
Kristy Drutman
Jew-Pina American environmental media host, speaker, activist, and digital media strategist
Paul Goodloe
On-Camera Meteorologist and Co-Host, “Weekend Recharge” at The Weather Channel
Tamarra James-Todd, PhD
Mark and Catherine Winkler Associate Professor of Environmental Reproductive Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Howard Koh MD, MPH
Former Assistant Secretary for Health for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Professor of the Practice of Public Health Leadership, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Harvard Kennedy School
Natalia Linos MSc, ScD
Executive Director, FXB Center for Health & Human Rights, Harvard University
Gina McCarthy
White House National Climate AdvisorFormer Director and Chair, Board of Advisors, Harvard Chan C-CHANGE
Nadia Nazar
Founder, Co-Executive Director & Art Director, Zero Hour
Governor Peter Shumlin
81st Governor of VermontMenschel Senior Leadership Fellow, Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Co-Director, Putney Student Travel
Meg Haywood Sullivan
Sustainability Strategist, Creative, Co-Founder of Plastic Free Fridays
Katherine Todrys
Human rights lawyerAuthor of “Black Snake: Standing Rock, the Dakota Access Pipeline, and Environmental Justice”
Amanda Yarnell
Senior Director, Center for Health Communication at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Ali Weinstein
Queer TV writer and Climate ActivistCo-Founder and Executive Producer of the Hollywood Climate Summit
