Coastal Resilience Workshop
Coastal Resilience Workshop
Sharing Indigenous Knowledge and Experience

Monday, September 23, 9am – 5:30pm
W20-306, 20 Chimneys
Tuesday, September 24, 9am – 5:30pm
9-255, MIT DUSP
With this two-day workshop, we seek to promote scholarly and practice-oriented contributions rooted in knowledge sharing around experiences with climate adaptation and relocation. Participants will include members of the Isle de Jean Charles, LA band of the Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw tribe, members of the Yup’ik people from Newtok, AK, practitioners from Louisiana and Alaska, and scholars working on resettlement issues at MIT.
Hosted by Janelle Knox-Hayes, at the Department of Urban Studies and Planning, MIT
Sponsored by the Department of Urban Studies and Planning, the MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative, the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative, and MIT CoLab