Elizabeth Uprose, Executive Director of UPROSE, will be presenting as part of the SEAS DEI Speaker Series. Uprose focuses on sustainability and resiliency efforts through community organizing, education, leadership development and cultural/ multi-generational emphases. Based in Brooklyn, the impacts of gentrification and environmental/ social injustices against communities of color that is displacing communities adds another element to Uprose's community centered work. Elizabeth's presentation will take place in the Forum Hall in Palmer Commons.