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Lunch and discussion: Cities Facing Rising Waters

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Monday, October 16, 2023 12pm to 1pm

Speakers: HLS professor Susan Crawford and Bloomberg Harvard City Hall Fellow Shannon Slade

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Monday, October 16, 2023 12pm to 1pm

Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University, Taubman 3rd Floor, Harvard Kennedy School View map
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Lunch and discussion: Cities Facing Rising Waters

Guest Speakers

  • Susan Crawford, John A. Reilly Clinical Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
  • Shannon Slade, Harvard Graduate School of Design MDes 2022 and Bloomberg Harvard City Hall Fellow, Charleston, South Carolina

How can cities respond to rising sea levels threatening their most vulnerable residents? Prof. Susan Crawford will discuss findings from her book “Charleston: Race, Water, and the Coming Storm” with Shannon Slade, whose work as a Bloomberg Harvard City Hall Fellow in Charleston focuses on flooding and civic innovation.

 

Lunch will be offered and registration is requested as space is limited.

 

This event is open to all Harvard University ID holders.

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