Southwest Center on Resilience for Climate Change and Health (SCORCH)
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Please join us for a Science Café that brings together local and national experts to discuss the impact of extreme heat on farmworkers. Following a screening of the powerful documentary film "Too Hot to Work ,” Café participants will explore how a warmer climate is transforming the way individuals work and acknowledge the heightened and urgent need for collaboration among workers, businesses, community organizations, and the government sector in mitigating heat-related health risks. A panel of experts and community representatives will examine strategies for abating heat risk among those who labor outdoors, particularly farmworkers.
Door opens at 5:00pm, program begins at 5:30pm.
Light Refreshments will be served.
Registration Deadline: Tuesday, May 27, 2025, 11:59pm AZ
Panelists
Emma Torres, Founder and Executive Director of Campesinos Sin Fronteras (CSF), is a nationally recognized advocate for farmworkers and their families in the U.S.–Mexico border communities of Yuma County, Arizona.
Kate Ellingson is an epidemiologist with a career rooted in public service and academic leadership. In 2017, Kate joined the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the UA College of Public Health.
Jason Glaser is an epidemiologist and filmmaker, the founder and CEO of La Isla Network (LIN), and a global leader in occupational safety and health research and awareness.