our first speaker is vicki arroyo. say hello. icki is the executive director of the georgetown climate center she oversees the center's work on climate change mitigation, dealing with the climate change baked into the system. she does it at the state and federal level. the georgetown climate center serves as a leading resource for state energy policy. she teaches classes on climate change law and policy and serves as assistant dean for centers and institutes. she is also taught at catholic, george mason, and tulane law school. she has served as the environment and program director and launched the new environmental law degree program. what is llm? vicki: you can get your master's and specialize in environment to law. aaron: excellent. so many opportunities. and this is alexis goggans. she is a program analyst in the department of energy and the environment, urban sustainability administration, in d.c. she coordinates stakeholders to advance programs and policies in our wonderful home, the district of columbia. our final speaker is

the first big will be vicki arroyo. you want to stand up and say hi. they give the executive director of the georgetown climate center and she oversees the center's work on climate change mitigation reducing emissions and adaptation. even with the climate change. she does it at the state and federal level. georgetown climate center serves as a leading resource for state climate and energy policy the she is a professor teaching classes on climate change law and policy and she serves as assistant dean for centers and institutes. she's taught at out the, george mason and tulane law school. she has served as georgetown law and for another program director and she launched a new environmental law to reprogram. what is l. l. m.? spent after you get your juris doctorate can come back and get your masters degree and specialize in environmental law. >> actually. so many opportunities. and this is alexis goggans. she is a program analyst in the department of energy and the vibrant urban sustainability administration here in d.c. as a program analyst she coordina

vicki: vicki arroyo. >> ok, thank you. i think it is pretty clear. a lot of us realize the global warming you are talking about is really just a partisan thing and most of us realize if in fact the white house changes over in a couple of months, all the global warming funding you are talking about will pretty much disappear. so my question really is to alexis. which is the number one issue i hear about all the time like black lives matter, how do you talk about money that white rich people want to spend on global warming is money that does not go to black lives matter? how do you justify that? alexis: yeah, i think that is a great question. and that is what i love about climate change. like i said before, even though it is horrible, when we address climate change issues we literally address first nation community rights, vulnerable populations, systematic oppression. for me, it is not just about this or that. it is about creating a culture shift and change that allows us to evaluate our policies and our programs in a way that will lift all of us. so