<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align:left;text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal" dir="ltr"><div><b style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13.33px;font-weight:400">Dear all: Please consider attending tonight's Wednesday, October 14, 7:00 p.m. Sierra Club Zoom event that I helped to organize. The speakers will discuss the environmental and public health impacts of plastic pollution and key aspects of sustainable fashion. I am providing the Zoom link here as an RSVP is not required. Please also note the follow-up Tuesday, November 10, 7:00 p.m. event on sustainable fashion for which I will provide the Zoom link closer to this date. Best wishes. Lisa DiCaprio</b><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13.33px"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><div style="font-weight:400;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal"><br></div><div style="font-weight:400;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal"><b>EVENT TOPIC: PLASTIC POLLUTION AND SUSTAINABLE FASHION </b></div><div style="font-weight:400;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal"><b><br></b></div><div style="font-weight:400;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal"><b>DATE AND TIME: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14 AT 7:00 P.M. (Eastern Standard Time)</b></div><div style="font-weight:400;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal"><b><br></b></div><div style="font-weight:400;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal"><b>SPEAKERS: Dr. Judith Weis, Professor Emerita of Biological Sciences at Rutgers University, Newark; Karl Palmquist, environmentalist and graduate fellow in cell biology; and Andrea Reyes, </b>Chair of the <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.nycftc.com&d=DwMFaQ&c=slrrB7dE8n7gBJbeO0g-IQ&r=OBxPbn8fxtApYHfIz2yHfRrFoyAWZ6vc0Y2nj8Js4CI&m=h6ZtK0bH-6KmoMdCL1m1nD4UmnWabmqdsj9bqyvypG4&s=Rzp__L_rBRW2rnTWt4o8I8g7GnuT50hEMoi81tn_ob0&e=" target="_blank">NYC Fair Trade Coalition</a>.<br><b></b></div></span><div style="text-decoration:none;font-weight:400;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal"><br><b></b></div><div style="text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal"><b>ZOOM EVENT LINK: [AN RSVP IS <u>NOT</u> REQUIRED]</b></div><div style="text-decoration:none;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal"><div style="font-weight:400;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(9,79,209)"><span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__sierraclub.zoom.us_j_3234193605-3Fpwd-3DV3FmQ2ZPcHlGZTJld0d2NDYzTkM5QT09&d=DwMFaQ&c=slrrB7dE8n7gBJbeO0g-IQ&r=OBxPbn8fxtApYHfIz2yHfRrFoyAWZ6vc0Y2nj8Js4CI&m=oMt5WInsNo2xZ9hj0tXnSnLntb2-e3FLqzlOIY8UIlI&s=gCb1MqrFoyOI26yxLS1rHDGUec46nvIWmdQEmeN5RwE&e=" target="_blank">https://sierraclub.<span>zoom</span>.us/j/3<wbr>234193605?pwd=V3FmQ2ZPcHlGZTJl<wbr>d0d2NDYzTkM5QT09</a></span></div><div style="font-weight:400;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;color:rgb(9,79,209)"><br></div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal"><span><b>Meeting ID: 323 419 3605</b></span></div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal"><span><b>Password: rehearsal</b></span></div><div style="font-weight:400;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;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 is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), has been on advisory committees for USEPA, NOAA
 and currently chairs the Science Advisory Board of NJ DEP. She served as President of American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS). <u></u> </div><span style="font-weight:400;color:rgb(80,0,80)"><div style="text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal"><br></div><div style="text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal"><b>KARL PALMQUIST</b> is an environmental advocate, science communicator and biologist living in New York. He received his BA from Swarthmore College and is receiving his PhD from Rockefeller University. Karl has authored or co-authored numerous scientific papers and given presentations at scientific society meetings. His research focuses on how cells interact with their physical and chemical surroundings, and how this influences their fate and function. He is involved with several Sierra Club committees on both the local, state, and national levels, as well as the 350NYC Media Task Force. </div><div style="text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal"><br></div><div style="text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal"><b>ANDREA REYES </b>is<span style="text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;float:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> Chair of the NYC Fair Trade Coalition. She </span>is a fair trade advocate, educator, and small business owner. She is the Chair of the <a style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.nycftc.com&d=DwMFaQ&c=slrrB7dE8n7gBJbeO0g-IQ&r=OBxPbn8fxtApYHfIz2yHfRrFoyAWZ6vc0Y2nj8Js4CI&m=h6ZtK0bH-6KmoMdCL1m1nD4UmnWabmqdsj9bqyvypG4&s=Rzp__L_rBRW2rnTWt4o8I8g7GnuT50hEMoi81tn_ob0&e=" target="_blank">NYC Fair Trade Coalition</a>, a network of small ethical business owners and advocates. She is also the founder of <a style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.abernadette.com&d=DwMFaQ&c=slrrB7dE8n7gBJbeO0g-IQ&r=OBxPbn8fxtApYHfIz2yHfRrFoyAWZ6vc0Y2nj8Js4CI&m=h6ZtK0bH-6KmoMdCL1m1nD4UmnWabmqdsj9bqyvypG4&s=NOb3e8mYZv-lwv6KkrG9bB8RZqbqwQl4iEMmz-SaRsM&e=" target="_blank">A. Bernadette</a>, a fair trade fashion brand in Uganda which hosts educational study abroad programs. Lastly, she teaches fashion marketing, international trade, and business development classes at LIM College and the Fashion Institute of Technology.</div><b></b><i></i><u></u><strike></strike><b></b><b></b><i></i><u></u><strike></strike><br clear="all"></span></div><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13.33px;font-weight:400"><b></b><i></i><u></u><strike></strike><br><b>PLEASE ALSO ATTEND OUR ZOOM EVENT ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, AT 7:00 P.M. FOR WHICH WE WILL SEND THE ZOOM LINK IN NOVEMBER.</b></span></div><span style="text-align:left;color:rgb(80,0,80);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal"><div dir="ltr" style="font-weight:400"><b></b><br></div><div style="font-weight:400"><b>NOVEMBER 10, 7:00 P.M. EVENT TOPIC: SUSTAINABLE FASHION</b></div><div style="font-weight:400"><b></b><br></div><div><b style="font-weight:400">SPEAKERS: Andrea Kennedy, </b>Professor of Fashion Sustainability at LIM College and founder of <a href="http://fashiondex.com/" style="font-weight:400" target="_blank">http://fashiondex.com</a>; <b style="font-weight:400">Amy Hall, </b>VP of Social Consciousness <b style="font-weight:400">at </b><a href="https://www.eileenfisher.com/?msclkid=63f381de9e1a1365d23ddeb17fa904b8&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=%5BADL%5D%20%5BBrand%5D%20%5BUS%5D%20%5BHighlander%5D%20Eileen%20Fisher%20(Exact)&utm_term=eileen%20fisher&utm_content=Eileen%20Fisher&adlclid=ADL-63870e69-b1a3-453d-9e95-d8da2d3a06c6&country=US&currency=USD" style="font-weight:400" target="_blank">Eileen
Fisher</a><b style="font-weight:400">; and Kathleen Kirkwood, founder </b><a style="font-weight:400;color:rgb(17,85,204)" href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.brarecyclingagency.com_&d=DwMGaQ&c=slrrB7dE8n7gBJbeO0g-IQ&r=OBxPbn8fxtApYHfIz2yHfRrFoyAWZ6vc0Y2nj8Js4CI&m=UN7tQKvxC93FMcLUKFtd2q7exkWGs5Jf9mzb_tmX6gU&s=4amRGEnmeSuE9EZq0-XWqSDi5NNSfOIGtWGEjt-_kwY&e=" target="_blank">B.R.A. Recycling Agency</a>. </div><div style="font-weight:400"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13.33px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal"><font color="#b01780"></font></p></div></span><br clear="all">

<p><br></p></div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Dr. Lisa DiCaprio<br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Associate Director of Curriculum<br>Clinical Associate Professor of Social Sciences<br><span>NYU School of Professional Studies</span><br>Division of Applied Undergraduate Studies<br>7 East 12th Street, Room 623G<br>New York, NY 10003<br>(212) 998-7118</div></div></div></div></div></div>
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<br><br><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Dr. Lisa DiCaprio<br>Associate Director of Curriculum<br>Clinical Associate Professor of Social Sciences<br><span>NYU School of Professional Studies</span><br>Division of Applied Undergraduate Studies<br>7 East 12th Street, Room 623G<br>New York, NY 10003<br>(212) 998-7118</div></div></div></div><br>