Name: Earth Day 2025
Start: 2025-04-22T19:30:00-07:00
End: 2025-04-22T19:30:00-07:00
Location: The Great Hall

Earth Day 2025

Seattle's Innovation and Leadership in Climate Equity

Date:: Tuesday, April 22
Time:: 7:30 pm PDT
Cost:: $25

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Venue

: The Great Hall
: 1119 Eighth Avenue (enter on Eighth Avenue)
Seattle, 98101 United States + Google Map

Event Format: In-Person

Presented by Seattle Parks Foundation. For questions about this event, please contact info@seattleparksfoundation.org or (206) 332-9900.

Headshots of Jocelyn Chui/Mickey Fearn (left), Hannah Murphy Winter (center), and Howard Frumkin/Ashley Townes (right)

Rentals

For 25 years, Seattle Parks Foundation (SPF) has partnered with communities to champion thriving and equitable parks and public spaces. As they look forward to the next 25 years, they are focusing their energy and resources on addressing local nature-based climate solutions that improve resiliency and adapt to a changing world. Whether it is investing in tree canopy solutions in areas with the greatest heat islands, transforming hardscapes into greenscapes, or addressing gaps in local urban food systems, SPF is committed to solutions driven by and for communities.

To that end, SPF is excited to present a conversation with local leaders in climate and equity this Earth Day. The event will be moderated by Hannah Murphy Winter (they/she), journalist, author, and the Editor-in-Chief at The Stranger. Before that, they spent much of their career at Rolling Stone, where they wrote about queerness, the climate crisis, and the intersection between politics and the arts—usually not all at once.

Attendees will also have an opportunity to meet members of grassroots organizations who are addressing the many facets of climate change and equity in our region. These groups will have displays in the lobby to share information about their work and how attendees can get involved.

Featured speakers:

Joycelyn Chui (she/her) is a passionate environmental steward dedicated to waste reduction and circular economy solutions. Born and raised in Hong Kong, she speaks Cantonese, Mandarin, and English and holds a Masters in Public Health from the University of Washington. She specializes in implementing inclusive, community-driven sustainability programs across communities, policies, and environmental science. She founded the Restaurant 2 Garden project to help divert food waste from landfills through innovative, place-based solutions.

Mickey Fearn (he/him) is a public servant and parks, recreation, and conservation professional for over 50 years, working with local, state, and national governments. Mickey is currently a Professor at North Carolina State University’s School of Natural Resources, focusing on diversity and equity in the field of parks and recreation. He served as the National Park Service’s Deputy Director (2008-2013) and worked under two Seattle mayors where he launched the City’s Race and Social Justice Initiative.

Howard Frumkin, M.D. (he/him) is a physician-epidemiologist whose career has focused on health aspects of climate change, the built environment, nature contact, and sustainability, within the framework of Planetary Health. He has as served Senior Vice President of Trust for Public Land, as Dean of the University of Washington School of Public Health, as head of the “Our Planet, Our Health” initiative at the Wellcome Trust, and as Director of the CDC’s National Center for Environmental Health.

Ashley R. Townes is a fish ecologist and environmental justice advocate with a global career spanning over 60 countries. She possesses a rich background in program design, environmental monitoring, and crosscultural communication. Ashley is pursuing a Ph.D. in Ecology at the University of Washington, while also working to restore salmon habitat in South Seattle. Her experience includes roles as an Environmental Program Manager in Ecuador and a Consultant for King County. She was also a Washington Sea Grant Fellow under NOAA collaborating with the Port of Seattle.