Primary Convener:
Katlyn Turner, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Convener:
Shamyra Lavigne-Davey, Rise St. James
Chantel Comardelle, Isle de Jean Charles Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw Tribe
Erica Holloman-Hill, Ayika Solutions

Early Career Convener:
Rachel Marston, Environmental Defense Fund New York

Chair:
Katlyn Turner, University of Michigan Ann Arbor
Chantel Comardelle, Isle de Jean Charles Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw Tribe
Rachel Marston, Environmental Defense Fund New York

Frontline communities are those that face the first and worst impacts of climate change, and are in a state of active resistance to movements of oppression and cultural erasure. This session considers the overall question of how are frontline communities adapting to climate change, environmental degradation, and other systemic forces of change that impact them? We aim to highlight frontline practice across disciplines and institutions, creating a space for community, networking, and shared-learning between parties engaged in this work. The session is interested in narrative, theory, empirical research, and practice related to frontline community existence, resistance, advocacy, and ability to thrive in the 21st century and beyond. We welcome submissions emphasizing multidisciplinary approaches and multi-stakeholder collaborations, storytelling and narrative, empirical quantitative or qualitative research, case studies, and other contributions, particularly those utilizing community-led and community-based approaches to these themes and challenges.

Index Terms
1630 Impacts of global change
4327 Resilience
4345 Community management
6620 Science policy

Suggested Itineraries:
Inclusive and Indigenous Science
Science Communications
Community and People-Powered Science
Open Science and Open Data
Environmental Justice

Neighborhoods:
1. Science Nexus

Cross-Listed:
GC - Global Environmental Change