Discover your authentic voice, align with your core values, and amplify your visibility in meaningful ways. Join renowned explorer and environmental advocate Céline Cousteau, for an interactive professional development experience that will transform how you connect with others and create lasting impact.
Sponsored by the Office of Inclusive Excellence and Belonging and The Women’s Advancement Initiative, we invite you to join us on Wednesday, Oct. 8, in Wilde Auditorium.
This program is open to all UHart students, faculty, staff, and community members.
Consisting of two sessions, the program will give attendees the opportunity to engage in dialogue around interconnectivity and explore this year’s OIEB theme, Voice, Values, and Visibility.
Program Schedule
Mix and Mingle with Light Refreshments 9 a.m.–9:30 a.m.
Special Contributions from Our President & Students 9:30 a.m. – 9:55 a.m.
Speaker: Céline Cousteau 9:55 a.m–10:55 a.m.
V3 Pods (Small Group Discussions) 11 a.m.–noon
Bake Sale with the Women’s Advancement Initiative noon
Céline Cousteau is an environmental activist, documentary filmmaker, author, and internation speaker. She is committed to sharing the message of interconnectivity between humans and the natural world. Cousteau, through her degree in Psychology and Masters in Intercultural Relations, weaves storytelling and experiences to help people connect to self, community, and nature.
Cousteau is the founder of CauseCentric Productions, which allows her to make impactful, cause focused content. Her feature film, Tribes on the Edge, was made at the request of the Indigenous Peoples of the Vale do Javari in the Brazilian Amazon. As a direct result of the film, Cousteau co-founded The Javari Project, a for-purpose organization that implements tangible actions for the Indigenous People of the Javari.
Cousteau’s career has brought her across the globe to the United Nations and the World Economics Forum, to universities and corporations, and to retreats, workshops, and television programs. Her speech, "The Women of my Family- Three generations breaking barriers," speaks on the women-centered stories often not told. In the speech, she discusses her life experiences alongside her mother and grandmother.
We can’t wait to see you there!
Questions? Contact the Office of Inclusive Excellence and Belonging at OIEB@hartford.edu.