To help explore and understand the uncertain future the coronavirus pandemic has created, the Aquarium of the Pacific is inviting the public to take part in its series of live virtual courses beginning Tuesday, Nov. 10. The series, titled “COVID-19 Exposed: The Lessons We Need to Learn,” will feature leading experts with participants able to ask questions.
Experts will examine the pandemic’s impacts throughout the five-session course, focusing on aspects including the U.S. and worldwide public health response, the economy, education, environment, businesses, museums, zoos, and aquariums.
“The COVID-19 pandemic has many people thinking about the implications for our relationship with nature and wildlife, public health policy, economics, education, and the environment,” a Monday, Oct. 19 press release said. “The pandemic has impacted everyone and all industries and institutions. It has also highlighted inequities throughout society and will lead to lasting changes in the ways we work, how cities function, and other possible futures.”
It will also address the intersections of healthcare and social inequities and what our future might look like in 2021 and beyond.
Experts who have been invited to speak include: John Keisler, director of economic development for the City of Long Beach; Celeste DeWald, executive director of the California Association of Museums; Kelly Colopy, director of the City of Long Beach Health and Human Services Department; Dan Ives, managing director of equity research at Wedbush Securities; Holly Buck, postdoctoral research fellow at UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability; Dr. Anissa Davis, health officer for the City of Long Beach; Nicole Meek, director of operations at the Aquarium of the Pacific; and Peter Kareiva, president and CEO at the Aquarium of the Pacific.
The series of courses will be free but participants must register online to attend.
If you go:
What: Aquarium of the Pacific’s COVID-19 Exposed: The Lessons We Need to Learn
When: Five courses held from 5:30 pm–7 pm, Tuesday, Nov. 10 – Dec. 9.
More info: To register for one of the courses, visit aquariumofpacific.org.
