SCUSD Equity Officers | San Joaquin Valley Climate Change | B Street Theatre Co-Founder Retires

Summary: <p>Sacramento City Unified School District appoints a new Equity Officer. How climate change will impact agriculture and disadvantaged communities in the San Joaquin Valley. Co-founder of the B Street Theatre retires.</p> <p><strong>Today's Guests</strong></p> <ul> <li>CapRadio Race and Equity Reporter <strong><a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="/about/bios/sarah-mizes-tan/" target="_blank">Sarah Mizes-Tan</a></strong> discusses the Sacramento City Unified School District’s appointment of a new Equity Officer to address incidents of racism in the district last year. Sarah explores what this new officer will do, how the district hopes their presence can improve race relations at school, and what other examples of this are happening elsewhere in the country.</li> <li> <strong><a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ucmerced.edu/content/joshua-viers" target="_blank">Dr. Joshua Viers</a></strong>, Professor of Water Resources Management at UC Merced and Director of the <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://citris-uc.org/" target="_blank">Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society</a>, outlines the key findings of a <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.energy.ca.gov/sites/default/files/2022-01/CA4_CCA_SJ_Region_Eng_ada.pdf" target="_blank">UC Merced study</a> on how climate change will likely impact agriculture and disadvantaged communities in the San Joaquin Valley. </li> <li> <strong>Buck Busfield</strong>, Producing Artistic Director and co-founder of <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://bstreettheatre.org/" target="_blank">B Street Theatre</a> at the Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts, talks about his upcoming retirement after 36 years.</li> </ul>