BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN NAME:Alexandria Library X-WR-CALNAME:Alexandria Library BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3ee86b68-a26a-44e1-9f06-fce0af39e4ba SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260721T165651Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260413T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260413T200000 SUMMARY:Unregulated AI Use LOCATION:Virtual\nVirtual X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Virtual;X-APPLE-RADIUS=10; X-TITLE=Virtual:geo:38.8122835,-77.1171899 GEO:38.8122835;-77.1171899 DESCRIPTION:Dr. Finley-Brook will walk us through the harm of unregulated AI use and explain policies experts are working on to reign it in..\nhttps ://alexandria.libnet.info/event/15739528 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Drawing on the research conducted for the textbook\, Climate Crisis\, Energy Violence: Mapping Fossil Energy's E nduring Grasp on our Precarious Future\, Dr. Finley-Brook will walk u s through the ways unregulated AI use and data center growth has and could impact data literacy\, academic freedom\, climate action and more. Dr. Fi nley-Brook will also explain protections concerned leaders are proposing t o address this growing issue. \; \;

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Please register to att end this virtual event. Contact mzimmerman@alexlibraryva.org \;for more information. \;

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Mary Finley-Brook is a Professor of Geography and Global Studies at the University of Richmond\, where she has taught since 2006. Finley-Brook has decades of experience conducting participatory action research and co llaborates regularly with community-based organizations and frontline popu lations to advance climate justice in energy sector transformation. Her in terests include environmental policy\, climate justice\, public health\, e nergy transition\, affordable access to renewable energy technologies\, an d equity in environmental\, climate and energy governance. She has served on review panels for the Environmental Protection Agency\, Department of E nergy and the National Science Foundation. Finely-Brook is co-author of th e textbook Climate Crisis\, Energy Violence with Academic Press ( 2024). Her research has been published in International Journal of Env ironmental Research and Public Health\, Annals of the Association of American Geographers\, Energy Research and Social Science\, Geopolitics\, International Forestry Review\, Wa ter Alternatives and William and Mary Environmental Law and Polic y Review. Finley-Brook recommended the creation of the Virginia Gover nor's Advisory Council on Environmental Justice to the Northam Administrat ion and was a founding member. She conducted participatory research with t he Virginia Environmental Justice Collaborative (2015-2023). Current colla borations with community partners include green workforce training with Bridging the Gap in Virginia and energy justice initiatives in Puerto Rico with Comité\; Diá\;logo Ambiental. \;

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