Welcome to the 2024 Planet Forward Summit! We begin with a Land Acknowledgement by Katrina Nicole Green of the Indigenous Youth Climate Resiliency Through Public Policy Program. Following that, introductions from Planet Forward Founding Director Frank Sesno and Dr. Imani M. Cheers, Associate Professor of the GW School of Media and Public Affairs. Also, Ellen M. Granberg, President of George Washington University, shares a few words.