Toxicity and Its Afterlives is a day-long symposium that brings together current academic research, activist and artist work about toxicity and its affects on human and nonhuman ecologies and environments. The event will feature keynote speaker, Lindsey Dillon,  a panel of UC Berkeley undergraduate researchers, a panel of graduate students and postdocs from across the UC system, a seminar where participants will be able to workshop and share current research about toxicity, and a closing performance featuring local artists who work at the intersections of toxicity, race, sex/uality and gender. The symposium intends to bring together multiple disciplines ranging from Microcellular Biology to Theater, Dance and Performance Studies in conversations about the effects of toxic contamination from a range of methodologies.