And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >X-Authentication-Warning: garcia.efn.org: isco owned process doing -bs >Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 14:44:32 -0800 (PST) >From: Indigenous Support Coalition of Oregon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Indigenous Support Coalition of Oregon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: 5th Annual Environmental Justice Conference. Eugene, Oregon (fwd) > >Please forgive me if you have already seen this. Beth, ISCO > >Forwarded Message- >Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 18:40:06 -0800 (PST) >From: Coalition Against Environmental Racisim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >/snip/ >Subject: 5th Annual Environmental Justice Conference. Eugene, Oregon (fwd) > >Please forward to all groups!!! > >******************************************************************** > Announcing the 5th Annual Grassroots Environmental Justice > Conference > > "We Speak for Ourselves!: > A Call for Change" > > January 22-24th, 1999 > University of Oregon, Law School > > Sponsored by the > Coalition Against Environmental Racism (CAER) > (541)346-4207 or (541)346-4356 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~caer/home.html >********************************************************************* >GOAL STATEMENT: > Environmental Racism refers to the disproportionate impact of >environmental hazards including pollution, resource depletion and >waste disposal on people of color. Rising from the grass-roots, the >environmental justice movement has responded by defending minority, >low-income, and politically powerless communities against this unequal >distribution of risks and burdens. The Coalition Against >Environmental Racism is, by its name, necessarily a coalition of diverse >student and community groups. CAER is a student group >dedicated to providing a forum for education and organization to promote >environmental justice. We believe that neither social inequities, nor >environmental problems will be solved unless we begin to understand them >as fundamentally linked. > CAER brings together students from the Survival Center, >Multicultural Center, ethnic student unions, the Law School, and the >community -- organizations which have not all traditionally worked >together. The goal is to educate people at the University and in the >community at large about the connections between environmental problems >and social inequities and to help community groups in their struggles >for environmental justice. > The primary vehicle towards this goal is the annual >environmental justice conference which is held on the University of >Oregon campus. The conference is an opportunity for students, >professors, activists and anyone else to learn about environmental >justice and form new coalitions and networks. The conference is FREE >AND OPEN to the public in order to allow as many people to come as >possible. >******************************************************************** > 5th Annual Grassroots Environmental Justice Conference > > We Speak For Ourselves! > A Call for Change > > January 22-24, 1999 > University of Oregon, Law School > > >Conference Schedule of Events: > >5th Annual Grassroots Environmental Justice Conference >Opening Address > January 22, 1999 (Friday): > >Governors Environmental Justice Advisory Board Hearing (Room 221) TBA > >Opening Keynote Address, 7pm >University of Oregon, School of Law (Room 129) >Keynote Speakers are: > Lois Gibbs - Center for Health, Environment and Justice (CHEJ) > Double Keynote (possible - TBA) > >(Post Keynote presentations, Lois Gibbs will be doing a book signing of >her newest book about the Love Canal - The Story Continues.) > >January 23, 1999 (Saturday): > >Morning Opening Address, 9:30am >University of Oregon, School of Law (Room 129) >Speaker: > Robert Collin - Professor, University of Oregon > >Saturday Panel Sessions Begin: > >Panel Session I: 10:00 - 11:45am > >International Indigenous Sovereignty (Room 129) >* Dr. Owens Wiwa - Nigeria, the exploitation of Ogoni people and land > >by Shell Oil. >* Soaring Eagle - Nicaragua and Mexico, struggle for indigenous > peoples and their land. >* Niwa - Taiwan, struggles of indigenous Taiwanese against toxic > dumping on their people and their lands. >* Richard Salvador - Palau, struggle of Indigenous Peoples. >* David Keanu Sai - Hawaiian Sovereignty > >Urban Environmental Justice >* Eraina Dunn - Illinois >* Yolanda Sinde - Community Coalition for Enviornmental Justice (CCEJ) > >- Seattle, WA. >* Karleen Lloyd - San Francisco, CA >* Kevia Jeffreys - Environmental Justice Action Group (EJAG). > >Portland, OR. > >Local/ North American Native Environmental Justice Issues >* Corbin Harney - Nevada. Western Shoshone Spiritual Leader. >* Big Mountain rep (invited) >* Antone Minthorne (invited) >* > >Workshop I: Community Organizing > Co-leaders: Lois Gibbs (CHEJ) & Kristina Wong (CCEJ) > > > > Lunch Break/ Lunch Speaker: 12:00 - 1:30 pm > >Speakers: Carol Browner (Head of the EPA) - invited > >Panel Session II: 1:30 - 3:15 pm > >Environmental Protection Agency >* Running Grass - Environmental Justice Division EPA, San Francisco >* Monica Kirk - Head of Region 10 EPA, Portland, OR >* Joyce Kelley - Environmental Justice Division EPA, Portland, OR >* Carol Browner (Invited) - Head of the National EPA, Washington D.C. > >Cross-Border Issues >* Arnoldo Garcia - San Francisco, CA. Urban Habitat Program >* Jose Bravo - San Diego, CA. >* Carla Garcia-Zendehas - YEUANI, Tijuana, B.C. Mexico >* - Eugene, OR. Committee In Solidarity with Central American > >Peoples(CISAP) > >Gardenburger Boycott >* Eric Nicholson - Woodburn, OR. PCUN >* Mike Eyster (Invited) - Director of UO Food & Housing >* Lyle Hubbard (Invited) - CEO NORPAC >* President Frohnmeyer (Invited)- Univesity of Oregon President > >Workshop II 'Isms' and Environmental Racism > Leader: Kesho Scott > > >Panel Session III:3:30 - 5:15pm > >History of Racism in the Environmental Movement >* >* Jose Bravo >* M. Douglas Scott - International Human Rights Law Group >* Bradley Angel- Green Action. San Francisco, CA > >Cancer Alley, Louisiana >* Peggy GranPre (invited) >* Mrs. Emelda J. West - Shintec >* Florence Robinson (invited) - >* > >Farm workers/ Immigration Issues >* El Bracero >* CAUSA >* UFW >* > >Workshop II: White Privelage > Leader: Monica Kirk > > > > Dinner Break: 5:30 - 7pm >Evening Events: > >Saturday Night Keynote Address: 7pm (Room 129) >Dr. Owens Wiwa > >Saturday Night Performance Artist Presentation: 9 pm (Room 129) >Robert Owen (Invited) > > > > > January 24, 1999 (Sunday): > >Morning Opening Address, 9:30am >University of Oregon, School of Law (Room 129) >Speaker: > Corbin Harney, Western Shoshone Spiritual Leader > > Sunday Panel Sessions Begin: > >Panel Session IV: 10:00 - 11:45 am > >Women and Environmental Justice >* Eraina Dunn >* Susan Masten (Invited) >* Lynn Stephen - Professor, University of Oregon >* > >Labor and Environmental Justice >* >* Miguel Contreras (Invited)- >* Erik Nicholson - PCUN >* Jerry Senfeld - Workers Organizing Committee > >Title VI >* Susana Almanza - Austin, TX >* Zulene Mayfield - Chester, PA >* Luke Cole - California Rural Legal Association >* Joyce Kelley - Environmental Protection Agency > >Workshop IV: Networking and Coalition Building > Leader: > >Lunch Break: 12:00 - 1:30pm > >Caucus Sessions: 1:30 - 2:45pm > African American > Asian American > Chicano/Latina > Native American > Bi/Multi-racial > Caucasian > >Northwest Regional Environmental Justice Strategy Session/ Closing >Address: 3:00 - 5:30 pm >Facilitated by: Yolanda Sinde & Joyce Kelley >******************************************************************** >Please note that this is not the finalized schedule and that we will be >updating our web page constantly. (After the new year) we will the web >site will have the most current information about the conference >schedule of events. > >For more info about the Conference, please contact CAER co-coordinators >Missy Rock or Gabby Siegel @ (541)346-4356/346-4207 or >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >**************************************************************************** >Missy Rock >Co-Coordinator, Coalition Against Environmental Racism (CAER) >Program Organizer, Multicultural Center (MCC) >(541)346-4356 (CAER Office) >(541)346-4072 (MCC Office) >(541)683-8374 (h) >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >**************************************************************************** > <<<<=-=-=FREE LEONARD PELTIER=-=-=>>>> If you think you are too small to make a difference; try sleeping in a closed room with a mosquito.... African Proverb <<<<=-=http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ =-=>>>> IF it says: "PASS THIS TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW...." Please Check it before you send it at: http://urbanlegends.miningco.com/library/blhoax.htm
