Opening Keynote Address, 7pm
University of Oregon, School of Law (Room 129)
Keynote Speakers are:
    Lois Gibbs - Center for Health, Environment and Justice (CHEJ)
     Robert Bullard - Environmental Justice Resource Center (EJRC)

(Book Signing afterward)

Morning Opening Address, 9:30am
University of Oregon, School of Law (Room 129)
Speaker:
    Robert Collin - Professor, University of Oregon

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 - Struggle of indigenous peoples in the Pacific Rim.  Anti-Nuclear Advocate.
* Kevin Chang - Hawaiian Sovereignty.

Gardenburger Boycott  (Room 125)
* Eric Nicholson & Antonio Torres - Woodburn, OR. PCUN
* Amy Casso - MEChA Student University of Oregon.
* Mike Eyster (Invited) - Director of UO Food & Housing

Urban Environmental Justice (Room 221)
* Eraina Dunn - Illinois
* Yolanda Sinde - Community Coalition for Enviornmental Justice (CCEJ) - Seattle, WA.
* Karleen Lloyd - San Francisco, CA
* Kevia Jeffrey - Environmental Justice Action Group (EJAG). Portland, OR.

Workshop I:  Community Organizing (Room 121)
     Co-leaders:  Lois Gibbs (CHEJ) & Kristine Wong (CCEJ)
 
 

Speakers: Lang Marsh - Department of Environmental Quality  (DEQ)
 

Panel Session II: 1:30 - 3:15 pm

Cross-Border Issues (Room 129)
* Arnoldo Garcia - San Francisco, CA.  Urban Habitat Program
* Jose Bravo - San Diego, CA.
* Carla Garcia-Zendehas - YEUANI, Tijuana, B.C. Mexico
* Gary Gillespe - Committee In Solidarity with Central American Peoples (CISCAP) member

Environmental Protection Agency (Room 125)
* Running Grass - Environmental Justice Division EPA, San Francisco
* Monica Kirk - Head of Region 10 EPA, Portland, OR
* Robert Collin - Governor's Environmental Justice Advisory Board (GEJAB)

Local/ North American Native Environmental Justice Issues (Room 221)
*  Mala Spotted Eagle - Nevada.  Western Shoshone.
*  Susan Masten - Yurok Tribe, Northern California.
*  Carol Logan - Eugene, OR
*  Tom Paya'n - Indigenous Support Coalition of Oregon, Big Mountain/Black Mesa

Workshop III:   "Isms" and Environmental Racism (Room 121)
     Leader:  Kesho Scott
 

Panel Session III:3:30 - 5:15pm

History of Racism in the Environmental Movement  (Room 129)
*  Jose Bravo - San Diego.
*  M. Douglas Scott - International Human Rights Law Group.  Washington D.C.
*  Robin Morris Collin - Professor.  University of Oregon, Law School.

Farm workers/ Immigration Issues  (Room 125)
* Bernardino - El Bracero
* John Brier - CAUSA Representative
* Julie Fox - Sociology Instructor, University of Oregon.

Cancer Alley, Louisiana  (Room 221)
*  Peggy Grandpre - President.  Concerned Citizens of Agriculture Street Landfill Superfund Cite.
*  Dr. Beverly Wright  - Deep South Center for Environmental Justice.
*  Emelda J. West - Community Activist.  Convent, L.A.
*  Wilma Subra - Technical Assistance - Louisiana Environmental Action Network

Workshop II: White Privilege (Room 121)
     Leader:  Monica Kirk
 
 

Saturday Night Keynote Address: 7pm  (Room 129)
       Dr. Owens Wiwa - Movement for the Survival of Ogoni Peoples (MOSOP) Canada.

Saturday Night Performance Artist Presentation:  8:30 pm  (Room 129)
        Robert Owens

Morning Opening Address, 9:30am
University of Oregon, School of Law (Room 129)
Speaker:
    Mala Spotted Eagle - Western Shoshone.

Panel Session IV:  10:00 - 11:45 am

Title VI  (Room 129)
* Susana Almanza - PODER.
* Zulene Mayfield - Chester Residents Concerned for Quality Living.  Chester, PA
* Luke Cole - California Rural Legal Association
* Monica Kirk - Environmental Protection Agency

Women and Environmental Justice  (Room 125)
* Eraina Dunn - Illinois
* Susan Masten - Yurok Tribe, Northern California
* Robin Morris Collin - Professor.  University of Oregon, Law School.
* Lynn Stephen - Professor, University of Oregon.

Labor and Environmental Justice
*  Trim Bissell - Campaign for Labor Rights
*  Erik Nicholson - PCUN
*  Antonio Torres - PCUN
*  Jeri Sundvall - Workers Organizing Committee (WOC). Portland, OR.

Workshop IV:  Networking and Coalition Building
  Leader: Dr. Beverly Wright - Deep South Center for Environmental Justice.
 

Lunch Break:  12:00 - 1:30pm

Caucus Sessions:  1:30 - 2:45pm  Room TBA
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 (CCEJ)