We are bringing together many
organizations to create the best conference possible. Some of the organizations
we've been working with to make this happen include: The Ohio Valley Environmental
Coalition OVEC,
PCUN, EJAG,
CCEJ,
some of our professors here at the University of Oregon,
NCAP, and many many other organizations.
Tentatively we have a schedule
below to which more information will be added.
TENTATIVE ITINERARY FOR CAER'S
7TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Friday, 26 January 2001
EMU Ballroom
6:00- CAER Director Intro-Glen Banfield
6:30- Robin Morris- Collin
7:00- Kalapuia StoryTelling Esther Stutzman
7:30 Winona LaDuke
9:00-Benefit Concert for the Dine'h and CAER - Agate Hall
Saturday, 27 January 2001
9:00 Opening Remarks with Bob Collin ( Influence of E.J) 175 Knight Law
--Panel Session I
10:00 to 11:30 am
a)Environmental Justice in the Philippines-175 Knight Law
b)Religious Perspectives on Global Warming and Environmental Justice-184
Knight Law
c)Workshop-Eric Nicholson-- 243 Knight Law
d) Movie: This is What Democracy Looks Like - 142 Knight Law
11:45 am -1:00 pm Lunch
--Panel Session II
1:15-2:45 pm
a) Sovereignty and Native American Treaties - 175 Knight Law
b)United Farmworkers/PCUN - 175 Knight Law
c)Risk Assessment and the Bush Administration - 184 Knight Law
d)workshop-Juan MendozaÑ243Knight Law
e)First Annual Symposium on Sustainable Development and Economic
Justice via video-panelists present to answer questions(Matt Dalbey,
BobCollin)
--142 Knight Law
--Panel Session III
3:00-4:45 pm
a)Women Culture and Environmental Degradation-243 Knight Law
b)International Environmental Justice-184 Knight Law
c)Sustainable Agriculture in African-American and Mainstream Cultures-175
Knight Law
d)Workshop-Yalonda Sinde-243Knight Law
e)Movie: Color of Fear--14 2 Knight Law
--Panel Session IV
5:00-6:45
a)Native American Justice and Energy Development-175 Knight Law
b)Generation of the Seventh Seed-MaÍat Youth Academy-184
Knight Law
c)Women of Color Health and the Environment-243 Knight Law
d)Workshop-Deb AbrahamsonÑ243Knight Law
e) Movies: Voices from the North, The Water in Our Backyard (Spanish
version),
Drum Beat for Mother EarthÑ142 Knight Law
7:00 Keynote Speaker-Dr. Robert BullardÑ150 Columbia
9:00 Benefit Concert for Midway Village and CAER-Agate Hall
Sunday, 28th January 2001
8:30 am-10:15 Breakfast With Dr. Robert Bullard-Gerlinger Lounge
8:30-10:15- Guided Meditation
--Panel Session I
10:30-12:00
a)Monkey Mind, Personal Responsibility and Nonviolence in the Context
of Social Change-243 Knight Law
b)Title Six And the Bush Administration-184 Knight Law
c)Can Environmentalist and Environmental Justice Activist Find Common
Ground?
-141 Knight Law
d)Colombian and the War Against Drugs :A Bush Legacy-175
e)How to Work with the UN on Environmental Justice Issues-243Knight
Law
f) Movie: Daughters of the Dust 142 Knight Law
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:15 Ü2:30 Keynote Speaker Luke ColeÑ150 Columbia
--Panel Session II
2:45-4:15 pm
a)Urban Community Activism in Environmental Justice 175 Knight Law
b) Indigenous POPS Treaty 184 Knight Law
c) Children's Health and Environmental Justice 184 Knight Law
d)A Yoruba Tradition Transliterated:
Local Council Members Listen to EJ concerns as expressed by
local EJ community 243 Knight Law
e)Movies: Clean Rivers, The Water in our Backyard (English version),
What's in Our Air, River of Broken Promises-142 Knight Law
--Panel Session III
4:30-5:30 pm
a) Strategy Session and Networking
(Council Members can Talk if they participate in this
session)-Fir Room
Closing Remarks
6:00 pm
Professors Robin and Bob Collin, co-creators of U of O's Coalition
Against Environmental Racism-150 Columbia