Coalition Against Environmental Racism
CAER 2001 Conference Schedule
JANUARY 26th through 28th

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-MaÕat 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 Ð2:30 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




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