Environmental Justice Encuentro
Title: Environmental Justice Encuentro
Location: Crowne Plaza Houston – Downtown, 1700 Smith
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Description: A special notice for Texas Drought Project supporters: plan now to attend the Environmental Justice Encuentro at Texas Southern University in Houston, Texas, May 17 through 19th. Brought to you by TEJAS, the Air Alliance of Houston, and the University of Texas Medical Branch, among other groups, this conference features workshops with several notable activists and researchers.
List of presenters includes:
- Robert Bullard, PhD, Dean of Mickey Leland – Barbara Jordan School of Public Affairs, TSU.
- Antonia Juhasz, policy analyst, journalist, author of Black Tide: the Devastating Impact of the Gulf Oil
- Dr. Al Armendariz, former Region VI EPA director; currently a leader in Sierra Club’s “Beyond Coal” Campaign.
- Dr. Winifred Hamilton, director of Baylor College of Medicine Environmental Health Service and Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine.
- James Blackburn, Environmental Attorney and poet.
- Larry Soward, currently President of the Board for Air Alliance Houston and a former commissioner for Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
- Riki Ott, Phd, Marine toxicologist, former commercial fisher, author of several books on the legacy of the the Exxon Valdez.
- Juan Parras, environmental advocate for Gulf Coast “fence line†community residents; founder and director of Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services (T.E.J.A.S.) with a panel of leaders from local “health risk disparity†communities.
- TSU Graduate Student Researchers on The Impact of Port Expansion on Community Capacity.
- De’Montra Rainey, Special Agent, U.S. EPA-Criminal Investigation Division, Houston Resident Office
- Bill Stevens, Resident Agent-in-Charge, U.s. EPA-Criminal Investigation Div., Houston Resident Office
Don’t miss this amazing opportunity to hear from these iconic figures in environmental justice and climate activism! Topics include hydraulic fracturing, offshore drilling, emissions, and climate change. For more information and to register, www.ejencuentro.org.
Start Date: 2012-05-17
End Date: 2012-05-19