Liam's Legacy Symposium: Data-driven Research for Environmental Justice: How Universities Can Help Move Vulnerable Communities from Surviving to Thriving

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Event Details
  • Date/Time:
    • Tuesday September 27, 2016 - Wednesday September 28, 2016
      4:30 pm - 5:59 pm
  • Location: Clary Theater (Student Success Center)
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Summaries

Summary Sentence: The 6th annual Liam's Legacy Symposium features guest speakers ranging from environmental sociologists to members of the EPA.

Full Summary: The 6th annual Liam's Legacy Symposium features guest speakers Dr. Paul Mohai, environmental sociologist and founder of the Environmental Justice Program at the University of Michigan and member of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) National Environmental Justice Advisory Council (NEJAC), Mustafa Ali, senior advisor to EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, and Samantha Shattuck, member of the newly formed NEJAC Youth Perspectives on Climate Justice Workshop.

The 6th annual Liam's Legacy Symposium features guest speakers Dr. Paul Mohai, environmental sociologist and founder of the Environmental Justice Program at the University of Michigan and member of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) National Environmental Justice Advisory Council (NEJAC), Mustafa Ali, senior advisor to EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, and Samantha Shattuck, member of the newly formed NEJAC Youth Perspectives on Climate Justice Workshop.

Come learn about environmental justice from its inception in the 1990s to today, including:

  • how EJ scholars research and measure disparities
  • how methods have changed over the years, particularly with the emergence of GIS
  • how scholarship and activism have influenced policy and led to social change
  • the particular ways in which universities - including faculty, staff, and students - can contribute to the Environmental Justice Movement moving forward

More events for the Environmental Justice Series sponsored by SLS can be found on the SLS Site.

Additional Information

In Campus Calendar
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Serve-Learn-Sustain

Invited Audience
Undergraduate students, Faculty/Staff, Public, Graduate students
Categories
Conference/Symposium
Keywords
ej series, environmental justice series, serve-learn-sustain, SLS
Status
  • Created By: Yonatan Weinberg
  • Workflow Status: Draft
  • Created On: Sep 12, 2016 - 3:15pm
  • Last Updated: Apr 13, 2017 - 5:14pm