[wapadc] AAA Off-Site Environmental Justice Panel at Howard University; Friday, December 1st

WAPA member Trish Clay asked that the two sessions below be noted to listserv members:

Friday, Dec. 1 Roundtable at the AAA meeting site

10:15 AM - 12:00 PM (4-0400) Inter-agency Experiences: Why Environmental Anthropology Matters to Federal Agencies 

Brittany Kiessling – US EPA;

Maryann R. Cairns – Southern Methodist University;

Keely Maxwell – US EPA;

Susan Charnley – USDA Forest Service;

Patricia M. Clay – NOAA'S National Marine Fisheries Services (NMFS);

Brittany Kiessling – US EPA;

Diane Russell – USAID;

Hilary Zarin – Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management;

Ariela T. Zycherman – U.S. Department of Agriculture.

 Also on Friday, following the roundtable, at Howard U:

With Howard University's Department of Sociology and Criminology, Melissa Checker and Nicole Fabricant are co-organizing an off-site AAA event about pressing issues in environmental justice at Howard on Friday, December 1st, 5 pm. The line-up is very exciting, and includes Jaqueline Patterson (NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program), Lois Gibbs (formerly of Love Canal Homeowners Association), and Destiny Watford (2016 Goldman Award winner for ending trash incineration in Baltimore). 

 Details:

Environmental Justice Matters Now More Than Ever
A ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION AT HOWARD UNIVERSITY

Friday, December 1st, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Armour J. Blackburn University Center

Jacqueline Patterson (NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program)

Lois Gibbs (formerly of Love Canal Homeowners' Association and Stephen Lester from Center for Health, Environment and Justice)

Destiny Watford (Free Your Voice-United Workers; 2016 Goldman Award Winner for ending trash incineration in Curtis Bay, South Baltimore)

Hosts: HU Department of Sociology and Criminology in collaboration with the American Anthropological Association (AAA)
Light refreshments will be served.

Please feel free to reach out to Nicole Fabricant nfabricant@towson.ed u or Melissa Checker Melissa.Checker@qc.cun y.edu with any questions.

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