Monday, April 28
McCosh 50
4:30–6:30 p.m.
Welcome/Introduction by Katharine B. Hackett, Associate Director, Princeton Environmental Institute
and Noliwe Rooks, Associate Director, Center for African American Studies
Keynote Speaker: Dorceta Taylor, University of Michigan [Abstract]
Environmental Justice is Not New. Just Ask Harriet Tubman and W.E.B. Du Bois. Using History as a Mechanism to Understand Environmental Justice Activism
Q&A moderated by Kim Smith, Visiting Professor, PEI and CAAS
Tuesday, April 29
Frist Multi-Purpose Room
8:00 a.m.
Welcome/Introduction by Kimberly K. Smith, Visiting Professor, PEI and CAAS
Keynote Speaker: Beverly Wright, Deep South Center for Environmental Justice at Dillard University [Abstract]
Race, Place and the Environment in the Aftermath of Katrina
9:00–10:15 a.m.
PANEL: RECLAIMING THE GROUND/REDRAWING THE MAP—DEFINING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
David Schlosberg, Northern Arizona University [Abstract]
Susan Cutter, University of South Carolina [Abstract]
Moderator: Melissa Harris-Lacewell, Princeton University
10:15–10:45 a.m.
Student Poster Session
10:45 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
PANEL: LITIGATE, AGITATE OR LEGISLATE—ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC POLICY
Luke Cole, Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment [Abstract]
Christopher Foreman, University of Maryland [Abstract]
Moderator: Maria Franco-Spera, New Jersey Dept. of Environmental Justice
12:15–1:30 p.m.
Introduction by Stephen W. Pacala, Director of PEI
Dale Jamieson, New York University [Abstract]
Global Warming and the Ethics of Climate Change
1:45–3:00 p.m.
PANEL: GIVING VOICE TO STRUGGLE—CASE STUDIES FROM THE FIELD
Aquene Freechild, Environmental Health Fund [Abstract]
David Carruthers, San Diego State University [Abstract]
Kanni Wignaraja, Policy Advisor, United Nations Development Programme [Abstract]
Moderator: Kimberly K. Smith, Visiting Professor, PEI and CAAS
3:15–4:30 p.m.
PANEL: SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER—ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND THE NATURAL SCIENCES
Wilma Subra, Subra Company [Abstract]
Giovanna Di Chiro, Mount Holyoke College [Abstract]
Moderator: Kristina M. Graff, Princeton University
4:30–5:00 p.m.
Closing remarks by Stephen W. Pacala, Director of PEI