Agenda
Printable Final Agenda (.pdf) and Speaker Bios (.pdf)
Tuesday, August 23, 2011 - Optional Training Day |
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Session 1 |
Session 2 |
Session 3 |
Session 4 |
Session 5 |
Session 6 |
| How to Create and Sustain an Effective Workforce Development Program |
Overview of the Clean Air Act (CAA) |
Citizen Participation in the Title V Air Permitting Process |
Grant Writing |
Advocacy Strategies and Tools for Securing Environmental Justice |
Organizing for Clean & Affordable Water: A Resident's Training about the People's Water Board Coalition and Home Water Audits |
9:00am |
Training Sessions (Break @ 10:15am) |
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12:00noon |
Lunch (on your own) |
1:30pm |
Training Sessions (Break @ 2:45pm) |
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4:30pm |
Optional Training Day Adjourn |
Wednesday, August 24, 2011 - Day 1 |
| 8:00am |
Registration |
| 9:00am |
Welcome and Overview of Conference |
Moderator: Gregory Green (EPA, OAQPS)
Lisa Garcia (EPA, Office of the Administrator)
Chip Hughes (NIEHS)
Donele Wilkins (Greendoor Initiative)
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| 9:45am |
Keynote Speaker |
US Congressman John Conyers Jr. |
| 10:00am |
Progress Reporting on Key Community Issues |
Laura McKelvey (EPA, OAQPS)
Dr. Beverly Wright (Dillard University DSCEJ)
Chip Hughes (NIEHS)
Peggy Shepard (WE ACT for Environmental Justice)
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| 10:30am |
Break |
| 10:50am |
Federal Government Priorities & Accomplishments |
Moderator:Vernice Miller-Travis (Maryland Commission on Environmental Justice and Sustainable Communities) |
| Federal Leaders and Community Respondent Panel |
Janet McCabe (EPA, OAR)
Hilton Kelley (Community In-Power and Development Association)
Cynthia Giles (EPA, OECA)
Richard Moore (Southwest Network for Economics & Environmental Justice, Los Jardines Institute)
Mathy Stanislaus (EPA, OSWER)
Kim Wasserman-Nieto (Little Village Environmental Justice Organization)
Mike Sharpio (EPA, OW)
Michelle Depass (EPA, OITA)
Jolene Catron (Wind River Alliance)
Dr. Aubrey Miller (US Department of Health and Human Services and NIEHS)
Reverend Dr. Horace Strand (Chester Environmental Partnership)
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| 1:00pm |
Lunch (on your own) |
| 2:00pm |
Federal Interagency Working Group on EJ |
Moderators: Lisa Garcia (EPA, Office of the Administrator) and Sherri White (EPA, OEJ)
Participating Agencies: US Department of Commerce, Department of Justice, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Labor and Department of Transportation |
| 5:00pm |
Adjourn |
| 6:00pm |
Detroit Story |
Moderators: Charles and Reverend Sandra Simmons (Founders of the Hush House) |
Thursday, August 25, 2011 - Day 2 |
| 8:00am |
Funding/Resources for Communities |
Moderators: Mustafa Ali (EPA, OEJ) and Marva King (EPA,OAR)
Peggy Mathews (Environmental Support Center)
Kassie Rohrbach (National Wildlife Federation)
Harold Mitchell (SC State Representative and Founder of ReGenesis, Inc.)
Sara Pesek (Environmental Finance Center, University of Syracuse)
Scot Spencer (Annie E. Casey Foundation)
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| 9:15am |
Eco-Cafe/Exhibits |
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| 11:00am |
Working Lunch: A Conversation with Heroes of the Movements for Civil Rights and Environmental Justice |
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| Opening Remarks (Lunch Served) |
Program Moderator: Donele Wilkins (Greendoor Initiative) |
| 11:30am |
Introduction of Guest Speakers: Grace Lee Boggs & Bunyan Bryant |
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| Followed by Public Discussion |
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| 12:00pm |
Q & A from the Audience |
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| 12:25pm |
Closing Remarks |
Vernice Miller-Travis (NEJAC) |
| 12:30pm |
Breakout Sessions I & II |
Track 1:
Community Capacity Building |
Track 2:
Community Approaches to Environmental Assessment and Strategy Development |
Track 3:
Environmental Workforce Development and Job Creation |
Track 4:
Community Tour (sign up required) |
| Session I |
Session I |
Session I |
Session I |
| 2:30pm |
Break |
| 2:45pm |
Session II |
Session II |
Session II |
Session II |
| 4:45pm |
Adjourn |
| 5:30pm |
Poster Session |
Moderator: Sharon Beard (NIEHS) |
| 7:00pm |
Intercollegiate Debate |
Moderator: Ibrahim "Bryan" Goodwin (EPA, OW)
Dr. Cynthia Jackson-Elmoore (Michigan State University)
Debate Moderator: John W. Davis (Debate Solutions)
Debate Coaches: Will Repko (Michigan State University) and Dr. Kelly Young (Wayne State University)
Troi Thomas (Michigan State University)
Evan Hebert (Michigan State University)
Jake Justice (Wayne State University)
Brad Meloche (Wayne State University)
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Friday, August 26, 2011 - Day 3 |
| 8:00am |
Breakout Session III |
Track 1:
Community Capacity Building |
Track 2:
Community Approaches to Environmental Assessment and Strategy Development |
Track 3:
Environmental Workforce Development and Job Creation |
Track 4:
Waking up a Sleeping Giant: Closing the Loopholes to Implementation and Enforcement of Environmental and Civil Rights Laws and Statues |
| Session III |
Session III |
Session III |
Session III |
| 10:00am |
Break |
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| 10:20am |
Tools for Agency Accountability and Community Resolution: Civil Rights, Human Rights, Environmental Benefits Agreements, SEPs and Other Tools |
Moderators: Donele Wilkins (Greendoor Initiative) and Richard Grow (EPA, R9)
Marc Brenman (The City Project of Los Angeles)
Steve Fischbach (Rhode Island Legal Services)
Monique Harden (Advocates for Environmental Human Rights)
Vinson Hellwig (Chief, Air Quality Division, Michigan DNRE)
Rafael DeLeon (EPA, Office of Civil Rights)
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| 11:20am |
Next Steps - Wrap Up - Follow Accountability Plan |
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| Participant Evaluations |
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| Closing Remarks |
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| 12:15pm |
Conference Adjourn |
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