[SustainableTompkins] Lecture On Struggle For Environmental Justice Saturday

[senecajean at aol.com]

Somehow I missed seeing this posting on the Human Services coalition listserv until today.....surprised I haven't seem it somewhere else unless I missed that also.  

Jeanne




Tompkins County Public Library Media Release

 

Date:  April 4, 2008

 

Contact:  Carrie Wheeler at (607) 272-4557 extension 248

 

Library To Host Lecture On Struggle For Environmental Justice

 

Saturday, April 12, 2008     1:00-2:30 PM

 

Borg Warner Community Meeting Room

 

ITHACA—Why do the poor and people of color disproportionately face environmental harm?  This question will be examined Saturday, April 12, 2008 at 1:00 PM as the Tompkins County Public Library presents:  The Struggle for Environmental Justice:  Cases from NYC and Beyond, a lecture by Sherrie Baver.

 

Baver, a professor of Political Science and Latin American Studies at City College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, will discuss the impact of race and class on environmental challenges and examine the history of the Environmental Justice Movement, including the special contributions of women and the Latino community.

 

This lecture is free, and it is open to the public. It will take place in the Library’s Borg Warner Community Meeting Room.