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Symposium: “Environmental Justice: Race, Poverty, and the Environment”
March 23, 2021 @ 1:00 pm - March 24, 2021 @ 4:00 pm PDT
The 2021 Environmental Justice Symposium: “Environmental Justice: Race, Poverty, and the Environment” is a free event presented by the Washington State Attorney General’s Office, Gonzaga University School of Law and the Environmental Studies Department.
It will be held from 1 to 4 pm on March 23 and March 24, 2021.
Learn more and register at: https://www.gonzaga.edu/news-events/events/2021/3/23/environmental-justice-symposium
The proposed schedule is:
March 23, 2021 (Day 1) | 1-4 PM
1:00 PM Opening Prayer: Spokane Tribe
1:05 PM Introductory Remarks & Welcome with Attorney General Bob Ferguson
1:30 PM Panel : “Air” moderated by Linn Gould, Executive Director, Just Health Action
- Paulina López, Exec. Director, Duwamish River CleanUp Coalition
- Todd Mitchell, Environmental Director, Swinomish Department of Environmental Protection
- Tania Park, Equity & Community Engagement Manager, Puget Sound Clean Air Agency
- Edmund Seto, Assoc. Professor, UW Dept. of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences
2:45 PM Panel : “Water” moderated by Rick Eichstaedt, J.D., Board Member, Washington Growth Management Hearings Board
- Dan Rey-Bear, Attorney
- Clarita Lefthand-Begay, Ph.D., Director, Tribal Water Security Project
- Ted Knight, Attorney
- Amelia Marchand, Program Director, Colville Confederated Tribes Environmental Trust Dept.
3:45 PM Keynote Address: Jacqueline Patterson, Environmental and Climate Justice Program Director, NAACP
March 24, 2021 (Day 2) | 1-4 PM
1:00 PM Panel: “Land/Built Environment” moderated by Mariel Thuraisingham,Clean Energy Policy Lead, Front and Centered
- Lylianna Allala, Climate Justice Director, City of Seattle
- Ubaldo Hernandez, Senior Organizer, Columbia Riverkeeper
- Ivy Jaguzny, Youth Organizer
- David Mendoza, Director of Advocacy & Engagement, The Nature Conservancy
- Jeremy Takala, Councilmember, Yakama Nation
2:05 PM Keynote: Fawn Sharp, President of the Quinault Indian Nation & President of the National Congress of American Indians
2:45 PM Panel: “Racism & Inclusion” moderated by Steve Hamai, Senior Racial Equity Advisor, Seattle Public Utilities
- Susan Balbas, Executive Director, Naahill’ahee Fund
- Olgy Diaz, Government Affairs Director, Forterra
- Aurora Janke, Assistant Attorney General, AGO – Environmental Protection Division
- Katelyn Kinn, Staff Attorney, Puget Soundkeeper Alliance
3:45 PM Closing Remarks by Dean Jacob H. Rooksby, J.D., Ph.D.,Gonzaga University School of Law
3:55 PM Closing Prayer: Spokane Tribe