2009 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:36:48 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Environmental Justice Events at Brownfields 2009
 
Environmental Justice Events at Brownfields 2009

CPEO has listed below Educational Sessions of particular interest to environmental justice and other activists. We are by no means suggesting that these are the only sessions of value to activists, or that these sessions are targeted only to activists.

All rooms, unless otherwise noted, are at the Ernest K. Morial Convention Center

Sunday, November 15

6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Environmental Justice/Community Caucus (Rooms 343/344, 333, 334, 336, 337)

Monday, November 16

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM Bootstrap Brownfields: Development in Disadvantaged Low-Income Communities (Room R2)

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM Avoiding Environmental Hazards in the School Siting Process (Room R9)

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM Environmental Justice and Brownfields Redevelopment: Is a New Era Dawning? (Room 339)

3:15 PM - 4:30 PM Sustainability, Equity, & Environmental Justice – Socially Responsible Redevelopment (Room 352)

9:00 PM - 11:00 PM Informal EJ/Community Caucus gathering: Riverside Hilton Trafalgar and Norwich rooms

Tuesday, November 17

10:15 AM - 12:15 PM Green Job Training in the Bayou: NIEHS Job Training Programs at Work Mobile Workshop. To sign up in advance (required), go to http://www.brownfieldsconference.org//en/MobileWorkshops.aspx
(Bus Hall D2 Drive)

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM Community Benefit Agreements - Encourage Equitable Redevelopment (Room 352)

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM Reimaging A City with Urban Agriculture & Art (Room 355)

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM Community-driven Initiatives for Sustainable Housing in New Orleans (Room R9)

Noon - 1:15 PM Invitational Environmental Justice Luncheon (Room 221/222)
Seating is limited so RSVP ASAP to Felicia Sanders at felicia@sustainablecommunitydevelopmentgroup.org

1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Alma Mater forever: Long-Term Management at School Sites (Room 333)

1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Building Communities One Green Job at a Time (Room R9)

2:30 PM - 3:45 PM Community Health, Justice and Sustainability: Brownfields Redevelopment's Promise (Room 333)

4:00 PM - 5:15 PM Voluntary (Brownfield) vs. Compliance-Based (Superfund, RCRA, etc.) Cleanup (Room R1)

4:00 PM - 5:15 PM Brownfields Urban Gardens: Growing Food, Jobs and Communities (Room 337)

6:15 PM EPA Region 6 Environmental Justice Listening Session (Room 342). To sign up in advance contact
Charlotte Runnels runnels.charlotte@epa.gov (214) 665-6442
or Shirley Augurson augurson.shirley@epa.gov (214) 665-7401

9:00 PM - 11:00 PM Informal EJ/Community Caucus gathering: Riverside Hilton Trafalgar and Norwich rooms

Wednesday, November 18

9:15 AM - 10:30 AM Brownfields Revitalization and Green Jobs (Rooms R3/R4/R5)

9:15 AM - 10:30 AM EJ & The New Economy (Room 345)

9:15 AM - 11:30 AM Film Series: Double-Header - Nourishing the Kids of Katrina: The Edible Schoolyard & Katrina 2005: Mississippi Gulf Coast (Rooms 356-357)

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM Site Reuse in EJ Communities (Room 335)

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM Plan-it for Our Planet: Exploring the Possibilities of Green Jobs (Room 335)

2:45 PM - 4:00 PM The New Victory Garden Brownfields and Community Gardening (Room 336)

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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