50363 2015 nejc conference - informational poster
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• Youth Farmers Leadership Program• PLT GreenSchools! Green Ambassadors - Transforming Houston’s Urban Food Deserts into Sustainable Food Forests-- in Partnership with USDA Forest Service - Latino Legacy• Youth at the Center: How the Earth Force Process and Youth Voice Promote Environmental Justice• Indigenous Perspectives Empowered: Forest Service Tools for Tribal Engagement• Expanding the Environmental Justice Movement By Leveraging Tools Such As Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and Other Social Media Platforms• Up to Us: Turning Environmental Consciousness Into Action Through Local Support Networks Across the Globe• A Place at the Table - The Indigenous Voice on Climate Change• Building Climate Change Resiliency in Local Communities
• Dr. Ernest Moniz, Secretary, US Department of Energy (invited)• Dr. Jalonne L. White-Newsome, Environmental Justice Federal Policy Analyst, WE ACT for Environmental Justice• Donna Christensen, M.D., Former Congresswoman (Democrat, US Virgin Islands)• Gina McCarthy, Administrator, US Environmental Protection Agency (invited)
• Leveraging the National Environmental Policy Act for EJ Advancement;• Using Documentary Film and Multimedia Art to Strengthen Efforts for Environmental Justice;• Rural Development: Access to Justice and Access to Opportunities;• Grant Writing and Technical Assistance;• And Engaging Non-Traditional Partners with Woodsy Owl’s Conservative Ethics: A Head Start Success Story
• Howard University School of Law o (March 11, 5:00pm-9:00pm)
• Washington Marriott at Metro Center o (March 11, 8:30am – 4:00pm) o (March 12, 8:00am – 6:00pm) o (March 13, 8:00am – 4:45pm)
Sessions Include:
Conference Speakers
Training Programs
Venues
• Youth Farmers Leadership Program• PLT GreenSchools! Green Ambassadors - Transforming • Youth Farmers Leadership Program• PLT GreenSchools! Green Ambassadors - Transforming • Youth Farmers Leadership Program
Houston’s Urban Food Deserts into Sustainable Food • PLT GreenSchools! Green Ambassadors - Transforming Houston’s Urban Food Deserts into Sustainable Food • PLT GreenSchools! Green Ambassadors - Transforming
Forests-- in Partnership with USDA Forest Service - Latino Legacy• Youth at the Center: How the Earth Force Process and Youth Voice Forests-- in Partnership with USDA Forest Service - Latino Legacy• Youth at the Center: How the Earth Force Process and Youth Voice Forests-- in Partnership with USDA Forest Service - Latino Legacy
Promote Environmental Justice• Indigenous Perspectives Empowered: Forest Service Tools for
Sessions Include:
March 11-13, 2015