Fundamentals of Environmental Justice Workshop
For schedule information, contact Running-Grass, Region 10 Environmental Justice Program Coordinator, at grass.running@epa.gov or 206-553-2899.
Workshop Description: The Fundamentals of Environmental Justice one-day workshop is a highly interactive, thought provoking and "learner-centered" experience. Based on principles of community education, this workshop is the one day "compressed" version of the full three day workshop. The workshop is useful for all experience levels and positions and draws upon the knowledge and experiences of participants for local examples of Environmental Justice issues and collaborative problem-solving approaches to their resolution.
The workshop was developed by the Environmental Justice Training Collaborative, an informal, multi-stakeholder, national network of people agencies interested in improving capacity to deliver effective Environmental Justice training to EJ stakeholders and the general public. It has been extensively peer-reviewed and widely conducted in keeping with the objective of building a consistent baseline of knowledge about the dynamic and evolving field of Environmental Justice. While there are no prerequisites for the workshop, a short pre-workshop survey is required and an optional reading list is sent at registration.
Among the topics introduced in the workshop are:
- Comparative Definitions of Environmental Justice
- Historical Context of Environmental Justice
- Environmental Justice Acts, Authorities and the Executive Order
- Environmental Justice Case Studies
- Environmental Justice Analysis
Past Conference Calls
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| 2011 |
| February 24 | 2-3pm | Lon Kissinger, EPA Risk Assessor on Multipollutant Risk Assessment in EPA's Superfund Program. |
| March 24 | 2-3:30pm | Vi Waghiyi, Environmental Justice Program Director for Alaska Community Action on Toxics, and Diana Eignor, EPA toxicologist from the aquatic criteria branch will discuss emerging contaminants of concern, including aquatic life and human health endpoints. |
| April 21 | 1-3:30pm | John Faust and Lauren Zeise, CAL/EPA Environmental Justice and Risk Assessment Team, and Devon Payne-Sturges, EPA Environmental Health Scientist and researcher in health disparities and risk assessment, will talk about cumulative health risk, including multiple contributors (health and social status included) to risk and how to account for them in risk analysis. |
| May 26 | 2-3:30pm | Columbia River Toxics Reduction Strategy with Marylou Soscia, EPA, and Kathleen Feehan George, Cedar Consulting; formerly Senior Policy Analyst with the Umatilla Tribe. |
| June 23 | 2-3:30pm | Two speakers on air quality issues and community based action: Azibuike Akaba, Policy Associate for RAMP, (http://www.rampasthma.org/), an Oakland, CA-based Regional Asthma Management and Prevention Collaborative, and part of the Dirty Diesel Collaborative, and Chris Fish, Associate Environmental Health Consultant with the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium. |
| July 28 | 2-3:30pm | Running-Grass, EPA Region 10 Environmental Justice Coordinator, Sheryl Stohs and Rochelle Labiosa, EJ Core Team; Region 10 Strategic Plan, Assessing Progress Since the October 2010 EJ Forum, and New EJ Activities at the Region. |
| August 25 | 2-3:30pm | Green marketing initiatives for sustainable agriculture: Matthew Buck, Associate Director of Food Alliance, (www.foodalliance.org), a nonprofit organization that sets sustainable guidelines, does sustainable certification for food producers and handlers, and acts as a sustainable food network. |
| September 22 | 2-3:30pm | Catalina Garzón, Acting Program Co-Director with the Pacific Institute's Community Strategies for Sustainability and Justice Program. Scoping and assessing disproportionate impacts using community input and implications for policymakers with a case study on nitrate in groundwater |
| October 27th | 2-3:30 pm | October is Children's Health Month with a focus on healthy schools: Margo Young, EPA, and Mike Anderson, Bellingham WA Schools, on Promoting Healthy Schools and methods to improve Indoor Air Quality |
| November 1st and 2nd | 2-3:30 pm | 2-day Grants training workshop with Davis Zhen and Sally Hanft, EPA - note new code and dates early in the month - 866-299-3188, conference code 206-553-2119. |
| December 8th | 2-3:30 pm | First, Pulp and Paper and MACT air quality standards from EPA's John Bradfield (comment period will be open shortly after that time), and second, University of Washington's Gwen Ottinger on Citizen Science and Influencing Policy. |