Community-based environmental research and action projects have much to gain from partipating in the conference announced below. I urge Michigan folks to give it careful consideration. -- Phil Shepard shepard@pilot.msu.edu (517) 332-0761
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- Subject: CRN Conference
- From: loka@AMHERST.EDU
- Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1999 14:30:27 -0800 (PST)
Conference Announcement: "What Works, What Doesn't? Community-Based Research and Strategies for Change" What: Community Research Network Annual Conference When: June 11-13, 1999 Where: Amherst, Massachusetts Who: scholars, community activists and organizers, funders, students, experienced practitioners of community-based research, and anyone interested in community-based research Why: **Talk through community-based research process and strategize ways to overcome obstacles **Get ideas to walk away with and implement at home **Strengthen the Community Research Network **Build Relationships Inspiring, inter-active, restorative conference bringing people together to share their experiences with community-based research, and inform a growing movement. Including a Workshop for those who want to learn about community-based research for the first time with the guidance of experienced practitioners. Co-Sponsors include: The Loka Institute, Consortium for Sustainable Agriculture Research Education, Science & Environmental Health Network, Project South: Institute for the Elimination of Poverty & Genocide, The Bonner Foundation, Childhood Cancer Research Institute, School for Workers at the University of Wisconsin Contact the Loka Institute for further information regarding co-sponsorship, registration (space is limited!), workshops: ph: 413-559-5860, fax: 413-559-5811, email: loka@amherst.edu, http://www.loka.org ----------------------------------------------------------- The Loka Institute phone: 413/559-5860 PO Box 355 fax: 413/559-5811 Amherst, MA 01004 Email: Loka@amherst.edu World Wide Web: www.loka.org "Making science and technology responsive to democratically decided social and environmental concerns" ------------------------------------------------------------
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