E-M:/ ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: EARTH DAY CONFERENCE

[Joy Strawser <mec@pop.voyager.net>]

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DETROIT AUDUBON'S 1999
EARTH DAY CONFERENCE

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: WHO BENEFITS? WHO PAYS?


WHEN:           8:00 AM - 2:00 PM, April 10, 1999

WHERE:          U-M Dearborn School of Management

WHO'S INVITED:  Concerned citizens, members of the press, legislators   
                and legislative staff

SCHEDULE        
OF EVENTS:      8:00-10:00 A.M. Bird walk led by Rick Simek,
                Supervisor-Natural Areas 

                10:00 A.M.-12:30 P.M.   Panel Discussion* ($5 alone, $15
                for all)

                1:00-2:00 P.M.  Buffet luncheon with awards ceremony
will honor Bruce Jones and Pat Hartig for their work in defending the
Humbug Marsh. The Southeast Michigan Land Conservancy will also be
honored for that organization's nature preservation. ($12 alone, $15 for
all)



*FEATURED PANEL:*Dr. Bunyan Bryant, U-M School of Natural Resources and
                Environment
                
                *Dr. Orin Gelderloos, Professor of Biology/
                Environmental Studies (U-M Dearborn)

                *Dr. Michael Harbut, Docot of Occupational/Environmental
                Medicine(Providence)

                *John Johnson, Jr., Executive Director, Detroit NAACP

                *Sarah Lile, Director of Department of Environmental
                Affairs, City of Detroit

                *Father Charles Morris, Pater, St. Elizabeth's
                (Wyandotte)

                *Kary Moss, Executive Director, ACLU of Michigan

                *Josephine Powell, Wayne County Deputy Director of
                Department of Environment

                *Kathryn Savoie, Environmental Director, ACCESS
                
                *Donele Wilkins: Executive Director, Detroiters Working
                for Environmental Justice

This remarkable panel will consider the goal of environmental justice,
how close we are to acheiving that goal and what price would have to be
paid to attain that goal.  Are some racial or economic groups bearing
the cost of America's prosperity disproportionaltely?  Or are questions
of environmental justice an impediment to the redevelopment of urban
America, a process that is essential to protecting the health of our
environment?  Come join this diverse group of social, political and
moral leaders explore the issues that will help difine what type of
society we are to become.

For tickets, please call Beverly at (248)545-2929.

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