Two Climate Justice Summits to Be Held in Florida Cities in May
I will be participating in two separate climate justice summits this month. Both summits are in Florida cities and are sponsored by a mainstream environmental group (National Wildlife Federation) and a mainstream civil rights organization (NAACP).First, I will add my voice to the Southeast Fair Climate Summit on May 19-20, 2011 held at the Wyndham Jacksonville Riverwalk Hotel in Jacksonville, FL. The Summit is an activity of Fair Climate Project—an initiative of National Wildlife Federation's Global Warming Solutions Program. The goal of NWF's Fair Climate Project is to build and engage a national network of leaders representing underserved communities to advance equitable and just solutions to climate change. This is also a major goal of the Environmental Justice and Climate Justice Movement in the United States.
Meet the Authors Book Event at TSU: The Wrong Complexion for Protection
On Wednesday, December 5, 2012 at 6:30 PM, the Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs at Texas Southern University is sponsoring An Evening with the Authors to hear Dr. Beverly Wright (co-author, environmental justice scholar, Heinz Award recipient and Director of the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice (DSCEJ) – Dillard University) and me discuss our new book, The Wrong Complexion for Protection: How the Government Response to Disaster Endangers African American Communities (NYU Press 2012), that examines eight decades of government response to natural and man-made disasters. Click HERE for authors’ bios. Event Location: President’s Lounge in the Sterling Student Life Center (4th Floor), Texas Southern University, 3100 Cleburne Avenue, Houston, Texas.
