Phillips Community Environmental Justice Forum and Feast, Friday, May 9, 2008, 5:00-10:00
Plaza Verde, 1516 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN
5:00 pm Gathering, Networking, Food, Music
6:00 pm Song of welcome – Nekonis Singers
Welcome and Introduction
Robert Lilligren, Facilitator, Minneapolis City Council, WEI Board Member
Karen Clark, Executive Director, Women’s Environmental Institute
What Is Environmental Justice? Annie Young, Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board Commissioner
6:20 pm Air Quality in the Phillips Community
Data from the Phillips Neighborhood
Mike Mondloch, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and Council Member Gary Schiff
Greg Pratt, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Community-Led Discussion: Rosie Cruz and Carol Pass, Neighborhood Representatives
7:00 pm Environmental Health Issues in the Phillips Community
Maps of Community Toxic Exposures, Ian Greaves, University of Minnesota
Environmental Health Impacts on Women and Children – Precaution and Environmental Justice
Dr. Ted Schettler, Science Director of the Science and Environmental Health Network
Community-Led Discussion: Lucy Arias and Osman Sahardeed, Neighborhood Representatives
8:00 pm What The Community Can Do To Make Our Environment Safer, Cut Costs, and Address
Environmental Justice Issues?
White Earth Pesticide Action Network Activities – a Model
Robert Shimek, Indigenous Environmental Network
Taking It Forward - Reducing Pollution, Cutting costs and Creating Green Jobs
Eleonore Wesserle, Coordinator for WEI and EJAM Climate Justice Project
Bill Ziegler, Little Earth of United Tribes Executive Director
9:00 pm Open Community Discussion