Geography Guest Speaker: Sarah Whatmore

Sarah Whatmore is a Professor and Head of School of Geography and the Environment at the University of Oxford in Oxford, United Kingdom. Her research is in the field of political ecology, examining policy and the actions of humans impact the environment. She is author of Hybrid Geographies: Nature Cultures Spaces (Sage London, 2002). She is a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) and collaborates with researchers around the world.

Invisible War--Documentary

Invisible War (2011), an Academy Award-nominated documentary, will be shown for free this Saturday morning, April 20, 2013,  at 10 AM at the Kentucky Theater.  This film documents the lives of women and men who have been sexually assaulted while serving in the U.S. military.  Several of the survivors have roots in Kentucky, and some of them will be at the screening to answer questions.  Come out, see the film, hear their stories.

 

Sponsored by UK Arts and Sciences, Anthropology, English, History, WRD (Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Media), American Studies and the Center for research on Violence Against Women (CRVAW)

Date:
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Location:
Kentucky Theater, 214 E. Main St. Lexington KY

Louisiana Bucket Brigade: Fighting for Environmental Justice in Fenceline Communities

The Louisiana Bucket Brigade is a non-profit environmental health and justice organization working with communities that neighbor oil refineries and chemical plants. The Bucket Brigade helps communities hold these industries accountable for pollution by providing assistance with community organizing, education, media outreach, and gathering evidence against industry, including training communities to use an EPA-approved “bucket” to conduct air sampling in order to document toxic air pollution.

Please join us on April 3 & 4 to hear representatives from the Bucket Brigade discuss their environmental justice work.

PUBLIC TALKS:
Wednesday, April 3, 6:00 pm
Student Center Room #111
Thursday, April 4, 3:30 pm
White Hall Classroom Building #231

Ronesha Johnson is a community member from Shreveport, LA and Environmental Justice Corps fellow with the Bucket Brigade.
Kristen Evans, MA joined the Bucket Brigade in 2011, working with Residents for Air Neutralization before she started the Bucket Brigade's Art-to-Action program.

These talks are part of the American Studies Program’s Environmental Justice Speaker Series.
Co-sponsored by American Studies, Appalachian Studies, and the Student Sustainability Council.

Date:
-
Location:
Whitehall Classrom Building Room 231

Louisiana Bucket Brigade: Fighting for Environmental Justice in Fenceline Communities

The Louisiana Bucket Brigade is a non-profit environmental health and justice organization working with communities that neighbor oil refineries and chemical plants. The Bucket Brigade helps communities hold these industries accountable for pollution by providing assistance with community organizing, education, media outreach, and gathering evidence against industry, including training communities to use an EPA-approved “bucket” to conduct air sampling in order to document toxic air pollution.

Please join us on April 3 & 4 to hear representatives from the Bucket Brigade discuss their environmental justice work.
PUBLIC TALKS:
Wednesday, April 3, 6:00 pm
Student Center Room #111
Thursday, April 4, 3:30 pm
White Hall Classroom Building #231

Ronesha Johnson is a community member from Shreveport, LA and Environmental Justice Corps fellow with the Bucket Brigade.
Kristen Evans, MA joined the Bucket Brigade in 2011, working with Residents for Air Neutralization before she started the Bucket Brigade's Art-to-Action program.

These talks are part of the American Studies Program’s Environmental Justice Speaker Series.
Co-sponsored by American Studies, Appalachian Studies, and the Student Sustainability Council.

Date:
-
Location:
Student Center (Room 111)
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