School of Environment 2020 Speaker Series on Water Justice at Portland State University
Join us from January 9 to March 12 every Thursday from 4 to 5 pm for a speaker series on Water justice. We have an amazing line-up of speakers that will connect water justice with the fields of policy, public health, indigenous management, economics, and finance.
PSU's ASRC Room 230
1800 SW 6th Ave, Portland OR 97201
Thursdays, 4-5 pm *Happy Hour afterward
Upcoming Speakers
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Alaà Reyes-Santos, Ph.D.
Assoc. Professor, Ethnic Studies & Conflict Resolution, UO
Assisting with the presentation will be Cheyenne Holliday, Conflict and Dispute Resolution Class 2020, Associate Project Manager of the Oregon Water Futures
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March 12- Oregon Water Futures: Stories by rural communities of color
Past Speakers
Jan 9
Meta Loftsgaarden Executive Director, Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board
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Oregon’s 100-Year Water Vision
Jan 16
Bob Collin
Environmental Justice Task Force
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History of environmental justice in Oregon
Jan 23
Desire Tshala Katumbay, Ph.D.
Professor of Neurology, OHSU
Food and water insecurity and brain health in Rural Congo
Jan 30
Curtis Cude
OregonHealth Authority, Program Manager
Water insecurity in Oregon
Feb 06
Robert Figueroa, Ph.D.
Assoc. Professor of Environmental Justice & Philosophy, OSU
Climate Refugees & Water-related Disasters
Feb 13
Colleen Sanders
Climate Adaptation Planner, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) Dept. of Natural Resources
Water is Life: CTUIR Climate Adaptation Planning for Indigenous Food Systems
Feb 20
Lucas Black
Independent Environmental Consultant & Trainer; former UN staffer on global environmental and climate finance issues (2007-2019)
Environmental Finance and the Green Climate Fund
Feb 20
Juinn-Der (Geoffrey) Duh, Ph.D.
Assoc. Professor of Geography & Director - GIS Programs, PSU
GIS, Spatial Thinking, & Environmental Justice
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