Water Justice:
Impacts on historically marginalized and rural communities
ASRC-room 230
1800 SW 6th Ave, Portland, OR 97201
Thursdays, 4:00-5:00-pm
Subject to change.
Jan 9
Meta Loftsgaarden Executive Director, Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board
Oregon’s 100-Year Water Vision
Jan 16
Bob Collin Environmental Justice Task Force Vice Chair
History of environmental justice in Oregon
Jan 23
Dr. Desire Tshala Katumbay Professor of Neurology, OHSU
Food and water insecurity and brain health in Rural Congo
Jan 30
Curtis Cude, Oregon Health Authority, Program Manager
Water insecurity in Oregon
Feb 6
Dr. Robert Figueroa Assoc. Professor of Environmental Justice & Philosophy, OSU
Climate refugees and water-related disasters
Feb 13
Colleen Sanders, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation
Water is life: Climate Adaptation Planning for Indigenous Food Security
Feb 20
Lucas E. Black Global Environmental Finance Unit UNDP-GEF
Environmental finance and the Green Climate Fund
Feb 27
Dr. Jiunn-Der (Geoffrey) Duh Assoc. Professor of Geography, PSU
GIS, spatial thinking, and environmental justice
Mar 5
Sheryl Stohs Environmental Protection Specialist at the US EPA
Lessons learned as the Environmental Justice Community Liaison at the USEPA
Mar 12
Dr. Alaí Reyes-Santos Assoc. Professor, Ethnic Studies and Conflict Resolution, UO
Oregon Water Futures: Stories by rural communities of color
Open to the public and available for credit as ESM 407/507
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