Join Us for a Forum On Energy and Environmental Justice

The Washington State Chapter of the Sierra Club is proud to present leaders in environmental justice at the first of our series of EJ forums. At a time when human rights and environmental concerns closely intersect, our panelists will explore the effects of energy extraction, production, and transportation on disadvantaged and underrepresented communities. Learn and share ideas about what we can do. Panelists will include:

• William Anderson, Chairman of the Moapa Band of Paiute Indians, which struggles with a coal-fired power plant located adjacent to their reservation.
• Sandi Cioffi, documentary filmmaker of “Sweet Crude”, who has seen first hand the impacts of oil extraction on the people of the Niger Delta and was even been jailed in the process.
• Patty Martin, former Mayor of Quincy, Washington, where large, energy intensive, data centers owned by Yahoo and Microsoft impact low income neighbors.
• Steve Chestnut, attorney for the Northern Cheyenne Tribe, with a long history of working on coal mining issues on and near their reservation.
• Becky Castilleja, Sierra Club staff, who works in Oregon and Washington to stop coal companies from exporting coal to Asia through our region’s ports.

 

When: Saturday, November 19, 2011, 2- 4:30 PM

Where: Seattle University School of Law, Sullivan Hall

Thanks for joining us!

Ben Courteau – Volunteer Chair, Environmental Justice Committee