Founder’s Day Lecture on Environmental Justice
Posted by on March 5, 2007
FOUNDER?S DAY 2007 at Cabrini College
March 19 – rescheduled due to snow
Honoring a Scholar-Activist on Environmental Justice
ROBERT D. BULLARD, Ph.D.
Ware Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Director of the Environmental Justice Resource Center at Clark Atlanta University,
Dr. Bullard is widely regarded as the founder of the environmental justice movement. Among the many titles he has written and edited are:
Dumping in Dixie: Race, Class & Environmental Quality (2000)
Just Sustainabilities: Development in an Unequal World (2003)
The Quest for Environmental Justice: Human Rights and the Politics of Pollution (2005)
*For STUDENTS, CAMPUS COMMUNITY & the PUBLIC: 7:00 PM in Grace Hall Atrium
For Our Children?s Sake: Environmental Justice for All
Resources:
A selection of books & articles by Dr. Bullard, and by various authors on Catholic Social Teaching regarding environmental issues, will be available in the Wolfington Center and in the Holy Spirit Library beginning January 12. Email Dr. Mary Laver for details and specific requests: [email protected]
Founder?s Day Tradition:
During and after her active years on campus, Cabrini College observed the birthday of our founder,Sr. Ursula Infante, MSC (1897-2001), with a special gathering each year. In the years since her death, Cabrini College has marked Founder?s Day (a ?moveable feast? in February) with a presentation by a scholar/ activist who embodies the Cabrinian legacy of making the love of God visible through active social justice work in the world.
In 2005, the campus welcomed immigration-rights activist Jim Claffey of the Farmington (Long Island NY) community. In 2006, death penalty abolitionist and world-renown educator Sr. Helen Prejean was honored. In 2007, reflecting the faculty?s cross-disciplinary focus on environmental issues this year, Cabrini College will honor Dr. Robert Bullard, whose ground-breaking work on the connection between environmental pollution and institutional racism is awakening communities and changing policies across the U.S. for the Common Good of all.
For further Information:
Dr. Mary Laver, Programs for Applied Catholic Social Teaching/ Wolfington Center
[email protected] 610-902-8409
Shirley Dixon, Coordinator of Diversity Initiatives/ Human Resources [email protected] 610-902-8513
(Schedule note: There are no changes in class schedule on Founder?s Day.)
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