Panel: Environmental Justice

Moderator: Dr. Theodor Gordon, CSB+SJU Director, Initiative for Native Nation Relation Dr. Derek Larson, Department of Environmental Studies: Global Environmental Justice. Derek Larson is a Professor of Environmental Studies and History at CSB/SJU and teaches courses on American and world environmental history, natural resource management, sustainability, and other topics. His academic background includes undergraduate and graduate degrees in history, religion, and environmental studies. He has been at CSB|SJU since 1998 and has served as founding chair of the Environmental Studies Department since 2001. Angel Stevens. The Giniw Collective and The Niibi Center for the Rights of Nature. Environmental Justice in the US. Co-sponsored by the CSB+SJU Department of Peace Studies, the CSB+SJU Department of Environmental Studies, and the Jay Phillips Center for Interfaith Learning. *CSB+SJU is on the original homeland of the Dakhóta and Anishinaabe peoples. We honor and respect the Indigenous peoples who were forcibly removed from and who are still connected to this territory. https://usdac.us/nativelan