A Forum on Environmental Justice
All Lungs Are Created Equal: Can Title VI Breathe Fairness into Environmental Decisionmaking?
Friday, April
9, 1999 2:00 p.m.
"Ultimately, environmental racism is the best description many
people have to explain the conditions in which they live and how they are
treated when they try to change those conditions." -Keith
Harley
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination by agencies
receiving federal funds. In the last few years, the environmental
justice movement has increasingly relied on Title VI to challenge state
decisions which result in disparate environmental impacts to low-income
and minority communities. Recently, USEPA has been developing guidelines
to help implement Title VI.
Join us for a discussion about the role that Title VI can play in pursuing
environmental justice.
The Program
2:00-2:15 WELCOME
WHY ARE WE HERE?
Henry H. Perritt, Jr.
Vice President, Illinois Institute of Technology, Downtown Campus,
Dean and Professor, Chicago-Kent College of Law
Karla Johnson
Environmental Justice Coordinator,
United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5
2:15-2:45 UNDERSTANDING TITLE VI
Professor Richard Lazarus
Georgetown University Law Center
2:45-4:15 MODERATED DISCUSSION
Moderator:
Debbie Musiker
Visiting Associate Professor and Assistant Director of the Program
in Environmental Law, Chicago-Kent College of Law
Panelists:
Todd Adams
Assistant Attorney General,
State of Michigan
Todd Adams has recently handled Title VI cases for the Michigan Department
of Environmental Quality.
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Eraina Dunn
Executive Director, Human Action Community Group and Director, Human
and Health Services, Harvey, Illinois
Eraina Dunn has actively pursued social and environmental justice at
the local, state, regional, and national level for the past twenty years.
Keith Harley
Director, Environmental Law Program,
Chicago Legal Clinic
Keith Harley, an attorney, has represented community groups in environmental
cases for ten years. He recently brought the first two Title VI complaints
in Illinois.
Professor Richard Lazarus
Georgetown University Law Center
Professor Richard Lazarus is a renowned environmental law scholar and
is currently serving on the Title VI Implementation Advisory Council of
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Alan Walts
Assistant Regional Counsel, United States Environmental Protection
Agency, Region 5
Alan Walts is an EPA attorney who enforces environmental laws and counsels
Region 5 on its environmental justice policy.
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You are cordially invited to attend a reception immediately
following the program.
Chicago-Kent College of Law
Illinois Institute of Technology A Forum on Environmental Justice
All Lungs Are Created Equal: Can Title
VI Breathe Fairness
into Environmental Decisionmaking?
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