Leila Harris will be giving a talk at the Environmental Justice and Access to Basic Resources session at the Environmental Justice Workshop scheduled to take place at Purdue University on April 24 and 25th. “Environmental justice (EJ), or the issue of ensuring fair access to environmental decision making and resources for all groups in society, is a critical issue. As part of Purdue’s new “building sustainable communities” initiative, the Discovery Park Center for the Environment is organizing an international workshop on environmental justice on the Purdue campus on April 24-25, 2014.  Co-sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts Center for Research on Diversity and Inclusion, the workshop will feature a Thursday evening keynote address by Dr. Julian Agyeman of Tufts University on the topic of “Just Sustainabilities” (4:30pm, Fowler Hall), followed by a full day of presentations and discussions in a smaller workshop setting on Friday April 25, in the Prusecki Room at the Dauch Alumni Center on the corner of Wood and Grant Streets in West Lafayette”. Among the participants of this workshop are Professor Julian Agyeman from Tufts University, Gerald Shively from Purdue University, Fenda Akiwumi from the University of South Florida, Rebecca Hardin from the University of Michigan, Sharlene Mollett of the University of Toronto, and others. The full day of events is open to the public.

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