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Rotary
International DisTrict 5240
and Cal State University Channel Islands
PRESENT THE 6th ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON POVERTY
California State University,Channel
Islands
One University Dr, Camarillo, California
THIS
YEAR'S THEME:
Poverty
and the Environment
WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND THIS CONFERENCE?
You should attend...
•
If
you wonder, “What is the definition of poverty?”
• If
you wonder, “What is the effect of the environment on
poverty?”
• If
you wonder, “What is the effect of poverty on the environment?”
• If
you wonder, “How does resource degradation affect the
poor?”
• If
you wonder, “What technologies are available to help the
poor while keeping the environment safe?”
• If
you wonder, “What is the effect of urbanization on the
poor?”
CONFERENCE
PROGRAM
Friday
Evening at 6:00 p.m.
Fellowship Reception at The Studio Channel Islands Art
Center, Building 18,
Ventura Rd. (on the campus)
Saturday Registration at 8:30 a.m.
Check-in and late registration.
Saturday
Program at 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
The conference will feature presentations on
world poverty and discussions to help us address the issues
surrounding those suffering from poverty.
Keynote
Speakers:
Dr.
Elsa Chang,
Concepts of Environmental Justice
Topics:
• Policy agenda through social movements and NGO participation
• Environmental entitlements for the poor
• Protecting the rights of the poor and the environment
Dr. William Ascher,
The Donald C. McKenna Professor
of Government and
Economics, Claremont McKenna College
Topic:
• Connection between poverty and the environment
Christine Popok & CSUCI
students’
Topic:
•
Work-shop presentation
VIDEO FEATURE: From the
People of Nagaland
• Video presentation of “Green Village” in Nagaland, India
• Living with the Environment
Saturday
Lunch at 12:00 noon
Poverty related eating experience.
Overnight
Accommodations
Room Reservations available at the Courtyard By Marriott
600 Esplanade Dr, Oxnard, Ca.
1-805-278-5067
Ask for the Rotary Poverty Conference Rate!
Special Room Rates available at $109 plus tax and must
be made directly with the Marriott. Please call 1-805-278-5067
to make your reservation.
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