Black Environmental Thought
May 22-24, 2007
Tuskegee, Alabama
Andrew Young, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and former mayor of Atlanta, will deliver the keynote address at the first conference ever held on the topic of Black Environmental Thought, at Tuskegee University's Kellogg Conference Center.
A myriad of papers will be presented on the themes of land, power, and sustainability as they relate to the African American experience. Topics cover such varied issues as a social history of African American agrarianism to the effects of New Deal Resettlement policy to chemical waste sites near minority communities and environmental justice struggles.
Discussion groups will follow each session. Jazz and blues performances along with a visual art exhibit will explore how art informs and reflects a culture's relationship to the environment.
The conference is sponsored by Southern Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program, Tuskegee University, the Federation of Southern Cooperatives, The AfroEco Group, Fort Valley State University and the University of Georgia.
For a detailed list of presentations and to register, visit Black Environmental Thought.
