Whose Survival? Environmental Justice as a Civil Rights Issue

February 18, 2010
CUNY School of Law Auditorium

Part of the New York City Law Review Spring 2010 Series. With panelists Majora Carter, Dave Palmer, Elizabeth Yeampierre and Miranda Massie. Moderated by Professor Carmen Huertas, Director of the Community and Economic Development Clinic at CUNY Law.

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Panelists:

Majora Carter, President of the green-collar economic consulting firm the Majora Carter Group, LLC; Founder of Sustainable South Bronx.

Miranda Massie, Senior Staff Attorney in the Environmental Justice section of New York Lawyers for the Public Interest (NYLPI).

David Palmer, CUNY Law Class of 2007; Interim Executive Director at the Center for Working Families.

Elizabeth Yeampierre, Executive Director, United Puerto Rican Organization of Sunset Park (UPROSE); Co-founder of CURE (Communities United for Responsible Energy) and OWN (Organization of Waterfront Neighborhoods); Co-chair, New York City Environmental Justice Alliance.

Carmen Huertas-Noble (moderator), Director of the Community & Economic Development Clinic at CUNY School of Law; Co-author of "The Greening of Community Economic Development: Dispatches from New York City." Executive Board Member of Sustainable South Bronx.

Co-Sponsored by:
American Constitutional Society
Law Students for Reproductive Justice
CUNY Law Green Coalition
Center on Latino and Latina Rights & Equality
Latin American Law Students Association
CUNY Contemplative Urban Law Program
Middle Eastern Law Students Association