Connie Hogarth Center for Social Action: March Seminar Series on Climate Change

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

March Seminar Series on Climate Change

DEAR FRIENDS,

I HOPE YOU WILL PLAN TO ATTEND THESE WONDERFUL AND IMPORTANT SEMINARS!

XXX CONNIE

CONNIE HOGARTH CENTER FOR SOCIAL ACTION
MANHATTANVILLE COLLEGE, PURCHASE, NY

A FOUR PART SEMINAR SERIES ON FOUR WEDNESDAYS 7:15PM

MARCH 3, 10, 24, 31ST, 2010

YES, WE CAN!—Understanding and Combating Climate Change and its Crippling Consequences

March 3, Wed. An Overview: The Importance of the Dec. Copenhagen UN Conference on Climate Change; Green Jobs; Community Efforts and Public Policy changes; Environmental Justice
with CECIL CORBIN-MARK, Program Director at West Harlem Environmental Action (WEACT). In Library Periodicals Room

March 10, Wed. Goal and Vision: A Zero Waste Society and a Green Economy. How do We Start-With a Mountain of Garbage;Global, Local, and What Can We Do at Manhattanville? Conservation, recycling, community organizing and campus actions.
with SHABAZZ JACKSON AND JOSEPHINE PAPAGNI,GREENWAY ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES OF DUTCHESS COUNTY. In East Library, Reid Castle

March 24, Wed. The World Crisis of Water: Access;Quality; Availability; Corporate Abuses; International Issues and Answers
with JOHN CRONIN, EXEC.DIRECTOR, BEACON INSTITUTE FOR RIVERS AND ESTUARIES; PACE U. ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER. In East Library, Reid Castle

March 31, Wed. Alternatives to Fossil Fuels: Solar, Windpower, Geothermal, Hydro. A Critique of Nuclear Power, Oil ,Gas, and Coal.
with MANNAJO GREENE, ENVIRONMENTAL DIRECTOR AT HUDSON RIVER CLEARWATER; ROSS GOULD, AIR AND ENERGY PROGRAM DIRECTOR, ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES OF NY (ON GAS DRILLING AND MARCELLUS SHALE)
(and a segment of the Sierra Club’s film on mountain top mining, COAL COUNTRY)

STUDENTS WHO ARE REGISTERED FOR SOC. 4020 WILL RECEIVE ONE CREDIT OPTION
ALL STUDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND! THE COMMUNITY IS WELCOME!

For info: Hogarth Center, (914) 323-7156
http://www.conniehogarth.org/

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The Connie Hogarth Center for Social Action

The Manhattanville College Departments of Sociology and Political Science work closely with the Connie Hogarth Center for Social Action, which is located in the Gallery of Founder’s Hall.

The Center’s mission is to help the next generation of college-educated activists acquire, in the course of their undergraduate training, the practical skills and knowledge necessary for work in some field of social change. Recently retired after 23 years as Executive Director of the Westchester People’s Action Coalition (WESPAC), Connie Hogarth is recognized throughout the metropolitan area and the nation as a leading activist in various struggles for peace and justice.

The Center runs a lecture series and a mentoring program, supports student research and publishes a student-edited journal devoted to social change, helps locate internships and employment, and runs workshops in public speaking, the use of computers, fund raising, media access and organizing.

About Connie Hogarth

CONNIE HOGARTH

Director, Connie Hogarth Center for Social Action at Manhattanville College
Founding Member and Steering Committee Member, Climate Crisis Coalition

Connie Hogarth is a lifetime peace, justice, anti-nuclear and environmental activist. As co-founder and executive director of Westchester People’s Action Coalition (WESPAC) for 23 years (she has been executive director emerita since 1996), she was actively organizing for the shut-down of Indian Point nuclear power plants. Ms. Hogarth is a current member of the Indian Point Safe Energy Coalition (IPSEC), and continues to work for the shut-down of Indian Point. In 1998, Manhattanville College established the Connie Hogarth Center for Social Action, which Ms. Hogarth now directs, dedicated to training students to move from academics to social activism. She is a founding member and serves on the steering committee of the Climate Crisis Coalition in Lenox, MA. She has been active in the local NAACP, the Mid-Hudson Progressive Alliance, Lower Hudson Valley Civil Liberties Union and the Beacon Sloop Club. She serves as a committee person on the Fishkill Democratic Committee and is a member of the Dutchess County Democratic Committee.