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Conference HighlightsParticipants in Justice for All interacted with each other and with the environment, combining the experience of listening to panel discussions and lectures witha day in Rocky Mountain National Park.
Director Robert Stanton of the National Park Service, pictured at right, delivered the conference keynote address, "National Parks: Reflecting our Nation's Many Faces". The text of Director Stanton's talk can be found in the conference materials section.
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International
PerspectivesTo kick off the conference, the Center brought international scholar/activists Jacklyn Cock and Virgilio Viana to the CU-Boulder campus. |
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Professor Cock, a sociologist at University of the Witwatersrand, spoke about South Africa's national parks. Viana discussed environmental concerns in Brazil.
Click here for transcripts
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Listening, Reflecting, and DebatingFriday was a day to debate, discuss and network. Conference participants listened to presentations, panels, and had opportunities to interact with each other.
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Some questions the conference considered:
In what ways and in terms of what issues have the environmental movement and the social justice movement been on separate, even conflicting, campaigns? In what ways and in terms of what issues do the town movements actually have areas of shared concerns? Do the two movements actually need each otherÍs help, or are they both better off working on their own?
Is there such a thing as one unit called the "environmental movement," or the
"social justice movement"? What are the crucial elements of diversity concealed within each of those terms?
If you could take an action or write a widely circulated essay, what would you do to increase and to deepen the understanding between communities of color and the environmentalist movement?
The Center of the American West would like to continue to pursue this topic through the next few years. What projects would you recommend for future Center undertakings?
Click here to read some responses to these questions.
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A Day in the Park
Conference participants spent an entire day in Rocky Mountain National Park, walking and talking with experts from diverse backgrounds who specialize in resource management and natural history interpretation. National Park Service employees who work in such fields as Geology, Biology, and Ecology, lead hands-on nature presentations in the Park, sharing their knowledge of natural resources, their experiences in the field, and their reflections on the issues raised during the conference.
At left. Chief of Interpretation at Rocky Mountain Park, Bill Gwaltney gives instructions.
At right. Ranger Shelton Johnson gives an interpretive talk in the park. Click here to read a piece written by Shelton Johnson.
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More organizations represented at the conference: [back to beginning of list]
The Mary W. Harriman Foundation |
Indigenous Permaculture Center, Inc. |
Jefferson Center of the American West Johnson Books |
Maâat Youth Academy |
The Naropa Institute |
National Association for Interpretation |
National Hispanic Environmental Council |
National Park Service |
National Parks and Conservation Association |
The Nature Conservancy |
Rocky Mountain Nature Association |
SAIC |
Scripps Fellowship for Environmental Journalism |
Seattle Public Utilities |
The Sierra Club Southwest |
Student Conservation Association |
Sun Valley Center for the Arts |
Teton Regional Land Trust |
University of Colorado, at Boulder |
University of Colorado, at Colorado Springs |
University of Colorado, at Denver |
University of Denver |
University of Wyoming |
US Environmental Protection Agency |
US Fish and Wildlife Service |
US Forest Service |
The Wilderness Society |
Women of the West Museum |
Yosemite National Institute
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