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Conference: Goal is to find solutions ■ Continued from Page 1 plained. “Students can be part of the movement, not just ob servers.” The environmental justice movement itself has grown. Its abil ity to incorporate social issues, racism, economic injustice, envi ronmentalism and political issues makes it different from mainstream environmentalism, Collin said. “[Environmental justice advo cates] don’t want to kill the goose with the golden egg,” Collin said. "They’re not as hostile to busi nesses, but just want [the prob lems] to end." Many of the environmental jus tice supporters call for businesses to time their emissions or give their waste products to other busi nesses that can reuse them, he ex plained. Many environmental jus tice organizations have no plan or strategy; they just want to help people cope, he added. “People are becoming more aware,” Collin said. “Every year, every tick of the clock — it be comes more apparent what’s hap pening.” The conference’s goal is not only to educate, but also to motivate stu dents to find their niche in the movement, explained Villena. She found her interest in the economic relations between the United States and Mexico. But many others can find an area of interest in the myri ad issues at the conference. Glen Banfield, a student of en vironmental studies, believes the conference offers the perfect op portunity for information to be shared with the community. “You hear the statistics, but peo ple need to know what is happen ing,” Banfield said. “Racism is largely unspoken — it’s all hush hush —the environmental justice Schedule of events FRIDAY, JAN. 16 8 p.m.—Carl Anthony, an African American urban planner from the Earth Island Institute, will discuss race, place and sustainability as es sential to environmentalism. SATURDAY, JAN. 17 10:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. — First set of panels. ■ “Hawaiian Sovereignty, History and Roots of the Indigenous Hawai ian People,” Room 125 Law School. ■ “Urban Struggles in Environmen tal Justice," Room 221 Law School. Featured speakers include: Bob Collin and Carl Anthony. ■ “U.S.-Mexican Environmental and Economic issues on the Bor der.” 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.—Tom Goldtooth, an environmental justice activist from the Indigenous Envi ronmental Network for the past 20 years, will speak. 2:45 to 4:30 p.m.—Second set of panels. ■ “Native-American Environmental Justice Struggle," Room 221 Law School. ■ "EPA and Environmental Jus tice," featuring speakers from the EPA and Gov. John Kitzhaber’s En vironmental Justice Committee. ■ “Democracy and Political Change: A Bigger Picture,” Room 229 Law School. 4:45 to 6:30 p.m.—Third set of panels. ■ "Hawaiian Sovereignty II: Current Politics of the Sovereignty Move ment," Room 125 Law School. ■ "Toxins Right to Know as a Movement,” Room 221 Law School. ■ "Women in Environmental Jus tice Movement," Room 221 Law School. Featured speakers include: Pamela Chiang and Robin Collin. SUNDAY, JAN. 18 8:15 p.m.—Keynote speaker Pamela Chiang from the Asian Pa cific Environmental Network will fo cus on race, class, gender and immigrant oppression as they relate to globalization and econom ic justice. movement shows it’s still here.” Studies have shown that in the Southeast race and income in ur ban areas have affected the amount of pollution, Collin said. Studies have found that in low-in come white communities the level of pollution is lower than in low income minority communities. Whether race or income level cause a disproportionate amount of toxins to be exposed to people is not the important issue to Collin. Spreading awareness and finding solutions is. “It is a solution-searching con ference,” said Erin Kuch, a ro mance language major at the Uni versity. “You have to find them yourself.” Many people have made a link between environmentalism and local issues in the community. 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