PFC ups funds for 7 groups
The Disability Services Project did not
seek a budget increase, but PFC granted
several other funding increase requests
By Jennifer Marie Bear
News Editor
The ASUO Programs Finance Committee increased the
2004-05 budgets of seven of the eight student groups it
heard from Friday night and doled out a total of $ 178,443.
The International Student Association appeared before PFC
asking for an increase in funding for two of its events — the Fri
day coffee hours and International Night. The group requested
an increase in funding for the coffee hours because ISA spends
more money on this weekly event than it receives from PFC.
ISA also said that it deserves an increase in its budget even
though the group had a $ 1,000 rollover in payroll and a $200
rollover in postage. The group explained that the reason for
the high amount of unused money is that the co-directors
from the previous year didn't pick up some of their paychecks.
The committee voted to increase the group's budget to
$21,683, an 8 percent increase from the 2003-04 school year.
Land Air Water received a large budget increase from the
committee, primarily because of the group's high printing
and duplication costs and the international speakers it
brings to its annual environmental law conference.
Land Air Water said it was asking for a large increase in
funding for the environmental law conference because for
the past three years it has had to appeal to the ASUO Stu
dent Senate for as much as $4,000 to put on the conference
PFC approved the group's budget at $20,989, a 29.7
percent increase.
The only group that did not receive an increase at Friday's
meeting was the Disability Services Project. While PFC
members were full of praise for this group and the work it
does on campus to help disabled students, Disability Ser
vices Project said it did not need an increase and would not
ask for one given the financial difficulties of the University.
Disability Services Project's budget for 2004-05 was ap
proved at $ 11,150, a 0 percent increase.
LGBTQA, which brought more than 20 supporters to its
budget hearing said it needed extra funding to put on its an
nual drag show and to take over UO Cultural Forum's Boifest.
PFC approved the group's budget at $13,983, a 5.3
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Conference focuses on justice
The Coalition Against
Environmental Racism’s
conference includes panels
to empower communities
By Allyson Goldstein
Freelance Reporter
More than 200 people participated
in the Coalition Against Environmen
tal Racism's ninth-annual Environ
mental Justice Conference in the
EMU this weekend.
The conference, entitled "The Pow
er of One," featured an array of speak
ers who talked about issues ranging
from groundwater pollution to insti
tutionalized racism. The conference
also included a poetry slam.
Nearly 20 professors and activists
contributed to the conference, which
also had keynote addresses by Robin
Morris Collin and Bob Collin, who
started CAER 10 years ago, and the na
tionally-renowned Rev. Damu Smith
of the National Black Environmental
Justice Network.
In addition to talks about specific
environmental issues, such as min
ing on tribal lands and railroad pol
lution, many panels focused on
community action to prevent envi
ronmental injustices and on coali
tion building between individual
community members.
First-year law student Dan Kruse
helped organize the conference after
learning about the environmental jus
tice movement earlier this year.
"The struggle to protect the envi
ronment is not just because of its in
trinsic value, but also because of ef
fects on poor communities," he said.
Yalonda Sinde, the executive direc
tor of the Community Coalition for
Environmental Justice in Seattle, led a
panel discussion about community
based organizing.
"Environmental Justice is the syn
ergy of environmentalism and civil
rights," she said. "We don't leave out
social justice issues that affect com
munities of color and poor
communities."
Sinde also acknowledged the hard
work and dedication of the students
who organize the yearly conference.
"The students do an extraordinary
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