Exploring Race, Culture, and Identity

30 August: No class this week
1 September: No class this week

6 September: Introduction; RSENR perspective, "What is race?"
8 September: Discussion sections meet

13 September: Sherwood Smith, Director, Center for Cultural Pluralism
15 September: Discussion sections meet

20 September: Marla Emery, Research Geographer, USDA Forest Service, Menominee Nation and Climate Change
22 September: Discussion sections meet

27 September: Climbing PoeTree - Hurricane Season
    Work on outline/reflective writing for Autobiographical Essay
29 September: Discussion sections meet
Autobiographical Essay: Outline and Freewrite due in discussion section

4 October: Kesha Ram, State Representative, Chittenden District 3-4, RSENR Alumna (2008)
6 October: Discussion sections meet

11 October: Rubenstein School Academic Programs: Connections to race, culture and the environment
13 October. Discussion sections meet

Race, Culture, Social Justice, and the Environment

18 October: No plenary, no reading, no short reflective paper
    Work on final Autobiographical Essay
20 October: Discussion sections meet
Autobiographical Essay: Final due in discussion section

25 October: Environmental Justice and the US Context: Policy and Case Studies
27 October: Discussion sections meet

1 November: Marie Vea-Fagnant, Assistant Dean for Student Services, RSENR; Anna Smiles-Becker, Career Services Coordinator, RSENR; and RSENR students
         Internships, study abroad, careers
    No reflective paper due this week - work on draft Next Steps Action Plan
3 November: Discussion sections meet
Next Steps Action Plan: First draft due in discussion section

8 November: Health, Equity, and Environment Panel. Visitors include
        Austin Sumner, State Epidemiologist for Environmental Health, Vermont Department of Health
        Charity Carbine-March, Environmental Health Advocate, Vermont Public Interest Research Group
        Jan Carney, Associate Dean for Public Health, University of Vermont Medical School, former commissioner of the Vermont Department of Public Health
10 November: Discussion sections meet

15 November: Mickey Fearn, Deputy Director for Communications and Community Outreach, USDI National Park Service
17 November: Discussion sections meet
Next Steps Action Plan: Final due in discussion section

Class ends 17 November