Scientists, Officials, and Activists: All in One Day
One- Day University of Change
Tomorrow – Saturday Jan. 28th
Two tracks of workshops going on all day
9:30-5:50
Walk-Ups Welcome
$35 for workshops plus lunch
$20 for students
Bluebonnet Ballroom, UTA Univ. Center
300 West First Street, Arlington
It only happens once a year
Flint Water Protectors!
Local Elected Officials in a Q&A!
Drones!
Lawyers! Scientists! Activists!
SCHEDULE
9:00- 9:30 am Morning Registration
9:45-10:45 am
Classroom #1
The Dos and Don't of Citizen Health Surveys
Leslie Allsop, University of Texas Health Science Center Classroom
Classroom #2
Using Science to Make Violations Stick
Tamera Bounds, Mansfield Gaswell Awareness and Downwinders at Risk, with Ranjana Bhandari of Livable Arlington
11:00 am – 12:00 Noon
Classroom#1
Citizen Monitoring of Drinking Water
Doug Carlton of UTA's C.L.E.A.R.
Classroon #2
State of the Air – An Asthma Forecast
Shammara Norris, Asthma Chasers
LUNCHTIME FORUM
12-1 pm
Catered Lunch
Local elected officials talk about protecting their quality of life goals in the face of state and federal opposition
Dallas County Commissioner Theresa Daniel
Dallas City Council Member Sandy Greyson
Fort Worth City Council Member Ann Zedah
1:15 -2:15 pm
Classroom#1
Fighting Environmental Permits in Texas
Ilan Levin, Attorney, Environmental Integrity Project
Classroom#2
Petition Rights: The Source of Citizen Power to Take Back Their Towns
Linda Curtis, Independent Texans
2:30 – 3:30 pm
Classroom#1
Strategy vs Tactics
Jim Schermbeck, Downwinders at Risk
Classroom#2
Door-to-Door Outreach
Corey Troiani, Texas Campaign for the Environment
3:45 – 4:45
Classroom #1
High Tech Tools for Citizens
Dr. David Lary, University of Texas @ Dallas, Doug Carlton, University of Texas @ Arlington, Jim Schermbeck, Downwinders at Risk
Classroom #2
How Flint was Exposed
Melissa Mays, Water You Fighting For and Nayyirah Shariff, Flint Rising
5:00 – 5:30
Air Sampling and Monitoring Drone Demonstration (weather permitting)
5:30
Happy Hour Networking
REGISTER HERE NOW
OR WALK-UP ON SATURDAY
(It's a secure Click and Pledge pay portal established just for this event, so the $35 registration is called a "donation." Just click on the $35 button and fill out the credit card info and you're done)