November 7, 2012 – Environmental activist Erin Brockovich spoke to students, faculty and staff in Blackman Auditorium in an event sponsored by the Husky Environmental Action Team (HEAT).
Left to right: Erin Brockovich and Daniel Faber
Erin Brockovich speaks at Northeastern
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In 2012, HEAT and NEJRC brought a number of prominent leaders in the Environmental Movement to campus. This open-classroom lecture series focused on the role of environmental activists and movements in addressing the global ecological crisis, with a special emphasis on evaluating the organizing strategies, political tactics, organizational forms, and policy goals adopted by various environmental movement organizations.Our guests this semester included:
Ralph Nader , Director of Public Citizen
Lois Gibbs, Executive Director, Center for Health, Environment, and Justice
Cindi Luppi, Safe Cosmetics Campaign
Erin Boles, Executive Director, Mass Breast Cancer Coalition
Kalila Barnett, Executive Director, Alternatives for Community & Environment
Frances Moore Lappe, Director, Small Planet Institute
Dr. Phil Brown, Brown University, Author of Contested Illnesses
Elizabeth Saunders, Coordinator, Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow (AHT)
Judy Robinson, Executive Director, Environmental Health Fund
Dr. Susan Shaw, Marine Environmental Research Institute
Julian Agyeman, Professor of Urban & Environmental Studies, Tufts University
