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Center for Social and Environmental Justice

"Mobilizing for Community Health, Well-Being and Equity"

March 27, 8:45 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
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With major sponsorship from:
Clark County Public Health
Coalition for a Livable Future

Co-sponsors:

• Cowlitz Tribal Health Clinic
• NAACP Vancouver
• OPAL Environmental Justice Oregon
• Portland Central American Solidarity Committee

With thanks to the YWCA Clark County

Opening with a 9 a.m. plenary panel on:

"The State of Equity in the greater Vancouver/Portland Metropolitan area":

• Marcus Mundy, Executive Director, Urban League of Portland
• Sharon Pesut, Executive Director, Community Choices
• Dianne Riley, Equity Agenda Coordinator, Coalition for a Livable Future
• Clay Mosher, Associate Prof. of Sociology, WSU Vancouver Center for Social and Environmental Justice

With a lunch plenary panel:

• Rep. Sharon Tomiko Santos, Majority Whip, Washington State Legislature
• Rosalund Jenkins, Executive Director of the Washington State Commission on African American Affairs
• David Rogers, Executive Director, Partnership for Safety and Justice

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Inequalities and Disparities in the Criminal Justice System

With Panels on:

Prison Reform and Re-entry

• David Rogers, Executive Director, Partnership for Safety and Justice
• Ari Kohn, Program Director, Post-Prison Education Program
  
• Clay Mosher, Assoc. Prof. of Sociology, WSU Vancouver Center for Social and Environmental Justice
  

Racial Profiling

• Margo Bryant, President, Vancouver NAACP
• Alex Perez, Chief of Police, Longview Police Department
• Clay Mosher, Assoc. Prof. of Sociology, WSU Vancouver Center for Social and Environmental Justice
  
• Chair, Thabiti Lewis, Assoc. Prof. of English, WSU Vancouver Center for Social and Environmental Justice

Targeting and Detention of Immigrants

• Rep. Sharon Tomiko Santos, Majority Whip, Washington State Legislature
• J. Allejandro Villacorta, Immigration Attorney
• Shizuko Hashimoto, Co-Coordinator, Portland Central American Solidarity Committee
• Chair, Jorge Lizarraga, Diversity Fellow, Washington State University Vancouver

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Initiatives for Developing Cultural Competence

With panels on:

Unlearning White Privilege

• Facilitator Rekah Strong, Diversity Coordinator, Clark County (An interactive workshop; pre-registration required)

Strategies for Overcoming Achievement Gaps in K-12

• Rosalund Jenkins, Executive Director, Washington State Commission on African American Affairs
  
• Uriel Iniguez, Executive Director, Washington State Commission on Hispanic Affairs
  
• Sally Brownfield, Indian Education Office, Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction
  
• Armando Laguardia, Assoc. Prof. of Education, WSU Vancouver Center for Social and Environmental Justice

Implementing Equity Strategies in County and City Governments

• Matias Valenzuela, Ph.D., Lead Staff, Equity and Social Justice Initiative, Public Health - Seattle and King County
• Rekah Strong, Diversity Coordinator, Clark County
  

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Economic Justice Issues

With panels on:

Housing Justice and Equity Initiatives

• Craig Lyons, Vancouver Council for the Homeless

An Interactive Poverty Simulation

• Facilitator Holly Berry, faculty OSU Extension, Family and Community Health (pre-registration required)

Health Care Reform: Organizing Initiatives and Policy Perspectives

• Paul Hochfeld, M.D., Physicians for a National Health Plan
  
• Rachel Berkson, co-chair of the Healthy Washington Coalition, Associate Director, Washington Community Action Network

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Transportation/Access Issues: Organizing Initiatives and Policy Perspectives

With panels on:

Building a Portland/SW Washington Bus Riders Union

• Francisca Porchas, Organizer, the Los Angeles Bus Riders Union
  
• Shannon Olive, Community Organizer, Organizing People/Activating Leaders (OPAL)

The Impact of Transportation Gaps on Health Care Access in Clark And Cowlitz Counties

• Steve Kutz, MPH, RN, Manager Cowlitz Tribal Health Clinic
  
• Axel Swanson, Cowlitz County Commissioner, Member, Regional Transportation Planning Organization

The Columbia River Crossing

• Facilitor, Jeri Williams, Environmental Justice Advocate
• Michael McCulloch, AIA, Architect, Urban Designer and Founding Member,
  PDXplore
• Mara Gross, Policy Director, Coalition for a Livable Future

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