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(26th Annual Fall Convocation)

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Fall Convocation 2008

		JULIAN AGYEMAN, Professor, Activist and Author will address the community for the 25th Annual Fall Convocation on Thursday, November 13 from 11:30-1:00pm in the Christ Chapel.
Julian Agyeman is Associate Professor, and Chair of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning at Tufts University, Medford, MA. He is co-founder, and co-editor of the international journal 'Local Environment: The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability'. With over 130 publications, his recent books include ‘Just Sustainabilities: Development in an Unequal World' (MIT Press 2003), 'Sustainable Communities and the Challenge of Environmental Justice' (NYU Press 2005) and 'The New Countryside? Ethnicity, Nation and Exclusion in Contemporary Rural Britain (The Policy Press 2006). He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts (FRSA), a member of the Board of the Center for Whole Communities in Vermont and is on the Editorial Boards of Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, Environmental Communication: A Journal of Nature and Culture, Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy, The Journal of Environmental Education, and the Australian Journal of Environmental Education. Julian Agyeman's research, writing and advocacy work focuses on the connection between sustainability and environmental justice. He will speak about the importance of uniting the two movements to create "just sustainability" and thus making our communities more equitable.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13 8:30-9:30: Visit Introduction to Environmental Humanities 9:30-10:45: Brunch at the Center for Public Service (CPS) with Student Convocation Committee 11:30-1:00: Fall Convocation 1:15-2:30: Lunch for invited guests, hosted by the Chaplain's Office. 2:45-3:45: Visit ECON-401: Advanced Topics: History of Economic Thought FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14 12:00-1:00: Lunch with students from the Intercultural Resource Center 3:30-5:00 - Meet with eRace: Gettysburg Dialogue for Campus Unity.
HISTORY OF ALL CONVOCATION AT GETTYSBURG COLLEGE Fall Convocation was initiated by a group of Gettysburg College students in the 1980s who were concerned that the campus did not gather often enough to engage in conversations around current issues. Today's Fall Convocation is a continuation of this tradition of students engaging in and advocating for change in our nation and world. Past speakers for Fall Convocation: 1984 Benjamin Spock 1985 Dith Pran 1986 Mitch Snyder 1987 Betty Williams 1988 Mary F. Berry 1989 John Steinbruck 1990 Keith Tuitt 1991 Maya Angelou 1992 Li Lu 1993 Alex Kotlowitz 1994 Robert Littsa 1995 Jocelyn Elders 1996 Morris Dees 1997 Edward James Olmos 1998 Douglas Wilder 1999 Kweisi Mfume 2000 Jim Hightower 2001 Lena Williams 2002 Luong Ung 2003 Todd Brewster 2004 Rabbi Michael Lerner 2005 Jonathan Kozol 2006 Robert Egger 2007 Tim Wise 2008 Julian Agyeman

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