Fed Event: Monday, April 16th

Beyond the Classroom Living & Learning Program
Critical Conversations on Civic Issues: “People Power” Series presents:

An Evening with Mike Tidwell:“The Environmental Movement to Stop the Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline Project”

Monday, April 16, 2012, 7:00-9:00 pm
1102 South Campus Commons, Building 1

Panelists include:
• Mike Tidwell, Executive Director of the Chesapeake Climate Action Network (CCAN) and author of the 2007-2008 University of Maryland First Year Book
“The Ravaging Tide: Strange Weather, Future Katrinas, and Coming Death of America’s Coastal Cities.”
• James V. Riker, Director, Beyond the Classroom Living & Learning Program, University of Maryland

To celebrate Earth Day (early), please join us for a panel discussion to understand the dynamics shaping the growing global movement to solve one of the most daunting challenges of our time – global climate change! The panel will focus on the largest environmental protests in the United States in the 21st century that led to the arrest of over 1,200 citizens who were protesting the proposed Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline Project that would ship carbon-intensive oil from Alberta, Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. On January 19, 2012, President Obama rejected the permit for this 1,700 mile pipeline. What strategies led to this successful effort to stop this project? What are the lessons for the environmental movement in future campaigns to prevent global climate change?




All are welcome!

The “People Power Series” is Sponsored by Beyond the Classroom Living & Learning Program, Office of Undergraduate Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park.

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