According to Lehigh University's Breena Holland (associate professor of political science), we have all those problems.
This Wednesday, 7 PM, at Bethlehem Town Hall (10 E. Church St.), Dr. Holland will deliver the first of the 2012 series of Town Hall Lectures, hosted by the South Side Initiative of Lehigh University and the City of Bethlehem. She's calling it "Environmental Justice, Food Security, and Public Health: A Future For Bethlehem."
Professor Holland will draw on her research to offer a vision for making Bethlehem a more environmentally equitable and healthy community.
This event is free, open to the public and will be followed by a discussion between audience members and the presenter.
7 comments:
Bernie
A new documentary highlights hunger across America. It would be an excellent fundraiser for a local service agency. An agency could host a showing of the film and ask for donations. Maybe at the Steel Stacks?
The food we eat is scary...corporate produced Frankenfood. If the average American knew what went in to the production of what we eat, our habbits would change. Many health problems can be directly linked to what we consume.
If we want to decrease health care costs we can start by educating ourselves and taking resopnsibility for what we eat.
I prefer to just sit back and let Mrs. Obama tell me what to do.
Unless you're going to present it in Spanish with useable tips for low income families on South Side to eat healthier, what's the point?
WTF is "Environmental Justice" ?
Wondering how much ACTUAL experience this young professor has in the real world? She should worry more about teaching her students the very basic skills they need to actually get a job and pay off their student loans. Will teaching Lehigh students about so called "environmental justice" really help them get a job of any meaning and pay? Really?
I'd disagree with you. I undersand your point, which is very practical. But the whole point of a liberal arts education is not job training or even being practical. It's intended to open the mind and make the student interested in education for the sake of education. He or she has the rest of his life to be practical.
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