[WSCSS] THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT IN CHINA: A WORKSHOP FOR EDUCATORS

[Gary and Robyn Cressman]

THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT IN CHINA:  A WORKSHOP FOR EDUCATORS

MAY 21, 2009, 4:30 ­ 8:45 p.m.

University of Washington, Seattle Campus

 

The East Asia Resource Center invites educators in grades K-14 to a special
evening workshop on the environmental movement in China. Participants will
have reserved seating at the 2009 Severens-Ravenholt Lecture, given this
year by Jingjing Zhang, outspoken environmental advocate and one of China¹s
leading public interest lawyers.  She will lecture on law and the
environmental movement in China.  UW Anthropology Professor Stevan Harrell
will give a background talk for workshop participants on Chinese
environmentalism and its discontents. The workshop also includes teaching
materials, four free clock hours, a Chinese buffet supper, free parking, and
an informal post-lecture reception.

 

Pre-registration must be received at the East Asia Resource Center by May
15.  The workshop fee is just $15, thanks to program sponsors.  The
registration form is posted at jsis.washington.edu/earc/. Registration
confirmation and workshop details including location and parking will be
sent by email.

 

Preregistration is not required for the Severens-Ravenholt lecture by
Jingjing Zhang.  It begins at 7:00 p.m. in Kane Hall Room 110.  Sponsors and
supporters are the Severens-Ravenholt Lectureship, the National Committee on
U.S.-China Relations Public Intellectuals Program, the UW East Asia Resource
Center, and the Freeman Foundation.