NBLSA Hill & Government Days Agenda Wednesday, February 8, 2012 8:45 am-9:15 am
Business Attire Registration and introductions of law students. Report to the Capitol Visitor Center (CVC-200)
Arrive at the Capitol Visitor Center at least ten minutes early to avoid late arrival due to security check. 9:30 am to 10:00 am 10:00am to 10:30am
10:30 am to 10:45 am
10:15 am to 11:30 pm 11:30 am to 12:00 pm 12:00-12:50 pm 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm 2:00 pm to 3:15 pm
Welcome and Opening Remarks Presentation Part I: Environmental Protection Agency: Intro to Environmental Justice: EPA, Office of Environmental Justice (Overview) Welcome to Capitol Hill Addresses: Representative Jim Clyburn, United States House of Representatives Others TBA Presentation Part II: Environmental Protection Agency: Intro to Environmental Justice: EPA, Office of Environmental Justice Keynote: Nancy Sutley, Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality Break for Lunch
Report back to Capitol Visitor Center (CVC-200) at 12:55pm
Introduction to Advocacy: Patton Boggs LLP Presentation: Regional Outreach- Environmental Justice Attorneys and Advocates Panelists: Leslie Fields Director of Environmental Justice, Sierra Club Vernice Miller-Travis Vice President, Maryland Commission on Environmental Justice and Sustainable Communities Michele Roberts Campaign & Policy Coordinator, Advocates for Environmental Human Rights
3:30 pm to 4:30 pm
Jacqueline Patterson Director of Climate Justice, NAACP Advocacy Career Panel Panelists: Angela Rye, Esq. Executive Director of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation; Co Founder of IMPACT-DC and Director of Strategic Partnerships David Johns Senior Education Policy Advisor to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions under Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA)
Ifeomasinachi Ike, Esq., LL.M. Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Fellow Joe Briggs, Esq. Public Policy Council of the NFL-PA; Co Founder and Director of Strategic Operations of IMPACT-DC Lara Cole, Esq. Legislative Assistant, Policy Department at the Lawyers Committee of Civil Rights Wintta Woldemariam, Esq. Legislative Assistant for Senator Sherrod Brown
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Youshea Berry, Esq. USAID Executive Branch Presidential Appointee Inaugural Hill & Government Days Reception: Reed Smith LLP- Business Attire Remarks: The Honorable Robert R. Rigsby, D.C. Superior Court Senior Official on behalf of Nancy Sutley, Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality
Thursday, February 9, 2012 9:00 am to 9:30 am 9:30 am to 5:00 pm
Business Attire Helpful Tips and Group Meeting Senate Visitor Center (SVC – 203) Meetings on the Hill