From: Duquette-Hoffman, Jason M. <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2018 2:39 PM
To: Duquette-Hoffman, Jason M. <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: ICYMI.... You're invited! -- Vermont Educational Alliance on Poverty Symposium | 12-6pm Oct. 26th, Middlebury College Kirk Center
Symposium Planning Committee members James Calvin Davis and Tiffany Sargent (Middlebury College), and Katie Shepherd and Alan Tinkler (University of Vermont), cordially
invite you to attend the
Vermont Educational Alliance on Poverty | 2nd Annual Symposium | 12-6pm Oct. 26th, 2018, Middlebury College
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The Middlebury College Center
for Community Engagement, the Privilege & Poverty Academic Cluster, and the University
of Vermont College of Education and Social Services, with support from the Fieldstone Foundation, are pleased to present this year’s VEAP Symposium – “Fostering
Equitable Communities: The links between environments and poverty”.
Please join us for a student panel discussion, breakout sessions and a keynote address that will consider such questions as:
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In your community, what links have you seen between poverty and the environment?
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How has climate change impacted your thinking about community, particularly as the impact relates to individuals and families living in poverty?
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How can we best situate experiential learning opportunities at the intersection of environment and poverty to foster equitable communities?
Lunch and afternoon refreshments will be provided. Attendance at this event, including lunch and refreshments, is free for invitees.
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KEYNOTE ADDRESS – “NATURE’S BENEFIT: THE WIDE-RANGING ROLE OF WELL-FUNCTIONING ECOSYSTEMS IN IMPROVING HUMAN WELFARE”
What do we get from the environment? Well, pretty much everything. In this keynote we’ll look at the many things that ecosystems do to provide
us with healthy and satisfying lives. We’ll look in particular how protecting ecosystems and engaging with nature provides clean water, nutrition, and sense of belonging and place. Please join us.
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Date and Time: Friday,
October 2th, 12-6pm
Location: Middlebury College Kirk Alumni Center, 217 Golf Course Rd. Middlebury, VT 05753
Cost: Free to invitees!
For more information visit the Symposium
website
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Best Regards,
Jason Duquette-Hoffman, M.S.
He/Him/His Pronouns
Assistant Director, Privilege and Poverty
Center for Community Engagement
20 Old Chapel Road
Middlebury College | Middlebury, VT 05753
802.443.5113
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