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Beyond the Spill: The History and Politics of Oil and California (Day 2/2)
Friday, January 25, 2019 @ 10:00 am - 6:30 pm
The Mellon Sawyer Seminar on Energy Justice in Global Perspective presents a two-day symposium to commemorate the 1969 Santa Barbara oil disaster and its aftermaths:
BEYOND THE SPILL: THE HISTORY AND POLITICS OF OIL IN CALIFORNIA
Thursday and Friday, January 24-25, 2019
FRIDAY, JANUARY 25
9:00am – 3:30pm
Multipurpose Room (Student Resource Building)
Beyond the Spill Symposium
10AM – PANEL 1
Teresa Sabol Spezio (Environmental Analysis, Pitzer College)
Bhavna Shamasunder (Urban and Environmental Policy, Occidental College)
Discussant: Javiera Barandiaran (Global Studies, UCSB)
12PM Break – Lunch Provided to Attendees
1:30pm – PANEL 2
Alicia Cordero (Wishtoyo Foundation First Nations Program Officer, Coastal Band of the Chumash Nation)
Mia Lopez (Tribal Chairwoman, Coastal Band of the Chumash Nation)
Discussant: Julie Maldonado (Environmental Studies, UCSB)
Keynote and Closing Reception
4:00pm – 7:00pm
Betty Elings Wells Pavilion (Faculty Club)
Featured speaker:
Imre Szeman (University Research Chair and Professor of Communication Arts, University of Waterloo)