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Environmental Justice Speaker Series
WHAT MAKES A JUST FOREST?
The Forest Resilience Division of the Washington Department of Natural Resources is hosting a series of presentations on environmental justice and our forests. A diverse range of speakers will present on topics ranging from the rights of forest workers to food access and how stakeholders can address issues of environmental inequity in the Evergreen State.
Learn more about Healthy Environment for All (HEAL) Act here. The HEAL Act directs stage agencies, including DNR, to take steps to address environmental inequities that are most often felt by BIPOC and other underserved communities.All sessions are open to the public and free to attend.
Speakers:
- Jeff Thomas is the Timber, Fish, and Wildlife Director for the Puyallup Tribe. In the face of many challenges, the Puyallup tribe has developed a number of innovative ways to steward their traditional forests, lands, and waters, as well as the many relations that also call that space home. Thomas has led many of these efforts in his role as the director.
- Valerie Segrest is a renowned expert on food sovereignty, native nutrition, place-based foods, and health systems. Segrest is the co founder of Tahoma Peak Solutions, an organization focused on helping sovereign nations and organizations strategically communicate their stories, develop food sovereignty plans and assessments, and provide indigenous DEI and cultural education. She is also the author of Feeding Seven Generations: A Salish Cookbook and Feeding the People, Feeding the Spirit: Revitalizing Northwest Coastal Indian Food Culture.