Women, Earth and Economic Power

Event description: 

 
Sponsored by
Earth Rights Institute, Communications Coordination Committee for the United Nations,
and The Henry George School of Social Science

Saturday, January 18, 2014
10:00 AM - 12:00 Noon
At the Chapel of Peace, Community Church
40 East 35th Street
(between Park & Madison Avenues in Manhattan)
Take the #6 Train to 33rd Street

RSVP and information: hiddenfromhistory1@gmail.com, alanna@earthrights.net and cccun@optonline.net

Speakers will describe the connection of women with the earth from their professional perspective and personal experiences and how this translates into the sense of “economic power”.  There will be time for group discussion following the presentations of 8 to 10 minutes by each of the presenters.

Moderator:  Alanna Hartzok, co-director, Earth Rights Institute
 
Presenters:
Lucy Webster, economist, member Board of Directors & UN Rep, Economists for Peace and Security
Elizabeth Carll, PhD, psychologist and President, Communications Coordinating Committee for the UN
Stephanie Rosenberg, producer, New York
Amy Parekh Mehta, JD, LLM, Programme Management Officer, Permanent Observer Mission of  International Union for Conservation of Nature
Quisia Gonzalez, MD, medical doctor & Associate, Henry George School of Social Science
Teckla Negga Melchior, Development Officer, International Union for Land Value Taxation
Yolanda Brown, Christian minister, International Economic Development Council

This event is free and open to the public.