Media advisory: Invitation for coverage: April 21 Episcopal Church Forum

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Media advisory: Invitation for coverage: April 21 Episcopal
Church Forum

Media Advisory: Invitation for coverage

Episcopal Church Forum: The Intersection of Poverty and the
Environment

â Live webcast

â Ideal Earth Day coverage

â Experts in environment, poverty and religious leaders
participate

Experts will examine The Intersection of Poverty and the
Environment on April 21 in a live webcast beginning at 10 am
Mountain (9 am Pacific, 11 Central, noon Eastern). The program
will be available at no charge on the Episcopal Church website
www.episcopalchurch.org

This event is ideal for Earth Day coverage and can be accessed in
person or via web.

â Discussion topics: Can Sustainability Initiatives Lift Those in
Poverty? And Reducing Environmental Health Consequences for
those in Poverty

â The event will be moderated by Kim Lawton of PBS's Religion &
Ethics NewsWeekly.

â Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori
will lead the program with her keynote address. Prior to
ordination, Presiding Bishop Jefferts Schori was an
oceanographer and she is well-versed in environmental matters.

â The first panel will discuss:Â Can Sustainability Initiatives
Lift Those in Poverty? Participants include: Bonnie Anderson,
President of the Episcopal Church House of Deputies, and author
of Spirituality and the Earth; Exploring Connections; Dr. George
Handley, Professor of Humanities at Brigham Young University and
contributor to LDS Perspectives on Environmental Stewardship;
Majora Carter, CEO, Majora Carter Group; and Forrest Cuch, CEO,
Ute Tribal Enterprises, LLC.

â The second panel will address: Reducing Environmental Health
Consequences for those in Poverty. Among the participants are:
Cecilia Calvo, Environmental Justice Program Coordinator, U.S.
Conference of Catholic Bishops; Dr. Gerry Hardison, Chief
Medical Officer, Maseno Mission Hospital, Kenya, and Episcopal
Church missionary; Jaslyn Dobrahner, Coordinator, Children's
Environmental Health & Environmental Justice Project, EPA; and
the Rev. Michael Livingston, Director, Poverty Initiative,
National Council of Churches

â Initiating the conversations will be two timely and compelling
videos: Kivalina, from the Episcopal Church's Wayfarer Series,
which delves into the challenges brought by environmental issues
facing a 1000 year old Arctic Circle village; Environmental
Health and Justice for Those in Poverty, a video produced by the
Diocese of Utah that highlights efforts underway to bring faith
-based organizations, the community, and the government together
in Salt Lake City to address environmental issues affecting the
health of those in poverty.

For more info and coverage opportunities contact:

Neva Rae Fox

Public Affairs Officer

The Episcopal Church

publicaffairs@episcopalchurch.org

212-716-6080Â Mobile: 917-478-5659

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