Past Events | Program in Community, Culture, and Environment

Celebrating the Power of Stories

Apr 21 to Apr 30, 2011

Award-Winning Author Tim Egan to Speak in Flagstaff!

A Pulitzer Prize-winning author, the former chairman of the Hopi Tribe, and an award-winning rancher dedicated to maintaining a ranching economy in the Southwest will speak at the Coconino Center for the Arts on the evening of Wednesday, April 21, to celebrate the publication of a new book and the opening of a new exhibit at the Pioneer Museum.Titled “What Has Passed and What Remains,” the exhibit uses photos,...

SB 1070 and the Battle Over Immigration Part 3: Rights and Reform - Call to Action

Oct 12, 2010

Part 3: Rights and Reform - Call to Action will be an opportunity for students and community members to become more actively involved in immigration issues.

This series will present multiple views on immigration reform, educate students and the public about concerns over SB1070 and encourage community members to participate in the debate.

The series is sponsored by Northern Arizona University's Martin-Springer Institute, Office of the President, Office of the Provost,...

SB1070 and the Battle Over Immigration Part 2: Facts and Stories

Oct 11, 2010

Part 2: Facts and Stories features Jack Chin, a professor of law and the director of the Program in Criminal Law and Policy at the University of Arizona. Chin will clarify the legal controversies surrounding SB1070 focusing on constitutional issues and racial profiling. The event will also include a panel discussion with representatives from the migrant community, law enforcement, and the Interfaith Council and City Council voicing their concern regarding the bill. For more information, see...

Global Energy 10/10/10

Oct 10, 2010 - 1:00 pm to 3:30 pm

On 10-10-10 Flagstaff families were invited to sign-up for nearly a million dollars of energy efficiency home retrofits that will save residents, on average, $300-500 a year! $800,000 of money-saving & planet-saving retrofits are available FREE to Flagstaff residents from NACOG and over $200,000 are available at minimal cost from the City of Flagstaff.

Hundreds of community members attended the 10-10-10 Global Efficiency event resulting in approximately...

SB 1070 and the Battle Over Immigration Part 1: Debating the Issues

Oct 4, 2010

This series will present multiple views on immigration reform, educate students and the public about concerns over SB1070 and encourage community members to participate in the debate.

Part 1: Debating the Issues features Thomas Saenz, president and general counsel of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, and Jessica Vaughn, director of Policy Studies at the Center for Immigration Studies. The event will also feature the NAU debate team. Saenz and Vaughn are...

Join the SEED Freshman Learning Community

Jan 1 to May 1, 2010

Are you interested in addressing some of the most challenging ecological and social issues facing our world today? Would you like to work with people of diverse backgrounds to solve environmental and community problems in creative ways? Do you want to become the change you wish to see in the world?

If so, the Freshman Learning Community, SEED (Sustainable Environments and Engaged Democracy), may be just the place for you!

This is a learning...

David Orr

Apr 1, 2010 - 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm

David Orr, nationally renowned scholar, teacher, and practitioner of environmental literacy and ecological design will speak at NAU this spring. Mark your calendars!

Orr’s presentation will draw on themes he investigates in his two most recent books, Design on the Edge: The Making of a High Performance Building (MIT Press, 2006); and Down to the Wire: Confronting Climate Collapse (Oxford Press, 2009). Orr’s talk will be of great interest to everyone involved in the...

Jared Sexton: People of Color-Blindness: Notes on the Afterlife of Slavery

Mar 25, 2010 - 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm

This lecture explores the significance of the ongoing shift in the color line from a white/non-white to black/non-black configuration in the post-civil rights era United States. it asks how we might reframe discussions of immigration, multiracialism (race mixture), and coalition-building among people of color in this context.

Jared Sexton is Associate Professor in the Program in African American Studies and the Department of Film and Media Studies at the University of California,...

Van Jones & Billy Parish: Challenging America: Achieving Sustainability and Justice through the Green Collar Economy

Mar 22, 2010 - 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm

The NAU Provost Speaker Series continues with a themed series focusing on diversity, sustainability and global education. Van Jones and Billy Parish will appear together in a presentation entitled “Challenging America: Achieving Sustainability and Justice Through the Green Collar Economy” on Monday, March 22 at 4 p.m. in the DuBois Ballroom. The event is free and open to the public, with a reception following. “From clean-tech companies to...

American Democracy Project at NAU

Aug 27 to Feb 27, 2010

CC&E provides NAU with leadership in the American Democracy Project (ADP), a nationwide, multi-campus initiative focused on higher education's role in preparing the next generation of informed, engaged democratic citizens. ADP began in 2003 as an initiative of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU), in partnership with the New York Times.

The goal of the American Democracy Project is to produce graduates who are committed to being active,...