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Press Release: Mayor Hampton represents the City of Inkster in our Nations CapitolFor Immediate Release Last week Mayor Hilliard Hampton had the opportunity to attend the annual Environmental Justice in America 2011 Conference. Mayor Hampton traveled to Washington, DC, at no expense to the citizens of Inkster, thanks to a newly created relationship with the organizing members of the Environmental Justice Conference, Inc. Job development and training are essential to economic growth in the City of Inkster. Although Im working to accomplish a number of objectives during this conference, Im particularly interested in the EPA local environmental training programs for workforce development in brownfield communities. Such programs can serve as one of many lifelines in our City (Mayor Hilliard Hampton, City of Inkster, April 2011) Also in attendance and accessible to Mayor Hampton to present issues of interest and needs of Inkster were members of the U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Interior and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. These departments served as the primary sponsors of the Environmental Justice Conference. This year's conference theme was "Building the Clean Energy Economy with Equity," and focused on climate change, green jobs and equity for low-income, minority and Tribal populations. The main goal was to continue bringing together participants from Federal agencies, academia, business and industry, nonprofit organizations, faith-based organizations and local communities to participate in a dialogue on achieving equality of environmental protection. It was always a dream of the environmental justice movement to hold consistent meetings to address the aforementioned issues. The annual E.J in America Conference, coordinated by John Rosenthall, has made that dream into a reality. Some of the speakers included: Statement of Purpose Mission and goals of conference: This conference will bring together individuals interested in environmental justice from diverse groups at this noteworthy juncture in the history of environmental justice, through a process of dialogue and learning. The conference seeks to bring together federal employees, academics, business and industry, non-profit organizations, faith-based organizations, local community activists and others to participate in dialogue on achieving equality of environmental protection. The conference will serve as an academic legal conference to advance scholarship regarding environmental justice. For additional information on the Environmental Justice in America Conference, please refer to http://www.ejconference.net/home.html or call John Rosenthal at 703-624-2257.
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