Reporting on the
Urban Environment
Thursday, July 10
6 - 9 p.m. - The Urban Journalism Ecosystem: A Conversation About Reporting on People and Their Places
Kari Lydersen
Co-director, Social Justice News Nexus, Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern Universtiy; Contributing reporter, Canary Media
Tiffany Walden
Co-founder and Editor-in-Chief, The TRiiBE
Overnight at UIC
Friday, July 11
8 - 9:30 a.m. - Telling Environment Stories Better: Objectivity, Transparency and Advocacy
Dave Spratt
Chief Executive Officer, Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources
9:30 - 10 a.m. - Drive to city offices
10 - 11:30 a.m. - Sustainable Cities and Environmental Burdens: How Chicago Hopes to Chart a Better Future for Historically Impacted Neighborhoods
Angela Tovar
Chief Sustainability Officer and Commissioner, City of Chicago
Gaby Wagener-Sobrero
Environmental Justice Program Manager, City of Chicago
11:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. - Lunch
12 - 2 p.m. - A Walk in the Park: Building Community Connections to Industry Impacted Environments
Zitlalli Paez
Organizer, Pilsen Environmental Rights and Reform Organization (P.E.R.R.O.)
Delilah Salgado
Artist/Educator/Activist, Chicago, IL
Rachel Havrelock
Director, The Freshwater Lab, University of Illinois - Chicago
2- 2:15 p.m. - Travel to Park 571
2:15 - 6 p.m. - A River Runs Through It: Bringing Life Back to the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal
* Additional speakers TBA
Austin Happel
Research biologist, Shedd Aquarium
Nick Wesley
Executive director and co-founder, Urban Rivers
Paul Gordon
Urban and Community Forester, Chicago Trees Initiative
6 - 7 p.m. - Drive to UIC
7:30 - Dinner
Overnight at UIC
Saturday, July 12
8 a.m. - Bus departs to pick up NAHJ participants
8:30 - 9 a.m. - Drive to Big Marsh Park
9 a.m. - 12 p.m. - A Tale of Two Rivers: The Lasting Legacies of the Industries that Built Chicago
*Additional speakers TBA
Sam Corona
Environmental Justice Organizer, Allance for the SouthEast - Chicago (ASE Chicago)
Marcella Keenan-Corona
Founder & Principal Advisor, Climate Justice and Environmental Sustainability Consulting; Committee Member, Illinois Commission on Environmental Justice
Katia Balba
Environmental Justice Organizer, Alliance for the SouthEast - Chicago (ASE Chicago)
Isis Bazaldua
Local resident/Environmental justice activist, Southeast Side of Chicago
12:30 - 2 p.m. - Wrap up discussion at Big Marsh Park; eat lunch
2 - 3 p.m. - Bus returns
3 p.m. - Workshop adjourns