Politics and the Environment
Tuesday, Oct. 4, 7pm
GVSU’s DeVos Center (Room 136E), 401 W. Fulton, Grand Rapids
The event is free, but seating is limited. RSVP by Oct. 1 to gail.philbin@sierraclub.org.
Sierra Club’s Greater Grand Rapids Committee has teamed up with Grand Valley State University’s School of Communications to offer “Politics and the Environment,” a look at environmental issues in Michigan and their role in this year’s elections.
Following the presentation, the televised 2016 Vice
Presidential Debate will be livestreamed at 9pm.
“Politics and the Environment” will provide
information voters need to make the right choices for the environment on
Election Day. Presenters Mike Berkowitz, the Sierra Club Michigan Chapter’s
Political and Legislative Director, and Richard Barron, the Chapter’s Political
Committee Chair, will discuss the stance of local candidates and how the fight
for clean air, water, energy and natural resources could be impacted by the
2016 elections. They will also give an overview of which legislators have voted
to help or hurt the environment through various measures this past year, and
what to expect in the fall state legislative session.
This non-partisan talk is
open to the public as part of a GVSU Communications course, “Media and
Society: Politics and the Presidency,” taught by Film & Video
Professor John Philbin. Philbin teaches the course every four years as a
review of how presidential campaigns have been depicted in Hollywood films
since 1960 and to critique media coverage of the current election.