ITEP's 20-year Anniversary
Join ITEP, EPA and NAU in celebrating 20 years of collaboration and service to tribal environmental programs! Since 1992, ITEP, under a Memorandum of Understanding between EPA and NAU, has committed itself to serving tribes through outstanding, culturally-relevant education and training programs that increase environmental capacity and strengthen sovereignty. ITEP's work throughout the years includes numerous projects and activities including work on air quality, solid and hazardous waste, climate change, emergency response, and educational outreach.
Anniversary registration:
Click HERE to register/RSVP.
Silent Auction form:
Donation Form
Special guests:
Winona LaDuke, acclaimed author, orator and activist
Lisa Jackson, EPA Administrator (invited) Program Agenda:
9:00am – 12:00pm Climate Change Impacts and Tribes (Native American Cultural Center)
•Presentation: Dr. Margaret Hiza Redsteer, US Geological Survey
Dean B. Suagee, Hobbs, Strans, Dean, & Walker, LLP
•Short films and videos
•Panel discussions with tribal environmental professionals
1:00pm – 4:00pm Celebration and Keynote Speaker (Cline Library)
•History – Remembering 20 years of service to tribes and Alaska Native Villages.
•Re-signing of Memorandum of Understanding between Northern Arizona University and the Environmental Protection Agency Headquarters - President John Haeger and EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson (invited)
•Keynote speaker:
Winona LaDuke
4:30pm – 6:00pm "Native American Reception" hosted by NAU President Haeger
(Native American Cultural Center)
•Silent Auction Donation Form [MS Dot]
For more information:
Monica Begaye, Monica.Begaye@nau.edu, 928-523-9555