Deep
South Center for Environmental Justice to Host
2012
HBCU Environmental Health & Safety
Compliance
Symposium
Symposium
to Run at Dillard University from June 6-8
(New
Orleans) The Deep South Center for Environmental Justice will host the second
annual HBCU Environmental Health and Safety Compliance Symposium at Dillard
University from June 6-8. The symposium, the first of its kind to target
historically black colleges and universities, aims to ensure that HBCU
personnel have the information they need to foster safe working environments
for students and campus communities and to avoid costly non-compliance fines.
The
symposium will cover topics including emergency response and preparedness,
laboratory and fire safety, environmental audits, hazard communication,
hazardous waste management, and the interpretation of federal regulations such
as the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. From June 4-5, pre-symposium
courses for continuing education units will explore OSHA (occupational safety
and health administration), mold-removal, and HAZWOPER (hazardous waste
operations and emergency response).
The
Deep South Center for Environmental Justice (DSCEJ) encourages facilities
personnel, science laboratory instructors, public safety officers, health and
safety managers, custodial workers, and risk managers to attend.
Since
founding the DSCEJ in 1992, Dr. Beverly Wright has explored the links between
racial, environmental and socioeconomic inequality in New Orleans and across
the Gulf Coast region. Wright, who moved the DSCEJ’s base of operations to
Dillard University in 2005, received the Heinz Award in 2009 for her
environmental advocacy efforts.
The
cost of the symposium is $65 per person. For more information, or to register,
visit www.dscej.org or call (504) 816-4005.
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