UPCOMING EVENTS
Facing History and Ourselves
On February 27 and 28, the Bitterroot Human Rights Alliance will co-sponsor a workshop for educators and parents titled Facing History and Ourselves at the Corvallis Middle School. The trainer for the event is Mary Johnson, Ph.D., Senior Associate of the nationally acclaimed Facing History and Ourselves program. The workshop used the holocaust as a vehicle to examine issues such as racism, prejudice, anti-Semitism and homophobia which exist in society. Johnson helps make the connection between history and the moral choices we face in everyday life.The cost of the workshop is $25, or $80 for
those wanting credit from Western Montana College of
Education, Dillon. For more information or to
register, call Ann Owen at 406-363-0171, write Bitterroot
Human Rights Alliance at Box 915 Hamilton, MT 59840.
Network Sponsors Wise Use Conference
Those of you concerned about the radical right's attack on environmentalism, mark April 17-18, 1998 on your calender. The Montana Human Rights Network is sponsoring a conference on the Wise Use Movement and its Connection to other Far-Right Organizations. The conference will take place at the University of Montana in Missoula. The conference is designed to bridge the gap between human right-based groups and environmental groups on an issue that evvects everyone.The
tentative list of experts who will present plenaries and
lead workshops includes:
Tarso Ramos, Western States Center, Portland,
Oregon. Tarso is one of the nation's leaders in
providing a historical foundation of the Wise Use
Movement.
Dan Barry, Clearinghouse on Environmental Advocacy and Research, Washington, D.C. Barry has documented the connections to the Wise Use leaders and those of other far- right groups in the nation.
Spokesperson from Political Ecology Group (PEG), San Francisco. PEG is a small but powerful environmental advocacy group that often leads the debate on issues such as the "greening of hate" and environmental justice
For more information on this conference, call the
Human Rights Network at 442-5506.