Event Series on Industrial Agriculture: Impacts, Advocacy, and Community

The Hubbell Environmental Law Initiative (HELI) at the University of Iowa College of Law and the UI Center for Human Rights are partnering on a series of events this fall semester that will explore themes of industrial agriculture and rural communities.

More information for each event is available at the links below. With questions, contact the HELI team at lawmail-HELI@uiowa.edu.

Upcoming Events in the Series

Legal Advocacy and Environmental Litigation: From North Carolina to Iowa

October 16 from Noon to 1 p.m. CST at Zoom ID:  977 5557 6923

Join environmental litigators and advocates in a discussion about how legal practitioners have litigated cases against industrial agriculture from North Carolina to Iowa.

The panel will include:

1. Shannon Roesler, Charlotte and Frederick Hubbell Professor of Environmental and Natural Resources Law and HELI Faculty Director (moderator)
2. Mona Lisa Wallace, founding Partner of the law firm of Wallace & Graham, P.A. and was the attorney representing the community featured in the Wastelands book
3. John Lande, shareholder at the Dickinson Bradshaw Law Firm
4. Michael Schmidt, Staff Attorney for the Iowa Environmental Council

More information is available here: https://events.uiowa.edu/88124

Wastelands: The True Story of Farm Country on Trial author keynote

One Community, One Book - Author Keynote
Sunday, Oct. 20 from 3 to 4:15 p.m. at Old Brick on the UI Campus

The Fall 2024 One Community, One Book selection is Wastelands: The True Story of Farm Country on Trial, by Corban Addison. The program is an annual community-wide reading project! This event is free and open to the public and sponsored by the University of Iowa Center for Human Rights, Hubbell Environmental Law Initiative, and the Iowa City Book Festival.

We look forward to seeing you for the event! Here is some important information as you plan to attend:

• This event will be hosted in person at Old Brick, located at 26 E Market St, Iowa City, IA 52245
• There is free street parking in Iowa City on Sundays
• Doors will open at 2:30 p.m.
• Book sale will occur before and after the lecture
• Event will begin at 3 p.m. and last approximately 75 minutes
• Corban Addison will share a reading from the book, and there will be a moderated Q&A
• Author book signing will occur immediately following the lecture
• There will be no livestream or recording available for this event

Other Webinars in the Series

Agricultural Workers and Extreme Heat: OSHA’s Proposed Heat Safety Rule

November 13 from Noon to 1 p.m. CST at Zoom ID:  977 5557 6923

Join occupational safety, labor, and environmental experts for a discussion of the risks of extreme temperatures for outdoor workers in a changing climate and the recently proposed OSHA rule to protect workers from hazardous heat.

More details about this panel will be available soon on the UI Center for Human Rights website and here: https://events.uiowa.edu/88126

Recording: Industrial Animal Agriculture: Impacts on the Environment, Communities, and Health

On September 18, HELI and UICHR hosted experts for a discussion about the history of industrial agriculture and confined animal feed operations in Iowa, including their impacts on our health and our communities.

The panel included:

1. Dean William (Bill) Hines, panelist and moderator, the Joseph F. Rosenfield Professor and Dean Emeritus at the University of Iowa College of Law
2. Dr. Silvia Secchi, Professor in the Department of Geographical and Sustainability Sciences at the University of Iowa
3. Sherri White-Williamson, Executive Director of the Environmental Justice Community Action Network (EJCAN) and formerly in the US EPA Office of Environmental Justice

The recording is available on UICHR's Youtube page: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i0OgMxG5hQ