Friday, Oct. 26,
and Saturday, Oct. 27, 2007

Conference host La Roche College will join with other sponsor organizations to once again bring to the public this free conference that focuses on awareness of important global issues.  This year, our theme focuses on U.N. Millennium Goal No. 7:  Ensure Environmental Sustainability.   Yet our vision for a better world goes beyond global warming and the earth's sustainability issues.  We must continue to affect change in such areas as gender equality, human rights and poverty.

To that end, the Fourth Annual Global Problems, Global Solutions Conference:  Saving the Earth and its People, will feature workshops on a variety of social issues (see workshop schedule under “Schedule” tab). 

"Our conference sponsors truly believe that we can affect change and combat the difficult challenges that exist now and threaten our future generations,” noted Paul Le Blanc, dean of La Roche College's School of Arts and Sciences and one of the founding organizers of the Global Problems, Global Solutions event in 2004.  “We are proud to host this coming together of social organizations, educational institutions and concerned citizens.  Together, we must work to make more people aware of social injustices so they may be changed and, as a result, provide a brighter future for those who will be the leaders of tomorrow.” 

This year's featured speaker is Erin Brockovich , a former law firm file clerk who won one of the nation's largest class-action lawsuits in history when she found that a public utility company was contaminating a town's water supply and causing its residents to become ill.  Now director of research for the same California law firm, Masry & Vititoe, Ms. Brockovich continues her fight against environmental concerns.  For more on our keynote speakers, go to the “Presenters” tab.

Conference organizers welcome the public to this special, two-day workshop.  Please visit our “Online Registration” tab to mark your place for the 2007 conference.  Space is limited, so we encourage early registration.

The conference is also providing a website for participants to network and discuss important issues related to the conference. Your can register and use the website right away. The website is at this link (http://www.colleague-connect.com/global) - use the conference code: global.

Click here for background flier on conference origins.

Links of Interest

Below are links to sponsor activities that you may find of interest. These activities and events have been created for people who are interested in pursuing the betterment of our society -- either locally, nationally or globally -- and we are pleased to share them with you.

The Rachel Carson Homestead Website (Legacy Conference)

Public Transportation to La Roche College