AAEA President at EJ in America 2010 Conference

The Fourth Annual State of Environmental Justice in America 2010 Conference was a great success. This annual conference embodies the hopes and dreams of community activists and government agencies in terms of providing a consistent venue for addressing national environmental justice issues. The environmental justice movement longed for such an annual gathering and now it is an institution.

A great crowd converged on the Marriott Hotel at Metro Center in Washington, D.C. to participate in the various sessions and panels. AAEA President Norris McDonald is pictured below with some of the primary founders of the conference and Park Service legend Bob Stanton. Melinda Downing is the Environmental Justice Program Manager for the U.S. Department of Energy. Geraldine Herring is the Chief of the Compliance Division in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Robert G. Stanton is Senior Advisor to the Secretary of the Interior. Benjamin Wilson is a Managing Principal and Environmental Defense Attorney for the law firm Beveridge and Diamond in Washington, D.C. John Rosentall is an attorney, environmental consultant and conference coordinator. Quentin Pair is an attorney with the Environmental and Natural Resource Division, U.S. Department of Justice

Norris McDonald, Melinda Downing

Geraldine Herring, Norris McDonald

Norris McDonald, Ben Wilson, Robert Stanton, John Rosenthall

Quentin Pair, Norris McDonald