Dream Corps is a social justice accelerator. Van Jones, is president and co-founder of the nonprofit Dream Corps. The achievements and work of our guest lecture today are remarkable. Im going to pass the dialogue to Dean of Public Health, Will Dow, who will introduce our guest. The lecture youre about to hear aligns perfectly with the spirit and the tradition and the goals of these dialogues that we want to advance. And I wont read the list now but have wonderful speakers in the series over the years. And todays speaker certainly is relevant to that goal.Īnd were very proud to say weve had really a whos who. For those of you who dont know among his other distinguished parts of his career he was the second Director of the National Park Service and in fact one of our guests today is the most recent director under President Obama, John Jarvis, is part of what weve been doing at CNR recently is launching an Institute for the Study of Parks to move forward in this tradition.Īnd were honored to have the opportunity to use the Horace Albright endowment lecture series to address issues of the public discourse around the challenges of our day and the challenges of our time. The Horace Albright lecture series at the College of Natural Resources has been going strong for over 50 years and it continues today as a wonderful tribute to Horace Albrights achievements. I know I didnt need to say that for this experienced crowd. And if you can take a moment now, now is the time to turn off the ringer on your cell phone. And the most important thing is I ask that you wait for the microphone to come around to you so were recording and well let our guest handle the Q&A towards the end. Albright Fall Lecture for the College of Natural Resources events that we hold twice a year.Ī couple housekeeping, we do ask that you refrain from any photography during the event, and, it is being recorded on video, and that will post on our website in about a week, so keep an eye on CNRs website, and Will, I dont know, will Public Health have its own link as well? And on the Public Health website as well.Īfter our guests talk, there will be a question and answer session. So this is one of a special anniversary series for the School of Public Health on their 75th anniversary, and then its the Horace M. My name is David Ackerly, Im the Dean of the College of Natural Resources, and really honored today to be hosting this as a joint event with the School of Public Health.
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