Monday, May 18, 2015

Rhode Island Sierra Club To Hold The "Environment is Everyone's Business" Rally

On Wednesday, June 10, 2015 (rain date June 11), the Rhode Island chapter of the Sierra Club will be holding a rally on the South Lawn of the State House from 5 to 7 PM.  Featuring musical performances by the Eastern Medicine Singers and a host of community artists, the rally will feature keynote speaker Dr. Michael K. Dorsey.  

With a B.S. and Ph.D. in Natural Resources and Environmental Policy from the University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and Environment, as well as a Master of Forest Science from Yale University's School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and an M.A. in Anthropology from The Johns Hopkins University, Dr. Dorsey has been active for over twenty years in a variety of causes related to ecological and environmental policy, including work for the first Obama Presidential campaign, the EPA's National Advisory Committee, and leadership in the national Sierra Club.  He is considered an expert on the topic of sustainability and implementation of environmentally-sound infrastructure policies on the government level, as well as maintaining a study on the inter-connections between financial instruments and the environmental.  He now serves as an advisor at the United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service.
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