The BMCC community is invited to meet Steven Smith. Mr Smith will talk about the Guyana Omai gold mine disaster which is one of the 100 most important environmental cases in the 20th century and a reflection of the interaction of economics, law, engineering, finance, and politics that led to that disaster. This discussion will take you through an eyewitness account to environmental disasters and ways to respond.
Join us via Zoom: https://bmcc-cuny.zoom.us/j/85726350504
Meeting ID: 857 2635 0504
Passcode: 693451
About the Speaker
Steven smith (owl), son of William Alfred Smith, Esquire, who spent his early childhood in the Ramapo mountains and grandson of Ira Smith, professor and educator from Hillburn, NY. Steven D. Smith received his bachelor of arts in political science from the University of California at Santa Cruz and his doctorate of jurisprudence from the University of California at Berkeley. Mr. Smith studied Mexican culture and history as a Pacific Rim scholar of the University of California for which he wrote an essay on an afro-mestizo community on the pacific coast of Mexico. Mr. Smith has traveled and lived extensively in Latin America and the Caribbean including Mexico, Cuba, Haiti, Guyana and Ecuador. Mr. Smith has taught and lectured on a wide variety of subjects including business law at Virginia Tech, science, technology and law for Virginia Tech and the University of Richmond School of Law, and introductory law for high school students. He has lectured on diverse subjects such as telecommunications policy, trade policy, environmental law, and the human rights of indigenous people. Steven Smith is a member of the California bar and Virginia bar of attorneys. Mr. Smith has assisted Navajo, Tohono O’odham, and Guyanese villagers with major environmental issues in national courts and before Congress and the United Nations. Mr. Smith is currently an advisor to the Ramapough Lenape Nation.
All BMCC students, faculty and staff are invited to attend.
The Economics, Equality and Environment Club is an academic club that aims to increase awareness about sustainability and responsibility on the BMCC campus through panel discussions, field trips, experiential and action learning opportunities of current local and global economic, social and environmental issues that affect life on Earth.
If you have any questions, contact Professor Christine Farias at cfarias@bmcc.cuny.edu or Bernard Primicias at bmcceeeclub@gmail.com.
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