Will Allen keynote speaker at UDC Earth Day event

The University of the District of Columbia’s College of Agriculture, Urban Sustainability and Environmental Sciences (CAUSES) celebrates Earth Day by hosting

UDC’s 2011 International Urban Sustainability Action Summit
on “Food--Sovereignty, Security and Justice”

Saturday, April 16, 2011 from 8:00 am – 5:30 pm
@ UDC’s Van Ness Campus (4200 Conn. Ave., N.W., WDC 20008)

The Summit will bring together experts, grassroots leaders and members of the community to share information about food deserts, sustainability in the urban environment and equal access to healthy food choices. The land-grant university is the ideal setting for thoughtful discourse exploring the issue and identifying cutting-edge and best practices.

The keynote speaker for the occasion is “Green” innovator and 2008 MacArthur Fellow, Will Allen, founder of Growing Power - a model urban sustainability program.

Will Allen is an urban farmer, who is transforming the cultivation, production and delivery of healthy foods to underserved, urban populations.

The day-long event will feature a collective of expert speakers, presenters and exhibitors to inform, engage and empower attendees to act. Be part of the discussion and part of the solution . . . REGISTER TODAY.

To register please visit www.udc.edu/CAUSES.