Susquehanna River Symposium 2011 at Bucknell University
River Towns in the 21st Century: Supporting local development in the Susquehanna Valley by recognizing regional community assets.
October 14 & 15, 2011
Towns in the central Susquehanna Valley are responding successfully in many different ways to the economic, social, and environmental challenges accompanying the new century. Many community assets are present in the region, and they can be strengthened through learning from each other and by seeking ways to collaborate more fully.
The 2011 Susquehanna River Symposium will bring together community, university, business, and government leaders to share their successes in furthering community interests, and to explore opportunities for collaboration.
Highlights:
Susquehanna Greenways Presentation / Panel on Creating Healthier Communities
Dr.Anne Dapice on Health and Identity in Native Communities
Honoring Ceremony; Native People's participation in the Susquehanna Historic Trail project.
Panel - Understanding Community Impacts of Marcellus Shale Development: Strategies and Questions
Panel - Cooperative social service agencies: chronic and acute needs in Columbia County
Community Platform Implementation from the Urban Institute for the Susquehanna Valley -- Tom Pollack
Keynote Address -- Jody Kretzmann, Northwestern Univ. "Assets-based Development in the Susquehanna Region"
Panel - Commercial development and sustainable communities: regional businesses and downtowns
(optional, but appreciated, for general attendance; required for for meals/reception)
The Symposium is organized by the Nature and Human Communities Initiative of the Bucknell University Environmental Center.
Contact Brandn Green, bgreen@bucknell.edu, for further information.
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This event is sponsored by Bucknell University: Departments of Environmental Studies, Sociology/Anthropology, Management, Geography And a grant from the Henry Luce Foundation to the university's Susquehanna River Initiative.
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Cultures at the Confluence: Mapping the Susquehanna Valley from the Inside is a 3 year old digital-humanities project that seeks to highlight the intersection of cultural landscapes and narratives with environmental systems from a perspective inside the region.
Working with select students in an intense workshop on nonfiction writing, the Susuquehanna Writers Institute strives to develop narrative content material for online projects in oral istory, nature writing and "deep mapping" of cultural landscapes.
