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<H1 class=EC_eventDate>Wednesday, November 19, 2008 </H1>
<H1 class=EC_eventTitle>Speaker: Van Jones, founding president of Green For All</H1>Speaker: Van Jones<BR>Time: 5:30p–7:00p <BR>Location: <A href="http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=32-123&mapsearch=go">32-123</A>
Van Jones is founding president of Green For All and a senior fellow with the Center for American Progress. He is also the author of The Green Collar Economy (Harper One 2008), which is endorsed by Nancy Pelosi, Tom Daschle and Al Gore. <BR><BR>Green For All is a U.S. organization that promotes green-collar jobs and opportunities for the disadvantaged. Its mission is to build an inclusive, green economy - strong enough to resolve the ecological crisis and lift millions of people out of poverty. <BR><BR>A 1993 Yale Law graduate, Van is a husband and the father of two small boys. He is a tireless advocate, committed to creating "green pathways out of poverty" and greatly expanding the coalition fighting global warming.<BR>Open to: the general public <BR>Sponsor(s): Sustainability@MIT<BR>For more information, contact:<BR>Adam Siegel<BR>asiegs@mit.edu <BR><BR><br /><hr />Stay up to date on your PC, the Web, and your mobile phone with Windows Live <a href='http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/119462413/direct/01/' target='_new'>Click here</a></body>
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