Link for Agenda: Water and Oil (PDF)

The Evergreen State College-Masters of Public Administration (MPA) will host a public symposium on Saturday May 6, 2017 from 9am-12pm. The framework of this free event is to discuss water and oil economic policy with the community. Titled “Water and Oil: Do They Mix? A Community Conversation of How Water and Oil Decisions Affect Economic Policy” a variety of speakers will discuss issues pertaining to these subjects and how it impacts the economy and other systems. The organizers have commitments from great speakers providing multiple perspectives on these issues in order to engage in a discussion how to balance these complexities within the modern political climate. The focus of this forum is to stimulate a discussion to understand multiple perspectives and to seek a better understanding of the deeper meaning of advocacy of these relevant topics.

A committee of Larry Geri, DPA, Lachezar “Lucky” Anguelov, PhD and Eric S Trevan, PhD has coordinated this event and students within the MPA program at Evergreen will also engage in this conversation. “We need to empower individuals on all sides of these issues if we are truly going to understand how to reach consensus,” stated Member of the Faculty Trevan. The City of Olympia was generous and donated use of the Olympia Center for this event downtown Olympia. There are 80 attendees committed and the venue can hold 150. There is no need to RSVP; the organizers encourage individuals to attend and engage in this community discussion.

MPA The Evergreen State College appreciates the generosity of the City of Olympia and the contribution of the Olympia Center