Terry Tempest Williams Student Dialogue
The Terry Tempest Williams Student Dialogue, a signature event of the Center, focuses on sustainability and education for a sustainable future, including students' role as stewards of natural, cultural, social and political environments. Intended to spark youth activism and inspire the intellectual climate among the FGCU and Southwest Florida communities, the initiative fosters an open space for dialogue and student ownership of that dialogue.
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Food Systems and Climate Change at Florida Gulf Coast University
Tuesday, October 11, 2007, 7:00 pm
Florida Gulf Coast University, Student Union Ballroom
Fort Myers, Florida
The third Terry Tempest Williams Student Dialogue developed the previous year’s theme of food, ethics, and sustainability by exploring food practices within the context of carbon neutrality at Florida Gulf Coast University.
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Food, Ethics, and Sustainability
Tuesday, September 16, 2006, 7:00 pm
Florida Gulf Coast University, Sugden Welcome Center
Fort Myers, Florida
The second Terry Tempest Williams Student Dialogue was a panel discussion with participants from The Humane Society of the United States, Coalition of Immokalee Workers, California Student Sustainability Coalition, and Worden Farm. The panel discussed ethical and environmental aspects of food, including animal welfare, social justice.
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 Social Justice and Human Rights in Immokalee, Florida
Tuesday, October 18, 2005, 7:00 pm
Florida Gulf Coast University, Sugden Welcome Center
Fort Myers, Florida
The inaugural Terry Tempest Williams Student Dialogue was a panel discussion with participants from the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Guadeloupe Center of Immokalee, Harvest for Humanity, FGCU Professor Ingrid Martinez Rico, Pace Center for At-Risk Girls, and the Student Farmworker Alliance. The panel discussed issues of social justice and human rights in the Southwest Florida farming community of Immokalee, Florida. The panel was moderated by Dr. Maria F. Roca. Oanness Arthur Priztker, Director of Yat Kitischee Native Center, gave the closing response.
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