Lecture: Tree Sits and Glitter Banners: How New Terrorism Laws Are Meant to Silence Environmental Protest

When:
April 22, 2014 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
2014-04-22T18:00:00+00:00
2014-04-22T19:30:00+00:00
Where:
Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180
USA

Speaker Will Potter is an award-winning journalist and TED Fellow based in Washington, D.C..  His writing and public speaking focus on the animal rights and environmental movements, and civil liberties post-9/11.  Potter testified before the U.S. Congress about his reporting, as the only witness opposing the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act.