MEDIA COVERAGE OF MELDI AND DIVERSITY ISSUES
Below is a list of recent news articles related to MELDI's events and activities. MELDI's Project Director, Dorceta E. Taylor, was interviewed for the following articles:
MELDI's green jobs research project profiled in press release. Profile written by Ken Merrill. May, 2008.
Interviewed by Jiri Lewis of National Public Radio for a web special on minorities and the environment. May 17, 2008.
Interviewed by Scott Learn for Oregonian article entitled, "In Oregon and U.S., Green Groups are Mostly White." January 27, 2008.
Interviewed for feature in LSA Magazine, University of Michigan. 2007.
Interviewed by Mick Dumke for article in the Washington Post entitled, "Lets Add Some Color to the Greening of America." September 16, 2007. p. BO2.
Interviewed by Lisa Rathke about diversity in university and college programs. "UVM Program Seeks Student Diversity." Burlington Free Press on Monday, June 4.
Article about diveristy in the environmental field "Organizations Benefit by Hiring Minorities with Environmental and Engineering Degrees" featured in The University Record, 62, 21(March 5, 2007): 11.
Interviewed by Claudia Capos for University of Michigan press release, "Strengthening the Environmental Movement Through Diversity." February 7.
Interviewed by Charlotte King and featured in articles in Marketing Zone, Fall 2006. Vol. 1#2.
Interviewed by Erin Kelly, for article on diversity in mainstream environmental organizations. The article, "Parks, Conservation Groups Aim to Attract Minorities," appeared in USA Today on March 19, 2006.
USA Today article, "Parks, Conservation Groups Aim to Attract Minorities," reprinted on Liberatormag.com website. 2006.
USA Today article, "Parks, Conservation Groups Aim to Attract Minorities," reprinted on Campaign for America's Wilderness website. 2006.
Interviewed (twice) by the National Public Radio's Great Lakes Radio Consortium about MELDI's National Summit on Diversity in the Environmental Field. August, 2005.
Interviewed by Eliza Strickland for article "The Trailblazer"in the Gambit (New Orleans newspaper) about Jerome Ringo, the National Summit on Diversity in the Environmental Field and about the role of minorities in the environmental movement. August 16, 2005.
Interviewed by Ellyn Ferguson for article on diversity in the U.S. Forest Service. Article appeared in The Coloradoan (Fort Collins, Colorado). "Forest Service Tries to Keep up With Today's Demographics."February 5, 2005. P. A6.
Interviewed by Ellyn Ferguson for article on diversity in the U.S. Forest Service. Article appeared in The Olympian (Olympia, Washington). "Marketing the Outdoors Isn't What it Used to be." February 5, 2005.