Our annual awards are designed to recognize individuals who achieve this integration. President Richard L. Player Jr. will accept the award. The series will address ways in which people of color and people in lower income group suffer disproportionate risks from environmental hazards, said Marie Lynn Miranda, the Nicholas School's director of undergraduate programs. Chambers will speak at 4 p.m. Nov. 11. The lecture is free and open to the public and will take place in Love Auditorium in the Levine Science Research Center.
Chambers is a legal scholar and authority on civil rights legislation.
His experience in civil rights litigation includes presenting landmark cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. Under his leadership, NCCU maintains a strong commitment to work for environmental justice in the Durham community. The speaker series is co-sponsored by the Kenan Ethics Program and the Nicholas School's Environmental Sciences and Policy Program. Project Share, in cooperation with the Volunteer Center of Greater Durham and the Durham County Social Services Department, supplies gifts for families in the Durham community who otherwise would not be able to provide such gifts for themselves or their families during the holidays. This season, the center's goal is to provide gifts for at least 300 individuals, chosen by the Durham County Social Services Department, said project co-coordinator Maranda Whitener.