The Hubbell Environmental Law Initiative and the University of Iowa Center for Human Rights collaborated to hold a panel exploring environmental activism and the importance of being involved in community.
The “Who Defends the Defenders” event was held in the Hubbard Law Building on April 10 with about 40 attendees.
Aaron Page, a UI adjunct instructor and moderator for the event, said the idea for the panel stemmed from the 10th anniversary of the Standing Rock protests, a series of demonstrations and encampments in the northern half of the U.S. that opposed the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline in Native American communities…