11/09/2021
By Tim Ford
We are planning to build capacity in this area of nutritional and environmental health equity and are actively looking for collaborators. All interested faculty, students and alumni are encouraged to attend. Refreshments will be served.
Capt. Stover is a commissioned officer with the U.S. Public Health Service. Stover joined the Environmental Protection Agency in 2011 to serve as the Indian Program Manager for EPA Region 1’s tribal program and continues to work with the ten federally recognized tribes in New England on critical environmental matters.
Previously, Stover spent 18 years with the Indian Health Service working with Native American tribes in New England, New York, Alaska, California, and Arizona, designing and managing construction of water and wastewater treatment facilities.
During this lecture, Capt. Stover will discuss the critical role that water quality plays in sustaining subsistence diets and food sovereignty for Native American communities. He draws on over 30 years’ experience working with indigenous communities in North America and Canada, and his dedication towards helping to address the challenges of water scarcity, contamination and the impacts these challenges have on Tribal peoples’ health and culture.
Capt. Stover will discuss the importance of effective community engagement and traditional ecological knowledge in promoting sustainable solutions to water quality, food sovereignty and access, and how these themes underpin his current work with EPA Region 1’s Tribal program and the New England Tribes.
This event is organized by the Department of Biomedical and Nutritional Sciences (BNS) and the BNS Racial Inclusion and Social Justice Committee.