Advocacy Talks & Interviews

Steve Chase presents at the Psychology-Ecology-Sustainability Conference

Presentation by Steve Chase, PhD at the Psychology-Ecology-Sustainability Conference on the campus of Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon on June 9, 2007. The talk is entitled "Creative Maladjustment: Activism as a Way to Heal Self, Society, and Planet." The first few minutes has technical problems, but the talk really gets rolling soon after.

Steve Chase Speaks at Quaker Conference

Click here for this hour-long interview conducted at a Quaker conference at the University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown campus. It aired on a program called Spirit In Action. Steve's episode, "Activating the Activists," is focused on his own activist history and the spiritual roots of his work, and includes lots of information about the EAOP program (now the Advocacy for Social Justice and Sustainability concentration) and the Department of Environmental Studies Antioch University New England.

The Activist Legacy of Martin Luther King: An Interview with EAOP Director Steve Chase

This 50 minute conversation between Steve Chase and Joseph Gainza, the host of the radio program "Gathering Peace," was originally broadcast on April 1, 2008 by WGDR in Plainfield, VT, just a few days before the 40th Anniversary of MLK's assignation. In it, Steve tells the story of how Martin Luther King became a reluctant activist during the Montgomery Bus Boycott and then discusses King's political evolution over the years, his opposition to the US invasion and occupation of Vietnam, and how contemporary coalitions like Green For All are keeping the legacy of Martin Luther King alive and kicking. (Downloadable MP3 file)

ACT Radio Interviews Steve Chase on Activist Training and the EAOP

ACT Radio, or Animal Concerns of Texas, is broadcast by co-hosts Greg Lawson, Steve Best, and Elizabeth Walsh on KTEP--the NPR station in El Paso. Every other Sunday evening at 7:30, these radio activists offer a unique half-hour radio program in Texas that focuses on animals rights, human health, and related issues such as vegetarianism and environmental activism. In this 2007 Earth Day segment they interview Steve Chase on activist training in general and the Environmental Advocacy and Organizing Program in particular. Steve's 23 minute interview starts about 7 minutes into the program, after some news and commentary. (Downloadable MP3 file)

Career Guidance in Environmental Advocacy: An Environmental Careers Organization Interview with EAOP Director Steve Chase

Click here to read this interview focused on such questions as: What is environmental organizing? What do organizers actually do? What are some of the key skills needed? What kind of jobs are available in the field of advocacy and organizing? What kind of starting salaries can beginning organizers expect in the coming years? What are the long-range goals that organizers ought to aspire to?

Last Updated: 3/29/10