Program Description: History Chat is a one hour program in which a lecturer speaks about a topic in local or nationa l history followed by an audience Q&\;A session. \; \;
\nA native of Jacksonville\, Jimmy Orth has extensive experience working on environmental issues in Northeast Florida for nearly 35 years. He previous ly served for over eight years as an executive committee member and as cha irman for the Northeast Florida group of the Sierra Club and founded a loc al chapter of Inner City Outings\, a program that provided outdoor experie nces for urban youth. He was hired as the Executive Director of St. Johns Riverkeeper in February of 2004. He received his undergraduate degree in M arketing from Florida State University\, and his master&rsquo\;s degree in Public Administration from the University of North Florida. For his many contributions to the St. Johns River and the local community\, Jimmy has r eceived the Volunteer Jacksonville Nature of Caring Award\, Sierra Club Fl orida Chapter Pine Tree Award\, Keep Jacksonville Beautiful Jake Godbold A ward\, and the Chrisi P. Veleta Environmental Award from the Jacksonville Environmental Protection Board. He currently also serves as the Chair of t he Jacksonville Climate Coalition Steering Committee.
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