2727 California St.
Berkeley
In “sacrifice zones” around the country, communities — especially low-income communities and people of color — have been struggling against the effects of nearby oil, gas, and plastic production facilities.
Five speakers from these frontline communities will gather to share their stories and describe ways they are organizing to defend themselves.
Meg, an organizer with Speak Out Now and an environmental activist in Baltimore. She is actively organizing community and worker efforts to confront the fossil fuel industry and the capitalist system that drives it in areas like Curtis Bay, a neighborhood in South Baltimore, that houses the second largest coal export pier in the US and the largest medical waste incinerator in the US.
Art worked for 36 years with US Steel in the coke manufacturing plant in Clairton, PA and was involved with the safety and civil rights committee with the union. Now he is an organizer with Valley Clean Air Now (VCAN) in Allegheny County, PA and speaks out about the health and safety issues related to coal byproducts.
Carly is a resident of Beaver County, PA, across the state line from the East Palestine, OH ` train derailment. After the derailment and subsequent vent and burn, she and her family faced multiple health problems and she saw had no choice but to organize and advocate for herself and her community.
Elise is an environmental organizer and attorney from West Virginia who has spent decades organizing with others across the country against chemical spills and coal extraction and for autonomy for people everywhere.
David is a resident of Curtis Bay, an industrial neighborhood in South Baltimore. He started organizing around crime in the area, but realized it was connected to the poverty and pollution imposed by huge coal, chemical, and waste industries that we must confront.
or online:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82158800683?pwd=N2J6UjgxNWhNak1WRWdUdm9CUit4QT09
Meeting ID: 821 5880 0683
Passcode: 340756