Champions For Change
Our special guest Patricia Arquette, an Oscar winning actress who is making her directing debut on a new movie based on the events at Love Canal.
Center for Health, Environment & Justice & People’s Action Institute’s will honor the work and achievements of:
Dr. Beverly Paigen, scientist documented health impacts at Love Canal
Jackie Young, Texas Health Environment Alliance who fought and won a cleanup of a Superfund site in Houston, TX
People United for Sustainable Housing, Buffalo, NY working on affordable housing, equitable jobs and ecological sustainability for the West Side of Buffalo.
About CHEJ: For over 38 years, under the leadership of Lois Gibbs, CHEJ through training, coalition building, and one-on-one technical and organizing assistance has been mentoring a movement and empowering people to prevent harm to human health caused by exposure to hazardous environmental conditions. Last year, CHEJ became a project of People’s Action Institute’s, People & Planet First project, to expand our reach and increase our power to create change. People’s Action Institute is a tax-exempt 501 C3 organization; all contributions are tax deductible.
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