Wednesday, November 10th from 10am to 11:30 am
Session II: Making Change and Moving Mountains: When Mothers Discover Their Children’s Health is at Risk
This session provides a snapshot of the experiences of three women and the actions they took when they discovered their children and families were sickened by exposures; contaminated drinking water, polluted air, and land that was an unknown dumping ground for toxic waste. This group of unintended advocates explain how and why they became leaders in their communities and how they organized their neighbors for change. A pediatrician, environmental health researcher, and Mom, joins the panel as co-moderator.
Hope Grosse, Co-Founder, Buxmont Coalition for Safe Water, National PFAS Contamination Coalition -Leadership Team
Luella Kenny, Love Canal Homeowners Association, researcher and community organizer
Melissa Miles, Executive Director, New Jersey Environmental Justice Alliance
Co-Moderators: Kerry Margaret Butch, Community Engagement Coordinator, Rutgers Center for Environmental Exposures and Disease; Maida Galvez, MD, MPH, Pediatrician and Professor, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Register here: https://rutgers.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_nHJNWiR_R0W8XpqxMO3tgw
Bridging the Gap Between Science and Action
By Jordan Martinez. As an intern at the Center for Health, Environment, and Justice, I have written several papers on the effects of different chemicals
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