Friday, May 9, 5:00-10:00 p.m.
Plaza Verde, 1516 East Lake Street, Suite 301, Minneapolis
5:00 p.m. Gathering, music, networking and food
6:00-10:00 Program and discussion begins
Spanish and Somali interpreting will be available.
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
The Women's Environmental Institute (WEI) invites you to participate in the Phillips Community Environmental Justice Forum and Feast this Friday evening
Picture: Children of Phillips deserve a safe environment.
This community gathering will bring together neighborhood activists, experts in environmental health concerns, and allies who support the community's right-to-know about the serious environmental health challenges facing our families -- especially our children and elders in Phillips. The community feast begins at 5pm and features Native, Latino, and Somali foods. The program begins at 6 pm with speakers and panels that will present: maps and information on the kinds of toxic exposure residents are already living with; concerns about the proposal to site a wood-burning incinerator in Phillips; other toxic air pollution sources; and an opportunity for the community to respond and to begin to strategize for future actions to promote environmental justice. This event is free and open to the public. The MN Pollution Control Agency and numerous community-based organizations are co-sponsors. The agenda includes, Dr. Ted Schettler from the Science and Environmental Health Network, Bob Shimek from the Indigenous Environmental Network, and neighborhood people who are involved in the Phillips Environmental Steering Committee. Initiative (PESCI), a group that has been working with the Women's Environmental Institute this past year.
We encourage you to come, bring your neighbors, questions, ideas, and passion for environmental justice in our neighborhood!
Co-sponsors: Confederation of Somali Communities of MN, East Phillips Improvement Coalition, Environmental Justice Advocates of Minnesota, Friends of the Cemetery, Healthy Legacy, Hope Community, MN Immigrant Freedom Network, Indigenous People’s Task Force, Little Earth of United Tribes, Midtown Phillips Neighborhood Association Inc., Minneapolis Residents for Clean Air, Minnesota Indian Women's Resource Center, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, Phillips West, Preventing Harm
MN, Santo Rosario Catholic Church, Seward Neighborhood Group, Surad Interpreting, Ventura Village