NCEJN’s 22nd Annual Environmental Justice Summit (2020) registration open

Registration is open for the summit! Looks like a great event. John and I have enrolled and are looking forward to learning together.

I took the following from their website:

We Can’t Breathe: Policing, Pollution, Public Violence, and Pandemic

This year, we are focusing our hearts and attention on the multiple crises that harm our communities – namely the public violence of policing, pollution, and the pandemic – and how our collective struggle can transform that harm into wellbeing for our communities.

To promote the safety of our community members, we have planned for this year’s Summit to be held online for the month of October. We will be gathering via email, social media, on Zoom, and by word of mouth to continue to practice solidarity and prove that our strength in numbers is not changed by any force! In addition to the virtual events, for the month of October, we will be asking our members and others to join in completing weekly action challenges as well as three live-stream events, to actively engage collectively towards our shared goals. Our traditions are adaptable. Our power never falters!

Meeting Location

This year’s EJ Summit will be virtual! Once you register, we will share the Zoom information with you.

Event Dates

Live-stream events will include:

Saturday, October 10th | 3-5pm
EJ Documentary (Mossville: When Great Trees Fall) and Discussion

Friday, October 23rd | 4-5:30pm
EJ Panel on Policing, Pollution, Public Violence, and Pandemic

Saturday, October 24th | 10-11:30am
EJ Remembrance and Closing

About the Author: Kim Coram

Kim Coram is retired from The Bureau of the Public Debt, US Treasury Department where she served as an IT manager in a variety of disciplines ranging from computer security to website management. She is an US Air Force veteran and was an Explosive Ordnance Disposal Specialist. She was elected to Parkersburg, WV's city council where she served a 4-year term. Kim loved WV and decided to move after seeing the impact fracking has had and continues to have on this once paradise. She is now retired and lives in Cedar Mountain, NC where she enjoys clean drinking water, riding bikes with her husband, John, and taking her grandchildren on grand adventures in her "backyard".