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From Africville to Alton Gas: A Pop‑Up Book Launch for There's Something in the Water: Environmental Racism in Indigenous & Black Communities

Posted by GHO Admin on September 6, 2018 in Events

Date: Wednesday, October 3, 2018 @ 6-9 pm
Location: Paul O’Regan Hall Halifax Central Library


Please join Dr. Ingrid Waldron for her Halifax book launch From Africville to Alton Gas: A Pop-Up Book Launch for There's Something in the Water: Environmental Racism in Indigenous and Black Communities. Ingrid will be joined by friends and colleagues who will read passages from the book and contribute their own experiences and perspectives on the issues and stories documented in the book.

The following speakers will be joining Ingrid to deliver talks:

  • Geri Musqua-LeBlanc, Elder, Dalhousie University Elders in Residence Program
  • Lenore Zann, Nova Scotia NDP Party
  • Ellen Sweeny, Atlantic PATH
  • Mikiko Terashima, School of Planning, Dalhousie University
  • Irvine Carvery, Africville Genealogy Society
  • Michelle Paul, Environmental Activist
  • Louise Delisle, South End Environmental Injustice Society
  • Dorene Bernard, Grassroots Grandmothers Circle

Free refreshments

Ingrid will be signing copies of her book, which will be available for purchase.

https://halifax.bibliocommons.com/events/5b80461e22ba0524009ac3f8

Organized by Fernwood Publishing and the ENRICH Project