October 3, 2018: Please join host Fazeela Jiwa for Dr. Ingrid Waldron’s 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 Sweeney, 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
Wednesday, October 3, 2018
6 pm -9 pm
Paul O’Regan Hall
Halifax Central Library
5440 Spring Garden Rd, Halifax, NS B3J 1E9
Free refreshments
Ingrid will be signing copies of her book, which will be available for purchase.