‘Halt the Harm’ hosted an online summit highlighting some of the people leading the anti-fracking movement in communities across the United States. Learn about pipeline fights, public health threats, support services, and much more.
Tuesday, November 15th
- Opening Session – Meet the Presenters
- Barb Jarmoska, Keep It Wild – Playing the long game: Overcoming defeat and setting new goals in the oil & gas fight
- Judith Enck, Beyond Plastics – Telling the truth about plastic pollution
- Jackie Sawicky, Concerned Citizens of Navarro County – Pushing back against the Bitcoin Empire in Texas
- Barbara Arrindell, Damascus Citizens for Sustainability(DCS) – Precautionary approach to fighting oil & gas
- Beka Economopoulos, The Natural History Museum – “We Refuse to Die” – Exhibition and movement building with the Natural History Museum
- Kelly Sheehan, Sierra Club – Stopping gas exports to protect public health and avert the climate crisis!
- Ben Hunkler, Ohio River Valley Institute – Shared prosperity in the Ohio River Valley
- Karen Edelstein, FracTracker Alliance – Using maps to inspire action
- Kristina Marusic, Environmental Health News – Stories of plastic, toxic chemicals, and oil & gas pollution
Wednesday, November 16th
- Jamie Henn, Fossil Free Media – Making headlines / Getting press coverage
- Jason Corwin, OJI:SDA’ Sustainable Indigenous Futures – Victory against the Epiphany Allegheny corporation and the ongoing battle against the Northern Access Pipeline in NY
- Cozetta LaMore, Choices Interlinking Alliance, Environmental and social racism: A Systemic Trauma-informed response
- Dana Kuhnline, ReImagine Appalachia – Building power across labor, environmental advocates, faith leaders, and racial justice leaders in Appalachia
- Eric de Place, Beyond Petrochemicals Campaign – The Beyond Petrochemicals Campaign
- Brian Hedden, Earth Dog Films – Colorado’s oil and gas wars – Upcoming documentary film
- Sharon Wilson, Earthworks – Making the invisible visible – FLIR camera to expose oil & gas pollution
- Alexis Goldsmith, Beyond Plastics – Skill building for grassroots organizers
- Ted Glick, Beyond Extreme Energy – The campaign to replace FERC with FREC
Thursday, November 17th
- Kirk Jalbert, Civic Science for Environmental Futures Collaborative, Community science, data, and information technologies in the environmental justice movement
- Amy Panek, Park Foundation, Funding to Protect the Environment
- Raina Rippel, Communitopia – Transformative Climate Education for all
- Lisa Johnson, Lisa Johnson and Associates – Legal advocacy for fracking victims and learning industry tactics
- Cassandra Clark, Yale School of Public Health and Yale Cancer Center – Unconventional oil and gas, childhood cancer, exposure assessment
- LuAnne Kozma, Committee to Ban Fracking in Michigan – Getting a statewide ban on fracking and fracking waste on the ballot in Michigan
- Rebekah Sale, Property Rights and Pipeline Center – Protecting landowners’ rights against pipeline development
- Tammy Murphy, Physicians for Social Responsibility Pennsylvania – Addressing the Health Impacts of Fracking
- Diane D’Arrigo, Nuclear Information and Resource Service – Risks of radioactive waste