Our Movement Starts Here *Free Screening* [Big Room-Upstairs]

In 1982, a rural, predominately Black community in North Carolina mobilized and fought the state’s plan to site a toxic PCB landfill in their county. This landmark action, the first to articulate the concepts of environmental racism and environmental justice, brought together civil rights activists and environmentalist for the first
time to fight for common goals. As part of Tigers Against Pollution’s Popular Education
series, the filmmakers, John Rash and Melanie Ho will be present to discuss the
parallels between Warren County’s fight to the current one being waged by Memphians and Mississippi residents against neighboring data
centers in the delta region.