Phillips Community Environmental Justice Forum and Feast

The Women’s Environmental Institute (WEI) invites you to participate in the Phillips Community Environmental Justice Forum and Feast on Friday evening, May 9 at Plaza Verde, 1516 E. Lake St., # 301, Minneapolis 55407. This community gathering will bring together experts in environmental health concerns, neighborhood activists, and allies who support the community’s right-to-know about the serious environmental health challenges facing our families — especially our children and elders in Phillips. The community feast begins at 5pm and features Native, Latino, and Somali foods. The program begins at 6 pm with speakers and panels that will present: maps and information on the kinds of toxic exposure residents are already living with; concerns about the proposal to site a wood-burning incinerator in Phillips; other toxic air pollution sources; and an opportunity for the community to respond and to begin to strategize for future action. Spanish and Somali interpreting will be available. This event is free and open to the public. The MN Pollution Control Agency and numerous community-based organization are co-sponsors. We encourage you to come, bring your neighbors, questions, ideas, and passion for environmental justice in our neighborhood!

Please contact Caroline at caroline@w-e-i.org or 651-209-3934 with questions. We hope to see you there!