Marquette – A Breakfast and Conversation with environmental activist, advocate for children’s health and Nobel Prize nominee Lois Gibbs will be held Friday, October 15 from 9:30 to 11 a.m. at The Waterfront, located above the L’Attitude restaurant in Marquette.
Tickets cost $20 and are available at Snowbound Books and Babycakes, or by e-mailing mbparky2@gmail.com.
Gibbs was a 27-year-old housewife when she learned that her child was attending an elementary school built on top of a 20,000 ton toxic chemical dump in Niagara Falls, N.Y. She rallied her neighbors to form the Love Canal Homeowners Association and fought for more than two years for relocation of the families of Love Canal. In October 1980, President Jimmy Carter delivered an emergency declaration that moved 900 families from this hazardous area and signified victory for the grassroots community. Gibbs is now the executive director of the Center for Health, Environment and Justice, which has assisted more than 10,000 grassroots groups with organizing, technical and general information nationwide.
At 7 p.m. Gibbs will present “From Love Canal to Michigan at 7 p.m. in Jamrich Hall Room 102 at Northern Michigan University. Admission is free to NMU students, $3 for general public. For more information, call Laura Farwell at 360-0000.
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