East Chicago Lead Crisis: Soil Contamination Forces Residents to Evacuate

Read the full New York Times article here.

Host Kathy Sipple speaks with Artist Activist Thomas Frank about some of the details surrounding this tragedy and what some concerned citizens are doing about it.

What you can do:

• Connect with Calumet Lives Matter on Facebook.
• Connect with Duneland Environmental Justice Alliance on Facebook.

Related actions:

• Attend Awakening the Dreamer Symposium in Hammond, Indiana on 9/25. Details here.
• Attend Green Drinks monthly meet ups. Subscribe to their email list. Connect with NWI Green Drinks or Green Drinks Gary Group on Facebook 

Also referenced in this episode:

• Radical Mycology - Fungal Remediation and Restoration.
• CoThrive Timebank - Northwest Indiana neighbors helping neighbors through service exchanges.