Environmental Fridays, April 21
Welcome to Season IV, Episode 14, of "Environmental Fridays ... it is personal."
Join us this coming Friday, April 21, 2023, for Environmental Fridays, Episode 14, at 9:30 a.m. EST to listen and learn about "Environmental Challenges of a Sawmill Clean-up" by Prestene Garnenez.
Our co-host is Laurel Berman, environmental health scientist.
The Zoom Meeting link is https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84075113359?pwd=TGMvYUxycHExRFMvdnlWL1o4TEV1QT09.
- Meeting ID: 840 7511 3359
- Passcode: 172320
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Contact Desmond Hartwell Murray, associate professor of chemistry, at murrayd@andrews.edu if you have any questions.
GUEST SPEAKER BIO
Prestene Garnenez is a passionate advocate in the revitalization and balanced growth of her community of Red Lake-Navajo located on the Navajo Nation (Indian reservation); she is a Navajo/Dine' tribal member of the Navajo Nation and was raised in the community of Red Lake-Navajo. She is a founding member of the local grassroots organization, the Red Lake-Navajo Community Action Group working to improve the quality of life in the Red Lake-Navajo community, and a member of the NFPI Clean-up Community Advisory Committee which advises, guides and supports the remediation/clean-up of the former Navajo Forest Products Industry (NFPI) sawmill site, a former business enterprise of the Navajo Nation. She's one of two founders of the Dzil Ditlooi School of Empowerment, Action & Perseverance (DEAP) Charter School which focuses on Dine' culture, language and values. Currently she serves as the executive director for Navajo Townsite Community Development Corporation, a non-profit located in Navajo, New Mexico.
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