These stories revealed community-member’s experiences during the Civil Rights Movement and an ongoing struggle against racial and economic inequality in the Delta. Each of our 2023 students learned about the lives of activists, politicians, and community leaders in the Mississippi Delta by conducting oral history interviews. The Samuel Proctor Oral History Program has been conducting experiential learning for sixteen years running through this 8-day and 7-night trip. 10, 2021)Ĭhemicals don’t just disappear’ - Persistence by researchers, residents uncovers pesticide contamination at Mead plant (Lincoln Journal Star: Chris Dunker, Feb.Have you ever wondered how researchers collect primary historical evidence? Well at the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program we preserve history by interviewing the people who lived it! ‘There’s a red flag here’: how an ethanol plant is dangerously polluting a US village (The Guardian: Carey Gillam, Jan.

Nebraska Sierra Club backgrounder on AltEn: View the Facebook event page, which will also host the town hall live stream: John Schalles: Professor of Biology at Creighton University, who uses remote sensing and geospatial analyses to assess water quality and the health of inland and coastal waters and wetland ecosystems, and teaches courses in aquatic science, remote sensing, toxicology, and zoology.ĭave Domina: Attorney with Domina Law Group, who has represented Nebraskans, landowners, and cattlemen in matters including class action lawsuits, product liability, wrongful death and serious injury, and a wide variety of complex commercial cases. Judy Wu-Smart: Assistant Professor of Entomology, University of Nebraska manager of UNL Bee Lab at the Eastern Nebraska Research and Extension Center near Mead, where every hive deployed since 2017 has collapsed - a total of 36 hives, each containing 40,000-60,000 bees.ĭr. Previously completed a water quality study for League of Women Voters that identified gaps in safeguards for Nebraska water.ĭr. Janece Mollhoff: Resident of Ashland and former City Council member who initiated a wellhead protection program.

Leesa Zalesky: lives near Wahoo, NE, and is a retired investigative journalist and author with 25 years of experience covering the agricultural industry. Dyas: lives just north of Mead, and is a Senior Scientist at Merck Animal Health solicited a sample of AltEn’s soil conditioner for testing after her dogs became violently ill after consuming it. Jody Weible: local Mead resident within a mile of the AltEn plant, who has experienced health issues, and petitioned state and federal regulators to investigate AltEn pollution also a former 24-year member of the Mead City Planning Commission. (* We are asking all in-person attendees to wear a mask and practice social distancing inside the church during the town hall event, which is open to the public*)įormer Nebraska State Senator Al Davis (Moderator) TOPIC: AltEn ethanol plant and community concerns re: ongoing contamination, cleanup, health & environmental impacts WHAT: Town Hall Meeting in Mead, Nebraska (In-Person & Online Video / Comments) at the Mead Covenant Church, and also offer viewing online via Facebook and YouTube, and participation in the Q&A session online via Facebook. Al Davis and featuring local impacted residents, state scientists and an attorney will be held on Monday, April 12 at 7:00 p.m. Mead, NE - An in-person and virtual town hall meeting to discuss community concerns with the AltEn ethanol plant pollution, cleanup, health and environmental impacts, moderated by former Nebraska State Sen. Mark Hefflinger, Bold Nebraska, Mead Town Hall: Concerned Locals, State Environmental & Ag Groups Host Discussion on AltEn Ethanol Plant PollutionĪpril 12 event at Mead Covenant Church + via Facebook video includes panel and Q&A moderated by Fmr.

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