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Coal Ash Stories: Join us in June!

May 12, 2014 BY Molly Murphy

Film still from Downwind and Downstream: With Power Comes Responsibility. Coal ash impoundments along the Catawba River with the Charlotte skyline.
Film still from Downwind and Downstream: With Power Comes Responsibility. Coal ash impoundments along the Catawba River with the Charlotte skyline in background.

 

Imagine being afraid to drink your water, take a bath, fish, or farm. These are the fears facing communities near the Duke Energy coal ash spill and in areas around other coal-fired power plants in North Carolina.

You’re invited to Coal Ash Stories, an event featuring four short films focused on coal ash, public health concerns, related policy, and ways that communities are responding. Events are taking place in Wilmington, Raleigh, Durham, Greensboro, Belews Creek, Winston Salem, Charlotte, and Asheville. Come learn about the issues, talk with community members, and find out how you can get involved.

The NC screening tour is co-presented by Appalachian Voices, Earthjustice, North Carolina Conservation Network, NC WARN, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, and Working Films. Contact Kristin Henry, khenry@workingfilms.org, with any questions.

Winston Salem
Thursday, June 12, 7pm
Old Salem Single Brothers Workshop
10 West Academy Street Winston-Salem, NC 27101
Hosted by: Sierra Club Foothills Group

Belews Creek
Tuesday June 17th, 7pm
Pine Hall Ruritan Club
1555 Pine Hall Rd Pine Hall, NC 27042
Hosted by: Appalachian Voices

Durham
Tuesday, June 17th, 7pm
Motorco
723 Rigsbee Ave, Durham, NC 27701
Hosted by: NC WARN, Sierra Club Headwaters Group, Durham People’s Alliance

Charlotte
Wednesday, June 18th, 7pm
Area 15
514 E. 15th St., Charlotte, NC 28206
Co-hosted by: Charlotte Environmental Action, Greenpeace NC, The Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation

Asheville
Thursday, June 19th, 7pm
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville
1 Edwin Place, Asheville, NC 28801
Co-hosted by: Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, Mountain People’s Assembly, Clean Water for NC

Greensboro
Thursday, June 19th, 7pm
Central Library Nussbaum Room
219 N Church St., Greensboro, NC 27405
Co-hosted by: Fund for Democratic Communities, League of Conservation Voters, Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League

Raleigh
Thursday, June 19th, 7pm
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Raleigh
3313 Wade Ave, Raleigh, NC 27607
Co-hosted by: 350.org Triangle, Neuse Riverkeeper Foundation, Sierra Club Capital Group,  League of Conservation Voters-NC, Triangle Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom

Wilmington
Thursday, June 19th, 7pm
Jengo’s Playhouse
815 Princess St. Wilmington, NC 28401
Co-hosted by: Cape Fear Sierra Club, New Hanover NAACP, Cape Fear River Watch

 

 

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