Come hear how the Standing Rock Sioux in North Dakota are protecting their water from the same fossil industry and the same companies that want to drill the Sabal Trail pipeline under our Withlacoochee and Suwannee Rivers in south Georgia and north Florida.
When: 7PM Wednesday September 28th 2016
What: The Pipeline Controversy
Where: Cypress Room
University Center
Valdosta State University
1500 North Patterson Street, Valdosta, GA 31698
Panel of experts:
- Dr. Lavonna Lovern from the VSU Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies;
- Dr. Fred Knowles from the VSU Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice;
- Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson of the Sierra Club, Florida chapter
Organizer: VSU Philosophy and Religious Studies Club
Co-hosts: VSU’s Four Directions and Students Against Violating the Environment (S.A.V.E.)
Contact: Alisa Pappas, president of the Philosophy and Religious Students Club, at ampappas@valdosta.edu or Dr. Cristobal Serran-Pagan y Fuentes, associate professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, at cserranpagan@valdosta.edu to learn more.
The image is from Dr. Cristobal Serran-Pagan’s facebook post. He asked for wide distribution.
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