Community Events
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Why this Information Is Important: Residents, activists, and advocates have been meeting, listening to each other, sharing information, raising awareness, and organizing against coal dust pollution in community events for decades. Included here are resources from past community events and materials to support future event planning, outreach, and grassroots organizing. This is central to advancing solutions to coal dust pollution, as there has never been proactive intervention by elected officials, regulators, or industries—only reaction to community pressure. Attention: Residents, activists and advocates |
Resources and Materials: See for Yourself and Dig Deeper
Event-Related Materials and Templates
- Sign in Sheet Template, Coal Dust Kills Kick Off, January 27, 2024
- Email Invitation Template, Coal Dust Kills Kick Off, January 27, 2024
- Event Agenda, Coal Dust Kills Kick Off, January 27, 2024
- Request for People to Speak at the Newport News City Council Meeting, January 23, 2024
- Take Action to Reduce Coal Dust in Your Community, 2024
- Coal Dust Written Testimony Worksheet Sierra Club, Sierra Club Virginia Chapter, 2024
- Tell Your Story: Coal Dust Community Impacts, New Virginia Majority and Sierra Club Virginia Chapter, 2024
- Old Dominion Student Organizations for Possible Partnerships, 2024
- Tell Your Story: Coal Dust, Coal Dust Kills, 2024
- Is Coal Dust Impacting You? (1), New Virginia Majority and Sierra Club Virginia Chapter, 2024
- Is Coal Dust Impacting You? (2), New Virginia Majority and Sierra Club Virginia Chapter, 2024
Past Community Events
- Grimes, Coalition to Hold Programs on Health, Daily Press, July 4, 2013.
- Salasky, Forums and Flue Shots, Daily Press, September 28, 2013.
- Air Quality Workshop, Daily Press, May 6, 2016
- Repair Lab and Empower All, Coal Dust Kills Kick Off, Event Photographs, Piggly Wiggly Community Center, Southeast Newport News, January 27, 2024
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Photograph: Coal Dust Kills Kick Off. Photograph by Adrian Wood.
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Photograph: Coal Dust Kills Kick Off. Photograph by Adrian Wood.
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Photograph: Coal Dust Kills Kick Off. Photograph by Adrian Wood.
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Photograph: Coal Dust Kills Kick Off. Photograph by Adrian Wood.
- Repair Lab and Empower All, The Air We Breath, Event Photographs, Zion Baptist Church, Southeast Newport News, April 20, 2024
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Photograph: The Air We Breathe. Photograph by Adrian Wood.
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Photograph: The Air We Breathe. Photograph by Adrian Wood.
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Photograph: The Air We Breathe. Photograph by Adrian Wood.
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The Air We Breathe
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Photograph: The Air We Breathe. Photograph by Adrian Wood.
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Photograph: The Air We Breathe. Photograph by Adrian Wood.
Visit Next
Timeline Southeast CARE Coalition Coal Dust Kills
The Front Porch and Community Action
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You can also email the Repair Lab at editor@voicesinthedust.org or call, text, or send a voice memo to (757) 317-0356. If you prefer, a Repair Lab team member can record your story in person or collect physical materials to digitize and then return them to you.