Fwd: Free screening of The Story of Plastic + discussion with activists

[Kalpana Sutaria]

Please see below about screening of "The Story of Plastic".

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Received: 02:27 PM CDT, 09/22/2021
From: "Robin Schneider, Texas Campaign for the Environment" <ro...@texasenvironment.org>
To: Kalpana Sutaria <kalpana...@usa.net>
Subject: Free screening of The Story of Plastic + discussion with activists

Dear Kalpana, Texas Campaign for the Environment Fund is hosting a virtual screening of the Emmy-nominated film, The Story Of Plastic on Thursday, September 30th at 6:30 PM. We would like you to join us online for this screening!

RSVP HERE

Learn the ugly truth behind the global plastic pollution crisis while streaming from home. The film will be followed by a panel discussion with  environmental activists, Yvette Arellano and Destiny Watford. This film is a great opportunity to connect the global, human, and environmental problem of plastic pollution to our pollution fights across the state — from fracking gas in the Permian, to petrochemical and export facilities in the Coastal Bend.

View The Story of Plastic trailer. Find out more about the Break Free From Plastic Movement. Read about our panelists below:  Yvette Arellano (they/them) - A frontline activist who has fought one of the largest refineries in the world, Valero in Houston, Texas, Yvette is a Mexican American gulf coast organizer and emerging leader dedicated to environmental and racial justice. Yvette formally served as a policy research and grassroots advocate with Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services and has founded an environmental justice advocacy group of their own based in Houston called Fenceline Watch. Fenceline Watch is dedicated to the eradication of toxic multigenerational harm on communities living along the fenceline of industry. Currently, Yvette is leading efforts in Houston, home of the largest petrochemical complex in the nation, to help the city's most vulnerable communities on the petrochemical expansion fueled by plastic production. Yvette serves as a board member for the Center for International Environmental Law, Backbone Campaign, Greenlatinos, and Peak Plastic Foundation. Destiny Watford (she/her) - At age 16, Destiny co-founded the advocacy group Free Your Voice, a student organization dedicated to community rights and social justice. The group exposed a "waste-to-energy" scam by Coventa, a massive trash incinerator in Baltimore, Maryland resulting in the cancellation of the incinerator project. She is now at work with Texas Campaign for the Environment Fund in the Coastal Bend, organizing to stop plastic pollution at its source and protect other vulnerable communities from the harmful health effects of plastic production and export. Destiny has received a variety of awards and accolades, including the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2016, as well as recognition as a Birdland Community Hero in 2016, Time Next Generation Leader 2016, and Essence Work 100 Woman. We look forward to seeing you at our screening, don't forget to RSVP! Regards, Robin Schneider Executive Director

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