Fighting to Win

Ep. 24: The Woman in the Mirror - Lee Ann Smith


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Tune into today's episode for a conversation with Lee Ann Smith, an elementary school librarian turned environmental activist from Asheville, North Carolina! She began fighting against environmental injustice when her son Gabe was diagnosed with rare thyroid cancer at the age of 11. In addition to her son, many community members were getting sick as a result of a toxic waste site that was emitting Trichloroethylene (TCE). Lee Ann Smith looked in the mirror and decided she was the one who needed to take action. Gabe, now a healthy adult living in Iceland, joins his mom on this podcast as they recount their experiences related to fighting to clean up this Superfund site. To learn more about Smith's journey, visit http://chej.org/livingroomleadership/.

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Fighting to WinBy Center for Health, Environment & Justice (CHEJ)