What's Going On??? The Legal Battle for Full Remediation of the Stewart Air National Guard Base
The Stewart Air National Guard polluted our waters with toxic PFAS chemicals - will our water ever be cleaned up? What are the legal tools and avenues we can use to demand a meaningful cleanup of the Air Base? Who do we need to petition at the Federal level and what is the State's responsibility in all of this?
For our August Water Session, we're bringing in our incredible allies at EARTHJUSTICE and Riverkeeper for some real talk about what's going on on the legal front and what each of us can do to advocate more effectively and powerfully for full clean up of our water.
Don't miss this incredible opportunity to educate and empower yourself! Our speakers will help us understand the laws on our side, what's happening at the National level with this issue, what's changed since the contamination was discovered over three years ago, and where we need to focus our energy at this point in the process.
Highlighting the evening will be special opening remarks by our J.E.D.I. in Chief, Genesis Ramos! Genesis is Chief Equity Officer for the City of Newburgh, advising the City on matters of justice, equity, diversity and inclusion.
Special Guests
CHRISTINE SANTILLANA — EARTHJUSTICE
Christine serves as Legislative Counsel for the Healthy Communities program at Earthjustice in Washington, D.C. She advocates for frontline communities on Capitol Hill regarding legislative, regulatory, and administrative actions on PFAS chemicals and coal ash waste. Christine works at the national level to ensure the needs of underrepresented communities throughout the U.S. are heard. She works closely with coalitions, partners, and congressional staff to push Congress to implement critical regulations and safeguards to protect public health and the environment from PFAS and coal ash contamination.
SHARMEEN MORRISON
Sharemeen is an Associate Attorney with Earthjustice’s Northeast Regional Office, where she focuses on drinking water contamination and pipeline issues. She received her J.D. from NYU School of Law, where she was a Root-Tilden-Kern public-interest scholar and served as Diversity and Membership Editor on the NYU Law Review. She received her B.A. in Sociology from the University of California, Berkeley.
ALOK DISA
Alok is a Senior Research and Policy Analyst with Earthjustice’s Northeast Regional Office in New York, New York, where he supports the region’s energy, agriculture and toxics docket. Alok is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh and Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.
VICTORIA LEUNG
Associate Staff Attorney, Riverkeeper. Victoria earned her J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School and held clerkships with the U.S. Attorney’s Office – Western District of Pennsylvania in Pittsburgh and the Department of Justice – Environmental Enforcement Section in Washington, D.C. Victoria received her B.A. in History and Philosophy and B.S. in Psychology, magna cum laude, from the University of Pittsburgh.
GENESIS RAMOS — CHIEF EQUITY OFFICER, CITY OF NEWBURGH
Genesis is Chief Equity Officer for the City of Newburgh, advising the City on matters of justice, equity, diversity and inclusion.
