Local group brings together historian and environmental advocate to explore the dark and dirty secrets of coal mining—past and present
The Confluence Climate Collaborative in conjunction with SIUE’s Fuller Dome will be hosting a unique event to dive into the environmental and human degradation of coal mining in Illinois. Author of Sixteen Tons, Kevin Corley will be on hand as well as Sierra Club volunteer and activist Joyce Blumenshine.
Corley’s book Sixteen Tons introduces us to the men and women who fought BIG COAL in the early days of mining in this country--exposing racism, corporate greed and human suffering which would be hard to imagine today. The author will lead us through and discuss the history and brutality of those practices.
Sierra Club Conservation Committee chair Joyce Blumenshine will present a present-day look at coal mining in Illinois with a focus on the Deer Run Mine near Hillsboro, IL and the devastation that is being caused to farms, homes and highways by long wall mining.
Event: Coal Mining’s Dark and Dirty Truth—Past and Present • Book Discussion and Presentation
Date: Friday, June 4
Time: 7:00 to 8:30 pm
All are welcome. The event is being offered in person with social distancing and via Zoom. Please RSVP by emailing wisdom@studiogaiaedwardsville.com or calling (618) 779-5378. The Confluence Climate Collaborative (CCC) is a grassroots collaborative with a mission statement that seeks to educate as many people as possible about how climate change threatens the planet and provide as many tools as possible to empower a change.