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Andrea Pierce - Water Warrior

Andrea Pierce - Is Co-founder and chair of the Anishinaabek Caucus, member of the advisory board of Ann Arbor Public Power, member of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, and life-long activist on behalf of indigenous rights. She is also a grandmother, mother, auntie, and friend to innumerable people as her circle keeps growing. Andrea is a water protector, and will talk about current concerns that effect not only First Nation peoples but ALL communities, including the on-going battle to stop pipelines that threaten our environment, the PFAS that threaten our drinking water and what we can do about it!

Mary Burks

PFAS CONTAMINATION AND THE SCOURGE OF CANCER IN ODAWA NATION

Members of the Odawa nation are among the hardest hit by PFAS pollution, and are leading the fight for clean water and air for all.

Mary Burks in the story is my mother.  She fought hard but this was a battle that she could not win.  Please share this--it needs to be known.  May, 2023 was my 1st Mother's Day without her.  She was murdered and Emmet County was so glib and uncaring. 

-Andrea Pierce