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From the Soil: A Family Tree on Toxic Terrain

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Rightnowish
Episode • Mar 3, 2023 • 19m

In honor of her late mother's efforts, Arieann Harrison is continuing the fight against environmental racism in San Francisco's Bayview-Hunters Point neighborhood. She is the founder of Can We Live, an organization that is working with local residents to screen them for toxins and install devices to monitor airborne pollutants. Can We Live also offers scholarships for students interested in studying environmental justice.

This week we talk to Arieann Harrison about growing up in toxic terrain and how her work doesn't fall far from the family tree.

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