PODER's 35th Anniversary Celebration
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Join us in celebrating and commemorating 35 years of grassroots organizing, education and advocacy.
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PODER's 35th Anniversary Panel Series: Relocating the BFI Recycling Plant
Join us to learn how we mobilized to relocate a recycling plant that subject an East Austin community to air pollution, noise, infestations, and fires for over 20 years.
Panelists:
Angelica Rangel Faz (Gardens Neighborhood Association)
Lonnie Limón (Gardens Neighborhood Association)
Maria Loya (PODER)
Paul Saldaña (Chief of Staff for Former Councilmember Gus Garcia)
Susana Almanza (Executive Director & Founding Member)
Free and open to the public! Free parking available.
PODER's 35th Anniversary Panel Series: Shuttering the Holly Power Plant
Join us to learn how East Austin residents organized to close a power plant that operated right beside the Holly neighborhood for nearly 50 years.
Panelists:
Frances Martinez (Decommissioning Committee Member, Barrio Unido Neighborhood Association)
Elisa Rendon (Decommissioning Committee Member, East Town Lake Neighborhood Association)
Susana Almanza (Executive Director & Founding Member)
Raul Alvarez (Former District 3 City Councilmember)
Marcos de Leon (Former Travis County Commissioner)
Free and open to the public! Free parking available.
PODER's 35th Anniversary Panel Series: Taking Down the Tank Farm
For over four decades, a 52-acre hazardous fuel storage facility stood among East Austin neighborhoods — join us to learn how our community organized to shut it down.
Panelists:
Gilberto Rivera (former Brown Beret)
Marcos de Leon (former Travis County Commissioner)
Susana Almanza (Executive Director and Founding Member)
Bertha Williams (Former President, Stuart Circle Neighborhood Association)
Rene Renteria (Documentarian & Producer)
Sylvia Herrera (Health Coordinator & Founding Member)
Free and open to the public! Free parking available.