Reflections on Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
MEJO founder Dr. Maria C. Powell wrote three essays on Dr. King and his views on the “giant triplets of racism, materialism, and militarism,” each posted on previous MLK Jr…
Everyone deserves a healthy environment
MEJO founder Dr. Maria C. Powell wrote three essays on Dr. King and his views on the “giant triplets of racism, materialism, and militarism,” each posted on previous MLK Jr…
From the Cap Times: Madison just lost one of its best environmental assets By Steve Elbow, Opinion Editor Maria Powell wasn’t just an activist. In Madison, she was the premier…
It is with great sadness that we announce that our founder, Maria Powell, has passed away. She will be missed greatly. OBITUARY | MARIA POWELL, 59 Maria Powell, longtime activist…
On October 26, the Midwest Environmental Advocates held a ceremony naming MEJO founder Maria Powell as one of its 2023 Bill Iwen Environmental Justice Awardees. MEJO Vice President Touyeng Xiong…
MEJO Executive Director Dr. Maria Powell is receiving an environmental justice award from the Midwest Environmental Advocates MARIA POWELL Maria Powell is a co-founder of Madison Environmental Justice Organization (MEJO),…
MEJO’s Touyeng Xiong stands next to PFAS “advisory” sign next to heavily PFAS-contaminated Starkweather Creek just downstream of the Dane County Regional Airport and Truax Air National Guard base, near…
This is a postscript to “Tell Madison Plan Commission to follow Environmental Justice policy on December 12″ (also pasted below). Did Plan Commissioners address (or even discuss) environmental justice on…
In today’s Wisconsin State Journal article by Chris Hubbuch, city hydrogeologist Brynn Bemis was quoted saying that the Hartmeyer land, where coal was stored and fuel oil spilled–and just feet…
On Monday, December 12, the Madison Plan Commission will decide whether to approve conditional use zoning so developers from Santa Monica, CA can build 550+ units of dense “affordable” and…
The photo above depicts the “gas house” and “bridge” (red) Kraft-Heinz built on the Hartmeyer property west of the factory site, to pump natural gas to its power plant after…
***** (See Part II of the below article here) In January 2018, MEJO learned that PFAS was used at Dane County-owned Truax Field, at the Air National Guard base. That…
Last week I talked to Moe from Milwaukee, fishing at “the wall” at Monona Terrace with his nephews. I asked if he experienced conflicts between the mostly white bikers and…
*** Many subsistence anglers fish at “the wall” above Lake Monona at downtown Madison’s Monona Terrace, known for its panfish bounty. A good number of them are from Milwaukee, Racine,…
*** “Celebrity, swag, people and cash” are poisoning Black anglers; WSJ promotes it as diversity! On Sunday the Wisconsin State Journal reached new heights as a PR arm of the…