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Media Coverage of F-35 Jets, PFAS, Truax & You [educational forum]

News coverage of our event:

  1. Opposition‌ ‌of‌ ‌F-35‌ ‌fighter‌ ‌jets‌ ‌in‌ ‌Madison‌ ‌leads‌ ‌public‌ ‌forum‌ – Daily Cardinal
  2.  Coalition holds panel discussion on F-35 jets in Madison  – WKOW Channel 27 ABC
  3. Panel hears concerns on PFAS, F-35 jets  – WMTV Channel 15 NBC
  4. Organization hosts forum opposing F-35 Jets  –  WISC Channel 3 CBS
  5. WMSN Channel 47 Fox ignored the event entirely, but that makes sense since the owner, Sinclair pushes extreme propaganda beyond belief

Madison East High School
Sunday February 9

Sponsored by Safe Skies Clean Water Wisconsin

Co-sponsored by: Veterans for Peace • Wisconsin Network for Peace, Justice & Sustainability • Wisconsin Faith Voices for Justice • Schenk-Atwood-Starkweather-Yahara (SASY) Neighborhood Association • Northside Planning Council • Madison Friends Meeting (Quakers) • Solidarity Realty • Midwest Environmental Justice Organization • Physicians for Social Responsibility Wisconsin

Learn more about

  • Soil & water contamination and Truax expansion
  • Noise, mitigation and airport avigation easements
  • Safety issues
  • Economic and social impact on the community
  • Racial & environmental justice issues
  • Global impact
  • Timeline, action plans and what you can do

Speakers: Maria Powell (Midwest Environmental Justice Organization), Dr. Beth Neary (Wisconsin Environmental Health Network), Rebecca Kemble (District 18 Alder), Jesse Pycha-Holst (Solidarity Realty), Brian Benford (past president of the City of Madison Equal Opportunities Commission & former District 12 Alder), Allen Ruff (historian, activist & host of WORT-FM’s “A Public Affair”)