Published: January 3, 2011
Dear Friends of Groundswell,
| Just last week we sent you an email updating you on our efforts to keep the story of uranium contamination on Navajo Nation in the news. Our award-winning film “The Return of Navajo Boy” and our outreach has kept up the pressure to clean up the radioactive waste that litters the reservation. |
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We also asked for your donation to keep producing our Navajo webisode series which brings Navajo voices to the front of this issue. We were humbled by the response– every donation made and every DVD bought will keep us moving forward on this issue. Thank you!
Today we have another big update– the Salt Lake Tribune has a major story on uranium contamination and cleanup efforts which highlights the tireless advocacy of Elsie Mae Begay, whose story is told in our film. The Tribune writes:
On the public front, the Chicago-based group Groundswell Educational Films continues its campaign to bring attention to the legacy of uranium on the Navajo Reservation. Its 2000 film “The Return of Navajo Boy,” which features Begay’s family, is used as an educational tool to raise awareness on and off the reservation.
Now Groundswell maintains a Web and Facebook presence and helps Begay land speaking engagements nationwide. In addition to appearances and “Navajo Boy” screenings around the West, it has underwritten her travel to speaking engagements in the nation’s major cities, including Los Angeles, New York, Washington, D.C., Chicago and Philadelphia.
Keep reading the article to see what the Tribune had to say about our Navajo webisode series.
Can you make a tax-decuctible donation today to help us keep moving this story forward with Navajo voices into 2011?
We appreciate all your support and wish you health and justice in the new year.
— Jeff & Jennifer
Groundswell Co-Founders
Visit our website at www.groundswellfilms.org
