Wed, 06/26/2024 - 6:00pm to 7:30pm
![[Image of promotional banner for Uranium and the Grand Canyon - A panel conversation with KJZZ News]](/sites/default/files/uranium-and-grand_canyon_kjzz_6.26.24_image.jpg "Image of promotional banner for Uranium and the Grand Canyon - A panel conversation with KJZZ News")
The Pinyon Plain Mine near the Grand Canyon will deliver its first loads of uranium soon and transports carrying the material will begin traversing the Navajo Nation to a processing mill in Utah.
Join KJZZ Tribal Natural Resources reporter Gabriel Pietrorazio on Wednesday, June 26, 6-7:30 p.m., at the Rio Salado College Conference Center in Tempe, Ariz., for a conversation about uranium and the Grand Canyon. They’ll discuss uranium mine operation and concerns of tribal stakeholders about health risks and more.
Panelists include:
- Leona Morgan (Navajo), co-founder of HaulNo!, a nonprofit working to stop what it calls "nuclear colonialism in the Southwest";
- Carletta Tilousi (Havasupai), former chairwoman and member of White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council; and
![[Portrait of Monica Yellowhair, PhD]](/sites/default/files/yellowhair-monica-phd_uacc_140x210px.jpg "Monica Yellowhair, PhD")
Monica Yellowhair, PhD (Navajo), associate director, community outreach & engagement program, University of Arizona Cancer Center; faculty, UArizona Native Advancement, Initiatives & Research; member, UArizona Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center.
Wednesday, June 26, 2024, 6–7:30 p.m.
Rio Salado College Conference Center
Tempe, Arizona
Sponsored by the Catena Foundation.
Event Location:
Rio Salado College Conference Center
2323 W. 14th St.
Tempe, AZ 85281
Event Coordinator Name:
Gabriel Pietrorazio
480-834-5627
Event Contact Department:
KJZZ NPR Radio, Phoenix