About this Event
Marie Harrison (1948-2019), an environmental activist of San Francisco’s Bayview Hunters Point, spent her life fighting for basic services such as housing, energy, and employment that had become money makers for a few but a dream deferred for her community. What she endured, from the brown water that ran out of her taps at Geneva Towers, the blood that ran from her grandson’s nose while living next door to the PG&E smokestacks, and the fear of radiation poisoning from one of the country’s worst superfund cleanup sites, are environmental injustices that citizens of the United States suffer every day. Freelance journalist Tom Molanphy will be in conversation with Arieann Harrison, ennvironmental activist and Marie's daughter, about Marie's life, legacy, and the continued fight for environmental justice.
Half of the book proceeds will go to the Marie Harrison Community Foundation.
Tom Molanphy’s journalism has appeared in 48 Hills, USA Today Travel.com, Earth Island Journal, and The San Francisco Chronicle, among other publications. His work as a 2022 USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism Data Fellow led to a 2023 1st Place Award in Environmental Reporting from the California News Publishers Association. His essay “The Road Less: John Huston, Blue-Footed Boobies and Me” earned a 2017 Bay Area Travel Writers award, and his short story “Of Subareas and Public Bathrooms” was included in the California Prose Directory. His last book was a memoir, Loud Memories Of A Quiet Life. He is a member of the Society of Environmental Journalists and teaches journalism, composition, creative writing and art/design appreciation classes at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.
Arieann Harrison is the Founder and Executive Director of the Marie Harrison Community Foundation. Arieann Harrison is a resident of San Francisco District 10 and has lived and worked in the Bayview Community for 30+ years. Her work includes providing social services, employment opportunities, community resources, and engaging in environmental advocacy with local D10 residents, taking an all-inclusive, solutions-based approach to providing good information for the best outcome that will lead to preservation of life. #CanWeLive has become the rallying cry of a community that has gone long overlooked when it comes to social, environmental, and economic justice.
Event venue & nearby stays
Clio's Books, 353 Grand Avenue, Oakland, United States
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