Dartmouth Quest for Socioeconomic Engagement* cordially invites you to attend our dinner discussion:

“Flint Water Crisis: An instance of Environmental Racism and Classism?" 

What exactly happened in Flint, MI, and what does this mean for local governments with marginalized communities? Were government actions timely or justified? Did it bring about unintentional consequences? 

Wednesday February 10, 2016

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Collis 212

Catered by Jewel of India

http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/18/us/flint-michigan-water-crisis-five-things/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/02/08/heres-the-political-history-that-led-to-flints-shocking-water-crisis/ 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/01/25/can-we-blame-the-michigan-legionnaires-disease-outbreak-on-the-flint-water-crisis-2/

Feel free to stop by to share ideas, or listen to others discuss and reflect on the events that occurred in Flint, Michigan, what is being done currently to resolve the issues, and what communities may have been impacted the most.

*Dartmouth Quest for Socioeconomic Engagement (DQSE) is a student support and issue group focused on socioeconomic identity, class, and classism. We are the Dartmouth Chapter of the Quest Scholars Network which is founded to help close the socioeconomic gap in higher education by giving students support. DQSE meets weekly to bring together students interested in class issues. This group is open to all students.