Matters of Controversy

Special Guest: Diane Wilson
with
A Special Appearance by Singer/Songwriter/Activist Peggy Watson

An Unreasonable Woman - A True Story of Shrimpers, Politicos,Polluters, and the Fight for Seadrift, Texas

$10 donation requested - no one will be turned away Diane Wilson, a fourth-generation shrimper, began fishing the bays off the Gulf Coast of Texas at the age of eight. By 24, she was a boat captain.

In 1989, while running her brother's fish house at the docks and mending nets, she read a newspaper article that listed her home of Calhoun County as the number one toxic polluter in the country. She set up a meeting in the town hall to discuss what the chemical plants were doing to the bays and thus began her life as an environmental activist. Threatened by thugs and despised by her neighbors, Diane insisted the truth be told and that Formosa Plastics stop dumping toxins into the bay.

Her work on behalf of the people and aquatic life of Seadrift, Texas, has won her a number of awards including: National Fisherman Magazine Award, Mother Jones's Hell Raiser of the Month, Louis Gibbs' Environmental Lifetime Award, Louisiana Environmental Action (LEAN) Environmental Award, Giraffe Project, Jennifer Altman Award, and the Bioneers Award. She is co-founder of Code Pink and continues to lead the fight for social justice.

An Unreasonable Woman is Diane's first book. – book signing --

Peggy Watson is one of San Diego's leading acoustic singer/songwriters who has been on stage with performers including Janis Ian, Deborah Liv Johnson, Lisa Sanders, Pete Seeger, and many others. Peggy is a dedicated environmentalist and social activist.

Sponsors: Peace and Democracy Action Group First UU Church & Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility

Click here to access a flyer that you can download, print and spread around: http://a4nr.org/news-and-events/04.05.2008-dianewilsoneventsd/view