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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:1.0pt;color:white'>Watch and discuss a documentary that follows residents and activists fighting for environmental justice in the Ironbound neighborhood of Newark, NJ. </span><span lang=EN><o:p></o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td style='background:white;padding:13.5pt 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=0 style='width:465.0pt;background:white'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:white;max-width: 620px'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 6.0pt 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:#F1F1F1'><tr><td style='padding:21.0pt 15.0pt 7.5pt 15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:15.75pt'><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#B9290A'>You're Invited to an Exclusive Virtual Screening and Panel Discussion of </span></strong><em><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#B9290A'>The Sacrifice Zone</span></b></em><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444'> <br><br>Join us for a virtual screening and panel discussion about a documentary that follows residents and activists fighting for environmental justice in the Ironbound neighborhood of Newark, NJ.<br><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Learn how you can help demand action to reverse a legacy of discrimination and environmental injustice.</span></strong><br><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Who:</span></strong> NRDC, the Ironbound Community Corporation, and Talking Eyes Media are happy to present Julie Winokur, Maria Lopez-Nuñez, Miya Yoshitani, Dr. Sacoby Wilson, and Dr. Mustafa Santiago Ali<br><strong><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>When:</span></strong> Thursday, October 14 at 6:30 PM (ET)<br><strong><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Where:</span></strong> Zoom <o:p></o:p></span></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=0 style='width:172.5pt'><tr><td style='padding:18.75pt 0in 0in 0in'></td></tr><tr style='height:45.0pt'><td width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:#EF572E;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:45.0pt;border-radius: 2px'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:15.75pt'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444'><a href="https://act.nrdc.org/go/28021?t=14&akid=16453%2E2192069%2E0nslBe"><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:white;text-decoration:none'> RESERVE YOUR SPOT </span></b></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:white;border:none;border-bottom:solid #14284B 1.0pt;max-width: 620px'><tr><td width=110 style='width:82.5pt;border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td><td style='border:none;padding:7.5pt 0in 7.5pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:15.75pt'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444'><a href="https://act.nrdc.org/go/28021?t=12&tkd=2192069&t=1&akid=16453%2E2192069%2E0nslBe"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=400 height=108 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<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:white;border:none;border-bottom:solid #14284B 1.0pt;max-width: 620px'><tr><td style='border:none;padding:24.75pt 15.0pt 22.5pt 15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:11.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:13.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:16.8pt'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444'>Dear A</span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>ctivist<span style='color:#444444'>,<br><br>In Newark, NJ, you can find a fracked gas plant, a sewage treatment facility, an animal fat rendering plant, and multiple chemical storage facilities all in the same one-mile stretch.<br><br>And just one mile away from these hazards live 55,000 people in a diverse, multi-ethnic, mainly working-class neighborhood called the Ironbound. <strong><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>This community faces some of the most toxic conditions in</span></strong><em><b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'> the entire country</span></b></em><strong><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>.</span></strong><br><br>The powerful new film <em><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>The Sacrifice Zone</span></em> follows Honduran-American activist and Ironbound resident Maria Lopez-Nuñez and her community's fight against the use of low-income communities of color as dumping grounds for what our society produces, consumes, and throws away.<br><br><a href="https://act.nrdc.org/go/28021?t=2&akid=16453%2E2192069%2E0nslBe"><b><span style='color:#243D8F'>You are invited to an exclusive screening of <em><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>The Sacrifice Zone</span></em> and a subsequent discussion with environmental justice leaders that will take a deep look at the injustices affecting low-income communities and communities of color in Newark and beyond — and what we must do to reverse this legacy of injustice.</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:15.75pt'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444'><a href="https://act.nrdc.org/go/28021?t=3&akid=16453%2E2192069%2E0nslBe"><b><span style='color:#37639F;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 id="_x0000_i1026" src="https://dewkqxr3ix5n3.cloudfront.net/images/em-100721-sacrifice-zone-invite.png" alt="The Sacrifice Zone"></span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:11.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:13.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:16.8pt'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444'>Here are the people you will hear from in the post-screening panel:<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#444444;margin-top:6.0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:16.8pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Julie Winokur</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>, Director of <em><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>The Sacrifice Zone</span></em> and Executive Director of Talking Eyes Media, a nonprofit company that produces compelling media advocating for positive social change<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#444444;margin-top:6.0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:16.8pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Maria Lopez-Nuñez</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>, Deputy Director at the Ironbound Community Corporation who has led her community's fight for justice at the local, state, and national levels<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#444444;margin-top:6.0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:16.8pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Miya Yoshitani</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>, Executive Director of the Asian Pacific Environmental Network, an organization fighting for environmental justice for low-income and working class Asian American immigrant and refugee communities<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#444444;margin-top:6.0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:16.8pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Dr. Sacoby Wilson</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>, Associate Professor at the Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health, and founder and director of the Center for Community Engagement, Environmental Justice, and Health<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#444444;margin-top:6.0pt;margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:16.8pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Dr. Mustafa Santiago Ali</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>, President & Founder, Revitalization Strategies, LLC; Vice President of Environmental Justice, Climate, and Community Revitalization at the National Wildlife Federation; and thought-leader, strategist, policymaker, and activist committed to the fight for environmental justice and economic equity<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:11.25pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:13.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:16.8pt'><strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444'>This panel of experts will answer YOUR questions about the fight for environmental, climate, and racial justice, and what you can do to help build a just and sustainable future.</span></strong><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444'><br><br><a href="https://act.nrdc.org/go/28021?t=4&akid=16453%2E2192069%2E0nslBe"><b><span style='color:#243D8F'>RSVP to attend this exclusive screening and panel discussion about <em><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>The Sacrifice Zone</span></em> on October 14 at 6:30 PM.</span></b></a><br><br>Sincerely,<br><br>Yukyan Lam<br>Staff Scientist, NRDC<br><br>P.S. Watch the trailer for <em><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>The Sacrifice Zone</span></em> <a href="https://act.nrdc.org/go/28022?t=5&akid=16453%2E2192069%2E0nslBe"><b><span style='color:#243D8F'>here</span></b></a> and learn more about the documentary <a href="https://act.nrdc.org/go/28023?t=6&akid=16453%2E2192069%2E0nslBe"><b><span style='color:#243D8F'>here</span></b></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444'><img border=0 id="_x0000_i1027" src="https://act.nrdc.org/o.gif?akid=16453.2192069.0nslBe"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='border:none;border-top:solid #14284B 1.0pt;padding:13.5pt 15.0pt 16.5pt 15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444'>The mission of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is to safeguard the Earth: its people, its plants and animals, and the natural systems on which all life depends. <br><br><img border=0 width=80 height=49 id="_x0000_i1028" src="https://dewkqxr3ix5n3.cloudfront.net/images/em-charitynav.png" alt="Charity Navigator Four Star Charity"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='border:none;border-top:solid #14284B 1.0pt;padding:13.5pt 15.0pt 13.5pt 15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444'>We appreciate the opportunity to communicate with you and other NRDC Activists. 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