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Our Road to Walk: Then and Now

Our Road to Walk: Then and Now is a podcast series hosted by Deborah and Ken Ferruccio broadcast from Warren County, North Carolina, known as the birthplace of the environmental justice movement. The purpose of the series is to share the inside, untold, documented, forty-four-year PCB landfill history which serves as a roadmap and guidebook for communities everywhere who want to actively help protect the environment, especially marginalized communities, through education and activism based on science for the people. Our goal is to raise the consciousness of our listeners by informing and inspiring them and by winning their hearts and minds so that they want to join Our Road to Walk on a mutual pilgrimage for the planet, person by person, community by community, region by region, and nation by nation.

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Episode 39: Ferruccios’ Interview with WUNC NPR Radio Host Frank Stasio

November 05, 2024

Ken and Deborah begin this episode with an update on the status of the Warren County Environmental Action Team's proposal for a partnership with county officials to seek EPA Justice40 community grant funds for an environmental justice center in the county based on the PCB legacy.

With EPA grant funding deadlines nearing and with no public engagement in the grant decision-making process, it seems that the Action Team may have decided to dismiss attempts to partner with the county.

Deborah shares excerpts from an October 16, 2024 letter to the Warren Record that address current environmental protection and justice issues in the county.

Ken and Deborah then do something different as they continue to address the people’s PCB legacy by sharing a 2011 interview they had with Frank Stasio, who was host of a WUNC NPR radio program titled: “The State of Things.”

They ask their listeners to go to the top or bottom of this Episode 39 summary page, and click the following link:

https://www.wunc.org/the-state-of-things/2011-10-24/meet-deborah-and-ken-ferruccio

The link can also be found on their website OurRoadtoWalk.com home page about half-way down.