Ellen Banks - Buffalo
My first environmental project was a high school paper on General Electric's pollution of the Mohawk River. The GE logo loomed over my Schenectady childhood as a working class kid (my father worked in the turbine-generator plant until downsized out of a job) with a peer group of engineers' and physicists' children: a mild but real introduction to social class inequality. Girl Scouting gave me early leadership experience and love of the woods and lakes of the Adirondacks. After graduating from the University of Buffalo and earning a doctorate at Harvard University, I taught psychological science at Daemen College for 41 years. Since retiring I've increased my involvement in the Niagara Group on our Executive Committee, volunteering with the Beyond Coal Campaign, chairing our Climate and Energy Committee, and in our Writers' Group. I've served on several Town of Amherst committees including the Clean Energy Community group and Rezoning, and I am a community and family mediator. I would be honored to work with the Chapter as we build coalitions to leave all fossil fuels in the ground and work toward clean renewable energy with justice.
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