Facilitator

• Talia Boyd– Indigenous Environmental Network  

Speakers

• Chris Shuey – Southwest Research and Information Center- sric.chris@gmail.com
  • Bio: Chris Shuey is the senior environmental health specialist at Southwest Research and Information Center (SRIC) in Albuquerque, where he has worked with Indigenous communities on the health and environmental impacts of uranium mining and processing since the late 1970s. He directs the Uranium Impact Assessment Program at SRIC, where he has been a full-time staff member since 1981. He leads the Community Engagement Core of the University of New Mexico METALS Superfund Research Program, and is a co-investigator for the Navajo Birth Cohort Study-ECHO+, Thinking Zinc clinical trial, and DiNEH Project Kidney Health Study – three ongoing populated-based studies coordinated by the UNM Community Environmental Health Program in collaboration with Indigenous communities of the Southwest.
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• Teracita Keyanna-Red Water Pond Road Community Association- terrykeyanna@yahoo.com
  • Bio: Teracita “Terry” Keyanna is a Diné advocate and executive board member of the Red Water Pond Road Community Association, dedicated to cleaning up uranium mining waste in the Eastern Navajo Nation for over 20 years. Raised near the former Kerr-McGee/Quivira mine site, she has fought for the cleanup of hazardous waste that caused chronic health issues for her family and community. 
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• Anna Rondon– New Mexico Social Justice Equity Institute- anna@nmsocialjustice.org
  • Bio: Anna Rondon (Diné) is the Project Director of the New Mexico Social Justice & Equity Institute and coordinator for the McKinley Collaborative for Health Equity, focused on addressing racism, health disparities, and poverty. She works to advance social justice through a health equity lens, informed by her background in community advocacy and environmental justice.