Luella Kenny's 7-year-old son died mysteriously in 1978. She lived in the Love Canal neighborhood in Niagara Falls, New York. Last month, I got to revisit her old neighborhood with her:
https://www.johnfiege.earth/22-revisiting-poisoned-ground-at-love-canal-with-luella-kenny-photographs-and-upcoming-live-event/Next Thursday, April 16th, I will be recording a live podcast conversation on stage with Luella, along with Keith O'Brien, author of the book Paradise Falls: The True Story of an Environmental Catastrophe. Register at the link to attend in person or watch online.
Along with other residents and activists, like Lois Gibbs, Luella helped transform the disaster she was living into the Superfund legislation, which forces polluting industries to fund the clean-up of toxic pollution sites. You can listen to my related conversation with Lois Gibbs here:
https://www.johnfiege.earth/18-lois-gibbs-the-legacy-of-love-canal/and another related conversation with Jim Morris, who wrote a book at the largest cancer cluster in US history at a single worksite, also in Niagara Falls:
https://www.johnfiege.earth/19-jim-morris-dont-worry-nothing-here-will-hurt-you/ In our conversation, we will hear from Luella about her story and from Keith about how he wove her story into the narrative of his book.
If you would like to come in person to the event, you can register here:
https://library.buffalo.edu/about/exhibitions/love-canal.htmlYou can see my photographs from Luella’s tour of Love Canal last month at johnfiege.earth.
