Reverend William Kearney (Chair) |
Dollie Burwell (Vice Chair) |
Rev. William Kearney is a partner in several UNC community-engaged research partnerships and engages and consults with universities, organizations, and partnerships across the U.S. Rev. Kearney serves as associate minister and health ministry coordinator at Coley Springs Missionary Baptist Church and past vice president of the United Shiloh Missionary Baptist Association Church Union. He is also a research associate and community outreach manager at UNC's Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. Rev. Kearney has co-authored numerous research manuscripts and articles and has co-produced various documentaries.
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Dollie Burwell, considered a "Mother of Environmental Justice," was a key organizer and strategist during the 1982 anti-PCB protests. She has been a longstanding advocate for voting rights and political representation for Black Communities. She was an invited speaker at the First National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit in 1991. She was also a leading member of the Joint Warren County State PCB Landfill Working Group. She continues advocating for community health, social, and environmental justice in the U.S. and beyond.
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Wayne Mosely (Secretary)
Wayne Mosely, born and raised in Warren County, was among the first group of protesters to be arrested during the September 1982 PCB toxic landfill protests. Now retired after 40+ years of collegiate recruitment management and consulting at the Living Arts College (a school he helped found) in Wake Forest, NC, Wayne still advocates for environmental and social justice. He has helped produce two Warren County: Birth of a Movement documentaries
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Consherto Williams
Consherto Williams is the 15-year-old face in the Warren County PCB protest picture taken by photographer Jerome Friar in September of 1982. She grew up in the local Shocco township where the chemical landfill was created In Warrenton, NC, and led youth protest day along with other youth from the town. Her picture is currently used as the “Environmental Girl” on the national EPA website and many other publications as the most requested work from Friar’s collection.
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Angella Crump Dunston (Treasurer)
Dunston began her public service and advocacy journey as a social justice champion and environmental steward, during the birth of the Environmental Justice Movement (EJM), in the place in which she was born - Warren County, NC. According to Dunston, her lived experience during the EJ Movement fueled her desire to serve those which were more often impacted by injustices, particularly marginalized and low-income communities.
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Congresswoman Eva Clayton (Honorary Member)
Former Representative, North Carolina First Congressional District. First, African American woman to represent the state of North Carolina in congress.
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Margaret Brake |
Jennifer Sims |
special consultants
Cameron OglesbyCameron Oglesby is an award-winning environmental justice advocate, oral historian, and journalist whose storytelling centers histories of injustice, joy, resilience, and land stewardship in Black, Indigenous, rural, and southern communities. She started working with WCEAT in 2022 as a student event coordinator for the 40th anniversary celebrations; following the 40th commemoration, she has continued to support WCEAT's storytelling and strategic development efforts.
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Breanna ByrdBreanna Byrd holds a PhD in Feminist Studies with an environmental justice focus. They were drawn to the work of WCEAT in 2022 just before the 40th Anniversary of the protests and the commemorative events. Their research into the 1982 protests led them to deepen their partnership with Warren County activists. Breanna specializes in community engagement, event planning, cultural education, and sustainable living.
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Jenny LabalmeJenny Lebalme photographed the 1982 Warren County protests as par of documentary photography class she took as a student at Duke University. Shortly after graduating from Duke, she received a grant to publish the photos in a small book called, A Road to Walk. Lebalme spent most of her career working as a journalist for magazines and newspapers in North Carolina, Alabama, Indiana, and Mexico,City, Mexico.
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Patrick BarnesPatrick Barnes was the Science Advisor to the Joint Warren County State PCB Landfill Working Group from 1995-2003. On behalf the community Mr. Barnes oversaw the assessment and detoxification of the landfill facility. He continues to support EJ communities throughout the South as a science advisor.
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