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Prairie Watchdogs Podcast
Dakota Resource Council podcast is a weekly update with organization news, events and member profiles. Formed in 1978, Dakota Resource Council grew out of existing organizing efforts responding to impacts from coal development. Each year brings new threats to our members and their communities. Local residents often have to play defense when it comes to rapid energy and agriculture policies and infrastructure. But – they have power when they come together as a community.Responsible development requires local short-term and long-term concerns from constituents to be taken into account when decisions are being made. We owe it to our neighbors, our communities, and our future generations to protect our state’s resources and local voices.DRC works with communities across the state to organize around common goals of securing a thriving North Dakota and putting people first. Members take action to create public awareness and shape public policy to ensure safe and responsible development, to protect North Dakota’s agricultural economy, and to establish a foundation for a just transition to a diverse energy economy.
Prairie Watchdogs Podcast
Right to Harm Film: A talk with the director
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We talk to the director of the documentary film, Right to Harm, Matt Wechsler.
You’re invited a screening of the documentary film RIGHT TO HARM, hosted by the Dakota Resource Council and the Barnes County Historical Society. RIGHT TO HARM exposes the devastating public health impact factory farming has on many rural communities throughout the United States. Filmed across the country, the documentary chronicles the failures of state agencies to protect communities against the harms of industrial animal agriculture. Known formally as Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations –or CAFOs –these facilities produce millions of gallons of untreated waste that destroys the quality of life for nearby neighbors. Fed up with the lack of safeguards, these citizens band together to demand justice from their legislators. At the screening, North Dakota citizens will host a Q&A session talking about how CAFOs affected their communities. The screening is free and open to the public! Please help us spread the word! For information on the film, please visit righttoharm.film
The first showing will be Thursday, February 20, 2020 from 7 PM – 9 PM at the Barnes County Historical Society 315 Central Ave N, Valley City, North Dakota 58072.
The second showing will be Sunday, February 23, 2020 from 2 PM – 4 PM at the Dr. James Carlson Fargo Public Library 2801 32nd Ave. S., Fargo, North Dakota 58103.