HONOLULU — Pediatrician, author, activist and whistleblower in the Flint, Michigan lead poisoning crisis, Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha will provide a free public talk, “What the Eyes Don’t See: Water, Crisis, Resistance, Hope,” at 6:30 p.m. on March 23 at the University of Hawaii at Manoa’s Orvis Auditorium as part of the Better Tomorrow Speaker Series. Gov. Josh Green will provide an introduction.
“As we grapple with our own water crises, we are pleased to host Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha of Michigan State University, whose courageous advocacy on behalf of her young patients made such a difference in Flint,” said UH President David Lassner in a news release.
Dr. Hanna-Attisha has an endowed professorship in public health at Michigan State University and is the founding director of the Pediatric Health Initiative. She was named one of “TIME’S 100 Most Influential People in the World” and recognized by “USA Today” as one of its Women of the Century for her role in the Flint water crisis.
She has also served as chief resident at the Children’s Hospital of Michigan in Detroit, and wrote “What the Eyes Don’t See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance and Hope in an American City.”
Dr. Hanna-Attisha will speak on her community’s fight for clean water, health and justice, a situation very similar to the Red Hill crisis and reports of PFAS, or per- and polyfluorinated substances, being detected in Hawaii’s drinking water.
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