Uranium Activists Meet in Moab - Western Colorado Alliance for Community Action

photos and story by Lee Gelatt, WCC Community Organizer

The Uranium Confab in Moab, Utah, on May 13-16, was a gathering for activists to learn and strategize around uranium issues in the Southwest. The conference was sponsored by the Information Network for Responsible Mining, Western Mining Action Network, Indigenous Environmental Network, Uranium Watch, Living Rivers, The Wilderness Society, Grand Canyon Trust, and individual donors. Lee Gelatt, WCC Organizer, and Janet Johnson, WCC of Mesa County board member, attended the Confab.

Reel Thing Productions is filming Uranium Drive-In: A Documentary. Here, director Suzan Beraza and her crew interview Jennifer Thurston of Sheep Mountain Alliance at the old Atlas uranium mill site in Moab, UT. Currently in production, this feature-length documentary chronicles the debate over the proposed Piñon Ridge uranium mill in Colorado. With authentic voices, the people featured in the film tell personal stories about life and death in a boom-bust mining town. And now, with the future of nuclear energy being questioned worldwide, there’s even more at stake.

About the author

Brenda Bafus-Williams

After working for our Alliance for 32 years, Brenda retired in 2018 and took a two-year hiatus before rejoining the fold as a board member. She is a treasure trove of little known facts about the organization after managing everything from the membership database to our communications. Her other interests include dabbling in a number of artforms, hiking, botany (her college major), t'ai chi and chi gung, and swing dancing. With roots in western Washington state, she has lived in Montrose with her husband Kevin since 1984.