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A Great Loss - Luke Cole

We have lost a champion for justice. Our dear friend and Board member, Luke Cole, was killed in a car accident while on a sabbatical in western Uganda on June 5. Details of the accident are sketchy, and we are keeping our fingers crossed for his surviving wife Nancy Shelby who was injured to an unknown degree.

Luke was one of the founders of the environmental justice movement, and the Executive Director of the Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment. No date has yet been set for a memorial.

We will miss his joyous spirit, his clear vision, and his big heart....

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Luke with fellow Impact Fund Board members Cathy Dreyfuss and Arlene Mayerson
Luke with fellow Impact Fund Board members Cathy Dreyfuss and Arlene Mayerson

 

Brad Seligman and Betty Dukes outside the courthouse after successful ruling on Wal-Mart case, June 22, 2004.

Betty Dukes, a plaintiff, and Brad Seligman, of the Impact Fund, after a federal ruling that cleared the way for our class action suit against Wal-Mart. June 22, 2004. 

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