by Jen G 
After attending TedXGowanus yesterday, I can honestly say I now know more about that superfund site, its history and the clean-up effort – than our very own superfund site near and dear to us in Greenpoint – the Newtown Creek. This is a good thing.
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Thank you for this terrific recap of the amazing day that was TEDxGowanus!
I really appreciate your synopsis of my talk, it let me know I got the point across, and communicated what I wanted to in 9 minutes!!
It’s so important to know that we we all respond to disaster or tragedy that our money is not getting directly to the people we ‘re trying to help, and that it’s not because it’s being stolen or misappropriated in most cases, but because our currents structures simply don’t work.
Thank you again!
Awesome article! Thanks for the recap 🙂