In Black America

In Black America Podcast: No Fear: A Whistleblower’s Triumph Over Corruption and Retaliation at the EPA – Part II

December 2, 2012 12:07 pm by: John Hanson

On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. presents part two of a three-part discussion with Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo, author of No Fear: The Whistleblower's Triumph Over Corruption and Retaliation at the EPA, is also the founder of the No Fear Institute. After facing racial and gender-based discrimination during her tenure at the Environmental Protection Agency over her request that the agency devote attention to environmental problems in South Africa that were allegedly caused by an U.S. multinational mining company, Coleman-Adebayo led an effort to clean up the regulatory agency.  Her campaign led to the first civil rights and whistleblower protection legislation passed in the 21st century: The Notification of Federal Employees Anti-discrimination and Retaliation Act (No FEAR)....
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