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Podcast: Corban Addison
Special guest Corban Addision joins to discuss his most recent legal thriller “Wastelands”; and how lawyers can leverage the power of storytelling in their legal writing and client advocacy initiatives.
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The book “Wastelands” tells the extraordinary, true story of how a rural, North Carolina community stood up against one of the world’s most powerful meatpacking companies polluting their communities – and won.

Corban Addison is an attorney, activist, bestselling author, speaker and world traveler. He brings attention to human rights crises around the world through his thought-provoking books and legal publishings.

Wastelands - Discussion Questions

Careers in Social Justice Guide: Environmental Justice
Learn about Environmental Justice as a social justice career. Information compiled by UIowa undergraduate students in "Working for Social Justice" courses.
Careers in Social Justice
"View a wide range of fields where people advocate and engage issues of social justice. Compiled by UIowa undergraduate students in 'Working for Social Justice' courses."