Kirk Smith is an old friend of Mona’s and the CEO of the Greater Flint Health Coalition (GFHC) during the Flint water crisis. As Mona went public with the blood-lead data sourced from her patients at Hurley, Kirk became a valuable member of Mona’s team and a staunch defender of her research.
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Kirk Smith Character Timeline in What the Eyes Don’t See
The timeline below shows where the character Kirk Smith appears in What the Eyes Don’t See. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 14: Environmental Injustice
That afternoon, Mona had a meeting with Kirk Smith, the CEO of the Greater Flint Health Coalition (GFHC), about a community-based children’s healthcare...
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Chapter 15: Poisoned by Policy
...do next was to get a health advisory issued in order to alert the public. Kirk Smith reached out to the director of public works in Flint, Howard Croft—but Croft assured...
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Chapter 22: Demonstration of Proof
Mona arrived at the state news conference on the Kettering University campus. She and Kirk entered a room packed with media. As the conference began, Eden noted that there was...
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After the press conference, Mona and Kirk got to meet with some state officials and go over the plan. The atmosphere in...
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Chapter 24: Fire Ant
Mona, Jenny, and Kirk continued working on their list of Flint’s children’s needs. Mona suggested many preventative measures and...
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