Grassroots Community & Environmental Justice Activists to Join Together
at Central California Environmental Justice Network Conference
“BUILDING COMMON GROUNDâ€
Welcome
Keynote Speaker Dolores Huerta
This Free Conference will be on
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2008
College of the Sequoias, Main Campus, 915 S. Mooney Boulevard, Visalia, California
Contact:
Sarah Sharpe, CCEJN 559 – 485-1416
Rosenda Mataka, CCEJN 209-895-3352
Visalia, CA – Grassroots community and environmental justice activists and organizations will join together for the fifth Central California Environmental Justice Network conference in Visalia on Saturday, November 15, 2008.The CCEJN conference will be. Registration is from 8 a.m. to 9:30 .m., Conference begins at 9:30 am .Workshops and Strategy Sessions will address Pollution, Asthma & Cancer Plaguing Low-Income and Immigrant Valley Communities Low-income and immigrant communities in the
Dolores Huerta, Founder of the Dolores Huerta Foundation, co-founder of the United Farm Workers Union and internationally renowned social justice and union leader will deliver the keynote address to inspire the growing grassroots activism in the Valley.
Central Valley residents are plagued with a variety of serious pollution issues that have contaminated the air, water and land and contributed to high rates of asthma and cancer. Valley residents are exposed to toxic and other pollution from toxic dumps, incinerators, toxic contamination sites, pesticides, diesel pollution, dirty power plants, sewage sludge dumping, dairies and other industrial activities that threaten public health.
Conference participants will participate in workshops to share their experiences and develop common strategies to pressure industry and government to start protecting.Workshops will include Climate Change, Health and Cumulative Impacts, Land Use and Poor Planning, Artistic Activism and Impacting Government and Regulatory Decision-Makers.
The conference will be bilingual Spanish and English. This is a free conference to the community, childcare, transportation assistance will be provided upon requests. Free continental breakfast and Lunch also provided.
