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This is a request for the names of key people to invite to this
important event!
Dear Friend,
We are planning a unique workshop for people who share a concern about
the physical
environment of their community. This event will help people assess and
take action regarding
air, water and soil pollution in their neighbourhoods, whether as a
result of industrial chemicals,
pesticides, improper sewage disposal or other.
Resource people: Elizabeth May, Sierra Club;
Lia Daborn, formerly Executive Director of the Conservation Council
of
New Brunswick;
Janice Harvey, Conservation Council of New Brunswick,
Community Representatives from the Sydney Tar Ponds, NS and from the
factory hog farm issue in Ste. Marie de Kent NB.
=46rom this event, participants can expect to:
- gain confidence, skills and knowledge in organizing in communities
facing environmental
health issues.
- learn from communities struggling with environmental health issues.
- gain experience with a community health audit/profile tool for use
back home.
We would like to reach:
- members of communities facing environmental health concerns, whether
now active or wishing
to become active.
- as well as community members, anyone supporting or training local
community
activists/concerned citizens in environmental concerns.
The total cost of this event is $245 (including room, board and
tuition). Bursaries are available
to support delegates.
Who do you think should attend this workshop? We are trying to identify
participants from
communities facing environmental health issues. Therefore, we are asking
you to forward the
names of those you know who would benefit from this workshop, along with
their E-mail and
regular mail addresses and their faxes and/or phone numbers. Also,
please pass this on to others
and join us yourself if you feel this workshop is for you. Please send
us the names and or
contacts no later than June 30th.
We sincerely appreciate your helping us to locate appropriate
participants for this event. Please
contact Bonnie Zinck with names of individuals or groups who you think
should be invited:
1-800-218-2220, tatacent@tatacentre.ca
Wilf Bean, Program Director
Promotion follows:
Organizing for
Community
Environmental
Action: An In-Depth Training Workshop
October 25 - 27, Fri. 7 pm - Sun 1 pm
Tatamagouche Centre is offering a unique training event for
concerned community members and environmental activists
featuring Elizabeth May,
president of the Sierra Club.
Are you concerned about your
community=92s environment? Is the quality of air, water or soil being
degraded? Are
pesticides, industrial chemicals, sewage or other pollutants affecting
the health of community
members? Then you are not alone!
Hear the stories of active citizens from the Sydney Tar Ponds, NS, and
those
challenging pollution from the factory hog farm in Ste. Marie de Kent,
NB. Meet other
concerned community members from throughout the Maritimes. Learn to take
action with tools
for assessing community environmental problems from Lia Daborn, former
Executive Director
of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick.
This event is for concerned community members, those already active and
those
who would like to take action, as well as for anyone supporting or
training local
community activists/concerned citizens in environmental health issues.
We will
support participants in obtaining funding for follow-up work in their
local
communities.
Facilitators: Janice Harvey, is a freelance writer, environmentalist and
session member with the
Oak Bay Pastoral Charge in New Brunswick. Kathryn Anderson, diaconal
minister, human
rights activist and educator who is active in Tatamagouche Centre=92s
partnership with
Guatemala.
Cost $245 includes registration, tuition, meals and accommodation.
Bursaries are available.
To Register, please contact:
Tatamagouche Centre
RR #3
Tatamagouche NS B0K 1V0
1-800-218-2220
www.tatacentre
Tatamagouche Centre
<tatacent@tatacentre.ca>
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