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You are invited to a series of Love Canal 30th Anniversary events
on Friday, August 1st in Niagara Falls, NY.
9:00 - 10:00 AM National News Conference, Colvin Blvd. and 100th Street.
Speakers include: Lois Gibbs, CHEJ Executive Director, Stephen Lester, CHEJ Science Director, and Renee Retton, Love Canal Survivor Child.
10:00 - 11:00 AM Walking Tour of Love Canal, Colvin Blvd. and 100th Street.
6:30 - 8:30 PM 30th Anniversary Reception & Program
VFW Post 917 - La Salle Griffon Post, 2435 Seneca Ave, Niagara Falls, NY 14305
Suggested Donation: $30 ($1 for each year of our journey)
Speakers: Lois Gibbs, CHEJ Executive Director, Luella Kenney, Love Canal Survivors, Assemblywoman Crystal Peoples, Senator Antoine Thompson, Niagara Falls Mayor Paul Dyster, Bill Pienta (United Steelworkers District 4 Director), Scott Adams (United Auto Workers Region #9 Area Director) and Western NY community leaders fighting the "Love Canals of Today" including Bethlehem steelworkers exposed to radioactive contamination, CWM hazardous waste landfill in Lewiston/Porter, FMC pesticide contamination in Middleport, and West Valley nuclear waste site.
To RSVP or for information on sponsorship opportunities contact Mike Schade at 212-964-3680 or mike@chej.org.
Love Canal marked the beginning of the environmental health movement in Western NY and across the country. Thirty years ago on August 2, 1978, the NYS Department of Health declared a State of Emergency at Love Canal, closed the 99th Street School and ordered a cleanup plan be undertaken immediately. The agency recommended pregnant women and children under two living near the leaking Love Canal toxic dump should move. More relocations followed in response to this legendary grassroots community struggle which sparked the creation of the Federal Superfund program.
The Center for Health, Environment and Justice (CHEJ), Citizens' Environmental Coalition, WNYCOSH, and the Love Canal Medical Fund invite you to commemorate the 30th Anniversary of Love Canal as we continue the journey to prevent harm to our families from toxic chemicals in our homes, schools, and communities in WNY and across the country.
To learn more about the history of Love Canal, visit:
http://www.chej.org/30thA_Love_Canal.htm
All printing and event costs paid for by CHEJ. All proceeds benefit CHEJ.
Mike Schade
PVC Campaign Coordinator
The Center for Health, Environment and Justice (CHEJ)
9 Murray St. 3rd Fl.
NY, NY 10007
Phone: 212.964.3680
Fax: 212.349.1366
mike@chej.org
http://www.besafenet.com/pvc
http://www.chej.org
Mentoring a movement, empowering people, preventing harm.
Love Canal...30 years later, the journey continues.
Note new e-mail address: My e-mail address has changed to mike@chej.org
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