[SEMCO] Environment and Human Rights on Cape Cod

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ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN MASSACHUSETTS
 
The environmental justice movement is starting to develop on Cape  Cod.   
There's a new emphasis, in some places, on bringing human  rights advocates and 
environmentalists together to address issues like global  warming, energy 
policy, and housing.
 
These are some of the justice-related  events scheduled for the near  future.
 
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9th:   Annual Human Rights Day gathering at  Cape Cod 
Community College, in Barnstable.  Starts at 9:00 am.   Sponsored by the 
Barnstable County Human Rights Commission....  Everyone is  invited....  Local 
environmentalists will distribute complete copies of the  Universal Declaration of 
Human Rights.  Basic information about energy and  human rights will be available.
 
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10th:   The Sunday service at the Unitarian  Universalist 
church in Falmouth will be a celebration of Human Rights Day and  the awarding 
of the Nobel Peace Prize.    Nancy Jack Todd, one of  the New Alchemy 
co-founders, will be the special guest speaker.....  She  will discuss "Human Rights 
and the Environment."   Everyone is  invited....  The Sunday service begins at 
9:30.    For  information, phone:  (508) 457-0449.
 
MONDAY, JANUARY 1st:   Religious and community groups will gather  on New 
Years Day in Woods Hole to reflect on energy, human rights, and global  
warming....  This event will start at 11:00 am at the Woods Hole Community  Hall....  
Sponsors include the Falmouth Clergy Association and the Sierra  Club's Cape 
Cod and Islands Group...   There will be a collection to  help support the work 
of the Housing Assistance Corporation.....  At noon,  the annual New Years Day 
walk around Eel Pond will begin.   It's a  family event with costumes, 
noisemakers, and rainbow flags....    Everybody will be welcomed!   It's a Woods 
Hole tradition.
 
For information about the New Years Day environmental justice  celebration in 
Woods Hole, contact Robert Murphy.   Telephone:  (508) 457-0449.     
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