The American Indian Movement of Santa Barbara
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE- March 9, 2010
Event Date: Wednesday March 24, 2010
Location: American Indian Health & Services
4141 State St. Suite A-1
Santa Barbara , CA 93110
The American Indian Movement of Santa Barbara and American Indian Health & Services proudly present an evening with
Elouise Brown:
A presentation about resistance to coal development on Indigenous land
Ms. Brown will speak in Santa Barbara as a part of her state-wide lecture tour on the current environmental and Native resistance to coal mining initiatives on Indigenous land.
As the Paredon Oil & Gas Drilling Initiative controversy continues in Carpinteria , CA , Elouise Brown, a Diné (Navajo) traditionalist and president of the Doodá Desert Rock committee, will speak out about the dangers and the ongoing exploitation of indigenous land and people by energy companies. This timely lecture will be held at AIH & S
7:00 pm Wednesday March 24, 2010
Lecture is free and open to the public
BACKGROUND - Doodá Desert Rock
The community of Chaco Rio in the Navajo Nation(SW of Farmington, New Mexico) has been blockading entry to the site of a proposed 1,500 megawatt coal fired power plant since December 2006. Desert Rock would be the third coal plant within a 20-mile radius in a region already suffering from extreme levels of toxic emissions.
http://www.doodadesertrock.com/
Nathan Alley, Staff Attorney at the Environmental Defense Center in Santa Barbara, will be introducing Ms. Brown and give an update on The Paredon Oil & Gas Drilling Initiative, or Measure J.http://www.edcnet.org
For more information please contact:
Corine Fairbanks, AIM Santa Barbara
(805) 212-4947/ corine68@yahoo.com
Jonnie Reinhold, American Indian Health & Services
(805) 681-7356/ JReinhold@aihscorp.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE- March 9, 2010
Event Date: Wednesday March 24, 2010
Location: American Indian Health & Services
4141 State St. Suite A-1
Santa Barbara , CA 93110
The American Indian Movement of Santa Barbara and American Indian Health & Services proudly present an evening with
Elouise Brown:
A presentation about resistance to coal development on Indigenous land
Ms. Brown will speak in Santa Barbara as a part of her state-wide lecture tour on the current environmental and Native resistance to coal mining initiatives on Indigenous land.
As the Paredon Oil & Gas Drilling Initiative controversy continues in Carpinteria , CA , Elouise Brown, a Diné (Navajo) traditionalist and president of the Doodá Desert Rock committee, will speak out about the dangers and the ongoing exploitation of indigenous land and people by energy companies. This timely lecture will be held at AIH & S
7:00 pm Wednesday March 24, 2010
Lecture is free and open to the public
BACKGROUND - Doodá Desert Rock
The community of Chaco Rio in the Navajo Nation(SW of Farmington, New Mexico) has been blockading entry to the site of a proposed 1,500 megawatt coal fired power plant since December 2006. Desert Rock would be the third coal plant within a 20-mile radius in a region already suffering from extreme levels of toxic emissions.
http://www.doodadesertrock.com/
Nathan Alley, Staff Attorney at the Environmental Defense Center in Santa Barbara, will be introducing Ms. Brown and give an update on The Paredon Oil & Gas Drilling Initiative, or Measure J.http://www.edcnet.org
For more information please contact:
Corine Fairbanks, AIM Santa Barbara
(805) 212-4947/ corine68@yahoo.com
Jonnie Reinhold, American Indian Health & Services
(805) 681-7356/ JReinhold@aihscorp.org
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