Dear students and ST members,
We recently received this email, and I am curious if any groups are
interested in hosting a talk by Lois Gibbs. Unfortunately our office
cannot take the lead on such an event at this time.
Feel free to contact Mike directly and simply let me know if an event
develops that you would like support.
Thanks
Dan Roth
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Cornell Sustainable Campus- Love Canal Leader Lois Gibbs
Speaking Tour
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:34:31 -0500
From: mike schade <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Dear Cornell Sustainable Campus
My name's Mike Schade and I'm with the Center for Health, Environment &
Justice. I was writing because we're organizing a NYS statewide
speaking tour for national environmental leader Lois Gibbs.
*Lois Gibbs, founder of the Center for Health, Environment and Justice
(CHEJ), is launching a statewide speaking tour of NY colleges this
April.** *Lois founded CHEJ after winning the nation's first community
relocation of 900 families due to a leaking toxic waste dump in Love
Canal (Niagara Falls), New York.
Lois is a dynamic and inspiring speaker. *On the tour she'll be
discussing how her experiences at Love Canal connect with CHEJ's new
PVC-free schools campaign. *
I was writing to see if you may be interested in bringing Lois and the
tour to Cornell? Below's more details.
Best, Mike Schade, CHEJ, [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> / 212 964 3680
*Attention NY Student Activists:*
*Bring Love Canal Leader Lois Gibbs to Your Campus this April!*
*From Cancer Alley, LA to Your University:*
*/Environmental Injustice and PVC-Free Schools/*
*Lois Gibbs, founder of the Center for Health, Environment and Justice
(CHEJ), is launching a statewide speaking tour of NY colleges this
April. *Lois founded CHEJ after winning the nation's first community
relocation of 900 families due to a leaking toxic waste dump in Love
Canal (Niagara Falls), New York.
Lois is a dynamic and inspiring speaker. *On the tour she'll be
discussing how her experiences at Love Canal connect with CHEJ's new
PVC-free schools campaign. * Learn about PVC, the most toxic plastic for
our health and environment. Find out how the PVC industry is poisoning
environmental justice communities in Louisiana, and where PVC may be
hiding on your campus. Learn how chemicals such as phthalates and
Dioxins are released by PVC and are linked to breast cancer,
reproductive health problems, asthma, and learning disabilities.
*Find out how you can kick PVC off your campus by starting a new
PVC-Free Schools Campaign at your University and stand in solidarity
with environmental justice communities impacted by PVC's toxic lifecycle. *
*Lois is available as a featured speaker for events and also for
one-on-one strategy sessions with student activist groups interested in
starting a PVC-free schools campaign. * On tour, Lois will be releasing
CHEJ's new student activist toolkit. Accompanying Lois on the tour will
be Betty the Be Safe Ducky, an inflatable 25-foot rubber ducky that's
been making headlines coast to coast in support of a PVC-free and
toxic-free future. The ducky can be inflated outside your University
the day of the event to help publicize an evening speaking event (see
photos of the ducky here: http://www.besafenet.com/pvc/duck.htm).
*_Interested in organizing an event? We can provide you with:_*
· Tips and guidance for organizing a successful event;
· Sample e-mail announcements, photos and text for flyers/posters;
· Sample media materials (media advisory, press release);
· An opportunity to connect with other student activists around the
state;
· CHEJ's PVC-free schools student activist toolkit; and
· CHEJ's 25-foot inflatable ducky.
*_Learn more about the dangers of PVC in schools._*
CHEJ's PVC-free schools campaign is encouraging schools to ditch the
poison plastic in favor of safer alternatives. We need your help to
make it a success! Here's the Top Ten Reasons Your School Should Go
PVC-Free
<http://besafenet.com/pvc/documents/2009/Fact-Sheets/110909%20Top%20Ten%20Reasons.pdf>
This tour is part of CHEJ's new Greening Schools Inside & Out Campaign.
*_To learn more and how you can bring Lois Gibbs to your campus this
April, please contact:_*
Mike Schade
CHEJ PVC Campaign Coordinator
212-964-3680
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
*_About Lois:_*
In 1978, Lois founded the Love Canal Homeowners' Association and led a
campaign with her neighbors to relocate over 900 families from the
contaminated Love Canal community. Lois went on to found the Center for
Health, Environment and Justice (CHEJ), where her vision has guided
CHEJ's efforts to provide critical organizing and technical assistance
to communities engaged in their own environmental struggles. Lois has
been recognized extensively for her leadership role in the grassroots
environmental justice movement. Lois is an inspiring and dynamic speaker
who has appeared on many television and radio shows including 60
Minutes, 20/20, Oprah Winfrey, Good Morning America, The Morning Show
and the Today Show. She is the recipient of an honorary Doctorate from
SUNY at Cortland, New York, the 1990 Goldman Environmental Prize, the
1998 Heinz Award, and the 1999 John Gardner Leadership Award from
Independent Sector. Read more.
Mike Schade, /PVC Campaign Coordinator/
Center for Health Environment & Justice
212.964.3680 office
[email protected] <[email protected]%20>
http://www.chej.org <http://www.chej.org/>
http://www.besafenet.com/pvc
*Follow CHEJ on Twitter: *www.twitter.com/chej <http://www.twitter.com/chej>
*Fan CHEJ on Facebook :* www.facebook.com/CHEJfans
<http://www.facebook.com/CHEJfans>
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