Eesha Williams's Blog, page 102
May 28, 2016
Two Rallies
In Greenfield on May 25, there was a rally for workers' rights. In Springfield the next day, there was a rally for environmental protection. The below photos show the Springfield protest. “The rally in Greenfield went really well,” Amanda Brooks-Clemeno told the Valley Post in a telephone interview May 27. She was at the event. Brooks-Clemeno lives in Worthington, Massachusetts, near Northampton, and works as a teacher at the Collaborative for Educational Services, which is funded by the stat...
May 22, 2016
688 Acres Saved
Activists saved 688 acres of forestland in Keene and the New Hampshire towns of Chesterfield and Swanzey. Chesterfield borders Brattleboro and Keene. Swanzey borders Keene and is about five miles from Massachusetts. Protecting land from development is one of the best ways to stop climate change, which the world's leading scientists say is a major threat to earth's ability to support human life. Most of the money for protecting land comes from the government; politicians decide how much to inv...
May 14, 2016
Photos: Climate Activists Arrested
Activists from the Valley traveled by bus and carpool to Albany, New York on May 14. People were arrested for non-violent civil disobedience. They were calling on politicians to stop climate change. The protesters sat on train tracks to block trains carrying oil. The action's organizers have a web site at www.albany2016.org. To enlarge a photo, click on it, then scroll down and click "see full size image." photos by Eesha Williams
