Eesha Williams's Blog, page 165
September 8, 2012
Photos: March, Rally in Springfield for Justice, Against Big Banks
On September 5, there was a march in Springfield to protest banks that are forcing poor people out of their homes while paying their executives millions of dollars a year. The first photo shows some of the marchers in front of a building at the corner of Maple and Central streets. The march was organized by the same group that organized a rally on July 31 that drew more than 200 people.
The group’s web site is www.SpringfieldNoOneLeaves.org. Last year, the group organized non-violent civil dis...
September 1, 2012
Garland Jeffreys Will Play in Northampton Sept. 14
Rock and roll musician Garland Jeffreys will perform a public concert at the Iron Horse Music Hall in Northampton on September 14 at 7 p.m. In the past year, his newest album has received positive reviews from the New Yorker magazine and NPR's "Fresh Air with Terry Gross." You can hear free samples of his music at:
www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-music&field-k...
Group Fights Logging in 13,000 Acre Park
The following article is by Kathy Thatcher, president of Friends of Pisgah. Pisgah is a 13,000 acre New Hampshire state park that's a few miles from Massachusetts and Vermont. The park's remote lakes are popular swim spots that require hiking to reach. The group's web site is www.FriendsOfPisgah.org. This article first appeared there.
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Civil Disobedience at Valley Nuke Set for Sept. 23
Activists are planning non-violent civil disobedience at the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant on September 23. The reactor is three miles from Massachusetts and a stone’s throw from New Hampshire. The event is being organized by a religious group, the Quakers www.burlingtonquakers.org. “Anyone is welcome to join us as long as they accept that this event will have a spiritual focus,” Elinor Yahm told the Valley Post. She is one of the organizers of the event. “We want people to contact us in...
August 26, 2012
Garland Jeffreys Will Play in Northampton Sept. 14
Rock and roll musician Garland Jeffreys will perform a public concert at the Iron Horse Music Hall in Northampton on September 14 at 7 p.m. In the past year, his newest album has received positive reviews from the New Yorker magazine and NPR's "Fresh Air with Terry Gross." You can hear free samples of his music at:
www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-music&field-k...
Vermont Probably Sent Wrong Person to Jail for 18 Years
On August 22, a judge ordered a man released from prison in Springfield, Vermont, near Brattleboro, after 18 years in prison for a murder that he probably did not commit. The murder happened in 1994 in Dover, Vermont, which is also near Brattleboro.
John Grega was released on $75,000 bail pending a new trial based on DNA evidence that was not considered in the original trial. He is 50 years old. The date for the new trial has not yet been decided. Grega’s lawyer is Ian Carleton of Burlington,...
August 19, 2012
Garland Jeffreys Will Play in Northampton Sept. 14
Rock and roll musician Garland Jeffreys will perform a public concert at the Iron Horse Music Hall in Northampton on September 14 at 7 p.m. In the past year, his newest album has received positive reviews from the New Yorker magazine and NPR's "Fresh Air with Terry Gross." You can hear free samples of his music at:
www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-music&field-k...
Rally Against Coal Corporation in Holyoke
In Holyoke, about two dozen activists attended a rally to close a coal power plant in the city August 15. “Coal smokestacks mean pollution for our children and our seniors,” said Carmen Concepcion, a retired nurse, at the rally. Also at the rally, Virgenmina Perez said, "My grandson suffers from asthma, and it was for him and all the other children that I joined this
campaign to retire the coal plant."
Activist Jose Bou said, "How can we have a healthy economy if we don't have healthy children...
