Thursday, May 10, 5:30 p.m., Friday Harbor Grange
— from Glenn Hendrick —
Join Community Rights San Juan Islands at San Juan Island Grange 966, 152 1st St, Friday Harbor, Thursday, May 10th, for a screening of Robin Wall Kimmerer’s presentation “We the People: Expanding Our Circle of Citizenship.” The screening will be followed by a lively roundtable discussion on the topics of Community Rights and the Rights of Nature for the Salish Sea.
The program will begin at 6:30 pm and, in typical Grange fashion, will be preceded by an optional potluck and meet ‘n’ greet at 5:30.
Community Rights San Juan Islands has come together to develop a community bill of rights for San Juan County. We aim to create legal tools to prevent corporate and government entities from causing harm to our natural and human communities.
The impetus for a Community Rights movement in our county arises out of the deep love and respect we have for these islands we call home and for the Salish Sea that surrounds us. We recognize that our well-being is tied to the well-being of our natural environment, and yet we currently have little or no power to refuse potentially harmful industrial projects that set their sights on our region.
We are working with the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF), a front-runner in the national community rights movement and the growing global movement to recognize the rights of nature. Our hope is that by creating a community bill of rights, we will set the foundation for legal protections and assertions that we can build on as specific issues demand.
Community Rights San Juan Islands is about democracy: creating a framework by which our community can protect what we love.
For more information on CELDF and Community Rights, visit :https://celdf.org/rights. Join us.
The San Juan Island Grange has been a community of growers, makers,and keepers since 1931. The Grange is non-partisan, and so is this event. All are welcome, including kids.
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