Democracy School Workshop

Democracy School Workshop
February 2, 2015, 6:00 – 9:00 P.M.,
Newport Public Library

Communities across the country and Oregon trying to stop a wide range of threats – such as GMO’s, pesticides, fracking, factory farming, sewage sludging, water privatization – all run into the same problem: they don’t have the legal authority to say “NO” to what is harming them.

This 3-hour Democracy School workshop will lead you through the following:

• Why we have a corporate dominated, state-assisted structure of law
• How it looks when communities try to find remedy within that system
• What communities are doing to reclaim their rights for the sake of health and democracy for people, communities, and nature
• How Oregon counties are moving “community bills of rights” to protect communities and move them towards sustainability

Presented by: Kai Huschke, Northwest Organizer
Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund

Free of charge, but donations are gladly accepted to cover the instructor’s travel and our publication expenses.

To register, and to obtain further details, call María Sause at 541 961 6385, or e-mail mkrausster@gmail.com