March,
2008
Message from Mayor McLaughlin
Planning Commission meeting on Chevron proposal
-- Thursday, March 20
Dear Friends,
Chevron's proposed "Energy and Hydrogen Renewal Project" is
coming up for environmental review at the Planning Commission
meeting this week on Thursday, March 20 at 7 pm at the City
Council Chambers, 450 Civic Center Plaza. (enter building from
rear)
Please come out and share your comments with the Planning
Commissioners. I continue to call for a re-circulation of this
woefully inadequate environmental impact report.
You can read my guest editorial in regard
to this matter, "Whole
Truth, Nothing But the Truth" that was published in the Contra
Costa Times last Saturday here: http://gaylemclaughlin.net/press-CCT_03-15-08.htm
Sincerely, Gayle
Special Invitation - Another
first for Richmond on March 8, 2008!
Dear Friends,
Please join me for Richmond's first annual day of celebration,
networking and sharing on International Women's Day! All are
welcome. Details and leaflet are below. We ask that you pre-register
by March 5.
Women in Solidarity: Honoring Self, Honoring Community
Mujeres en Solidaridad: Honrando Su Persona, Honrando Su Comunidad
Saturday, March 8, 2008 - 10:00 am 4:00 pm Lavonya DeJean
Middle School 3400 Macdonald Ave., Richmond
Featuring legendary Civil Rights activist Yuri Kochiyama
Round-table discussions; music, dance, drumming performed
by local artists
Free admission. Lunch, childcare, and translation will be
provided.
Please call 510-620-6502 to pre-register. (call 510-520-6527
for assistance in Spanish)
Co-sponsors to date:
Richmond Mayor Gayle McLaughlin, Mothers
Against Senseless Killing, The Latina Center, Tent City Peace
Movement, Youth Together, Richmond Progressive Alliance,
Communities United to Restore Mother Earth, Richmond/Regla
Sister City Committee, Ma&supl;at Youth Academy, Verde
Partnership Garden, Rosie the Riveter WWII Homefront National
Historic Park, Black Women Organized for Political Action,
Black Alliance for Just Immigration, Haiti Action Committee,
International Committee for the Freedom of the Cuban 5, Gabriela
Network, Women of Color Resource Center
Looking forward to seeing you there!
Sincerely, Gayle
If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched
into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive -- American
writer, poet and activist Audre Lorde |
