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Saturday, 9/13 - Climate Activist Speaks in West Hartford after MA Prosecutor Drops Criminal Charges
Quaker Activist who blocked 40,000 Tons of Coal with a Lobster Boat now Sailing to the People's Climate March
Quaker Climate Activist to speak in West Hartford Saturday Evening
MA Prosecutor Drops Charges; Activist who blocked 40,000 Tons of Coal with a Lobster Boat now Sailing to the People’s Climate March
Saturday, September 13th @7:00pm
First Baptist Church, 90 North Main St, West Hartford
In May 2013, Quaker Jay O’Hara and a friend anchored their small boat in Fall River, MA, blocking the arrival of a coal shipment to New England’s largest coal-fired power plant. (see LobsterBoatBlockade.org)
As their trial was set to begin this week, the District Attorney made the dramatic decision to drop all criminal charges and announced that the activists were right: “We’re at a crisis point with climate change.” (see Boston Globe article: http://bit.ly/1AvArWU)
Now O’Hara is sailing to New York City to participate in the People’s Climate March (www.peoplesclimate.org) on September 21, stopping in Connecticut towns to share his story, engage communities in dialogue about climate change.
People who wish to participate in the march can purchase discount Metro-North tickets at CTClimateTrain.org.
