PresentationsWhen: Thursday, September 6th 8:00 PM
Where: Times Up! Space: 49 East Houston (between Mulberry
and Mott). 6 to bleecker st
Description:
Taking Action in Appalachia and Iceland A two-part evening with two special guests. First,
learn about the dire situation at Marsh Fork Elementary School in West Virginia, where children
spend each day in the shadow of 2.8 billion gallons of toxic coal mining
waste. Ed Wiley, an ex-coal miner, will speak about the devastating toll
that mountaintop removal mining is having throughout the Southern Appalachian mountains.
Second, learn how people are taking action to stop the environmental and social injustices perpetrated by multinational aluminum corporations in Iceland, leading up to international demonstrations on Sept 12. http://savingiceland.org. When: Tuesday, September 11th 6:30 PM
Where: Vox Pop: 1022 Cortelyou Road, Brooklyn
Q to Cortelyou or F to Ditmas Description
Ed Wiley speaks about coal mining safety @ 6:30 P.M.
Here's To The Long Haul
plays @ 7 P.M.
Here's to the Long Haul is yet another offshoot of the deep and wandering roots of Appalachian music, they play both contemporary and traditional mountain music and initially bonded over the grassroots stuggles for justice in Appalachian coal fields. When: Friday, September 14th 7:00 Where: Bluestockings: 172 Allen Street between Stanton and Rivington
F to 2nd ave Description:
Slide show presentation with Ed Wiley.
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