Oregon Environmental Rights Listening Session
 

April 16, Thursday, 2-3pm, Port Orford Public Library
The Southern Oregon Climate Action Network (SOCAN) is sponsoring a listening session at the Port Orford Library in coordination with the Oregon Coalition for an Environmental Rights Amendment (OCERA). While the constitutions of more than three quarters of the countries on earth have explicit reference to environmental rights or responsibilities, in the United States, only if you live in Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, Montana, Pennsylvania, or Rhode Island, is your right to a healthy environment constitutionally protected. OCERA seeks to remedy this. Melissa Martin, Coordinator of the educational and ballot initiative efforts of OCERA will be visiting Port Orford on Thursday April 16 to offer a series of programs that explore ‘Why an Environmental Rights Amendment’ and that invite area residents to offer personal stories, testimonies, and feedback regarding local and regional environmental harms we have experienced from government action, or perhaps inaction. This is a good opportunity to learn more about the Environmental Rights Amendment effort: https://www.oceraunited.org