I am going to be attending the National Green Party Convention in Tulsa, Oklahoma July 21 – 24. I am eager to put faces with names (from national discussion lists) and attend the workshops that are being offered. Tom and I are offering this workshop on the 21st:
The Facts of Nuclear Testing and Waste Transportation – It Affects Us All!
Many Utahns are all-too-painfully acquainted with the deadly legacy that decades of nuclear weapons testing left our nation:
Toxic and radioactive waste from nuclear weapons manufacturing
Deadly fallout from atmospheric and below-ground testing
A lingering mistrust of the government resulting from their assertions that testing would be safe.
Workshop participants will receive an overview via a multi-media presentation describing the “safety myths” of nuclear testing and radioactive waste storage and transportation which affects not only Utahns but everyone in our nation. Participants will learn what they and their State Green Parties can do to help in the effort to prevent renewed nuclear testing and place moratoriums on the transportation of nuclear waste.
We are fortunate to have the help of some local environmentalists who works on these issues full time. We will have a power point presentation, other visuals, and lots of handouts.
Other workshops we hope to be able to attend, aside from the daily plenary sessions:
Private Prisions workshop
Green Tempest Workshop
Campaign School
Reyes Anti-War Workshop
Right To Vote Act (speaker Asa Gordon)
Green Alliance Iraq workshop
This will be a wonderful opportunity to network and brainstorm with Greens from around the U.S.
Deanna Dee-Dee Taylor 