Van Jones in DC on Saturday!
Come here this inspirational eco-justice champion make the connections between the solutions to both poverty and global warming. A shift to a clean, green economy can improve the health and well-being of low-income people, who suffer disproportionately from cancer, asthma and other respiratory ailments in our current pollution-based economy. Such a shift can also create and expand entrepreneurial, wealth-building opportunities for American workers who need new avenues of economic advance.
He will join with DC Councilmembers, Anacostia Families to Demand Green Jobs Now! The District stands to benefit tremendously from the emerging green jobs movement, and this local will educate and empower DC families to take advantage of the opportunities provided by the transition to clean energy. The event is part of the National Day of Action for Green Jobs, a day when thousands of citizens from across the nation will20get together to show our leaders that we are ready for green jobs now!
WHAT: "Get Going, Get Green: Green Jobs Now" rally and jobs fair in Anacostia
WHEN: September 27th 2008
Clean-up Project 9:00am - 12:00am
Green-Collar Jobs, Health and Community Fair 12:00pm - 4:00pm
Van Jones to speak at 2:00pm
SPEAKERS: Van Jones, Founder and President of Green For All
Councilmember Marion Barry, Ward 8 Councilmember
Councilmember Mary Cheh, Ward3 Councilmember
Reverend Anthony Motley, President of the Jobs Coalition
Representative Eleanor Holmes Norton, US Congresswoman from DC
And more…
WHERE: Bethlehem Baptist Church
2458 Martin Luther King, Jr Avenue, SE
Washington, DC 20020
Bethlehem Baptist Church is directly across from Anacostia Metro Station (Green line)
WHO: We Campaign, Green For All, 1Sky, the Ward 8 Environmental Council, Environmental Justice and Climate Change Initiative, the Chesapeake Climate Action Network, Jobs Coalition, Serve Nation, and Greater Washington Interfaith Power and Light.
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