[statecom-discuss] Re: 9/20/07--7pm @ Faneuil Hall NIH BIO-LAB Hearing...Urgent call to concerned friends, neighbors & relatives...Critical Showdown!!

Wed Sep 19 20:42:32 EDT 2007

Fowlkes, Lorraine wrote:

> _Welcome to the Chuck Turner Daylight Network_:
>
> *The Antidote For The Apathetic*
>
> */CALLING CONCERNED FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS AND RELATIVES
> CRITICAL BIOLAB OPEN HEARING-/**/SHOWDOWN TIME!!/*
>
> On*/ Thursday September 20 (Tomorrow!!) at 7 PM at Faneuil Hall/**/
> /*there will be a hearing on the State Court's mandated restudy by NIH 
> of the Biocontainment Lab 4 in Boston.
>
>
> Dear Friends,
>
> Many of you know and have been involved with the campaign to stop the 
> construction of a level 4 bio-lab in Roxbury/South End.
> Tomorrow there will be a hearing tomorrow there will be a hearing to 
> voice concerns etc on the latest report published by the National 
> Institutes of Health stating that the lab posed no threat to the 
> neighborhoods it would be in or the greater Boston area.
>
> The report, HOWEVER, was conducted by the NIH itself. There can 
> clearly be no accountability when the same institution that is funding 
> the lab conducts a survey to asses the safety concerns of hundreds of 
> residents and neighbors!
>
> It is VERY IMPORTANT to fill the hall with people who object to this 
> biolab being built in the South End. You may testify if you wish so be 
> there early-but it is not necessary to testify. JUST BE THERE.
>
> IN THE PAST BU HAS PACKED THE HALLS WITH THEIR PEOPLE SO COME EARLY, 
> AS EARLY AS 6:30 PM
>
> The NIH report is over 300 pages long but we hope to send out a 
> summary and analysis. Look for it. There will definitely be a flyer 
> with talking points at the door.
>
> One point we can all raise at the hearing is that while NIH's siting 
> criteria for BSL4 labs include the absence of substantial community 
> opposition, they have been ignoring the community response to this lab 
> for almost five years. Senators Clinton and Schumer in New York have 
> just announced their opposition to siting a BSL4 lab on Plum Island in 
> Long Island Sound. Their reason: it's too close to New York City! It's 
> time our Senators defended our right to be safe and secure in our 
> community. It's time for NIH to acknowledge and respond to our 
> opposition.
>
> *Sincerely,*
>
> *Cecilia Duran*
> Director
> Democracy Center
> and
> *Boston Mobilization*
>
> Contact us at:
>
> _The Democracy Center_ 
> <http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=97lmvecab.0.vve5u4bab.owtghgbab.1247&ts=S0277&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.democracycenter.org%2F>
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> or
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> *WHY NOW: This may be our last chance to show the National Institute 
> for Health and the federal and state courts that this lab is**_ 
> unwanted, unnecessary and a clear example of environmental racism. _**
>
> This lab is already being built but can be stopped and large amounts 
> of people at this hearing will make the difference!*
>
> *For more information or questions* call 617.921.3659 or email 
> _kait at riseup.net_ <mailto:kait at riseup.net>.*
> Visit* *_www.stopthebiolab.org_* 
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> to learn more*.*
>
> The movement to stop the biolab is growing. There are many ways to 
> take action to stop the BU Bioterror lab and we need your help today!_
> _ 
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> _Email or Call MAYOR MENINO today_ 
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> and ask him to STOP THE BU BIOTERROR LAB!
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