After a year of waiting since being convicted after trial in October 2019, two of the seven KBP defendants begin their sentences on Monday, December 14. Carmen Trotta and Martha Hennessy will be reporting to two different Federal Correctional Institutions on December 14 by 2 pm. There is a great risk of contracting the COVID-19…
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Constitutional Convention Resolutions
December 10, 2020Constitutional Convention Resolutions: Why You Should CareResolutions to amend the U. S. Constitution through a “Balanced Budget Article V Convention” resolution or a “Convention of States” resolution made significant progress in the South Carolina General Assembly and have already been passed in legislatures in many states. These resolutions represent a substantial danger to…
Allyship and Environmental Justice
This is the December meeting of theMidlands Group of the South Carolina Sierra Club Monday, December 28, 20207:00 – 8:30 PM via Zoom The Past Calendar Year has challenged our communities, our work, and our ideas in several ways. Elections, pandemics, climate change, and movements for racial liberation, have stretched us to organize creatively, and see…
Westinghouse Decision
The Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility (CFFF) owned and operated by Westinghouse is located off Bluff Road in Hopkins, Lower Richland County, South Carolina. It manufactures nuclear fuel assemblies used in power plants. Leaks at the site have been an ongoing concern.Information about leaks and other radiological accidents are sent in technical documents difficult for ordinary South Carolinians to interpret. The…
Sounds of Silence
Brad Stocker, Quaker Earthcare Witness Steering Committee Please join Columbia Friends and Brad Stocker for a Second Hour Program on December 20th at 11:30 to become more mindful of the way silence influences our care for the Earth. Do not break the silence unless you can improve upon it.” – William Ralph Inge. We often…
How to Log in Zoom
Here are Instructions For Friends NEW to Zoom Meeting APP. Instructions For Persons New to the Zoom Meeting App Before you attempt to click on link https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2934909472 you should >> Into your computer download and fully install the Zoom meeting app from https://us02web.zoom.us/download . The steps to do this you will find are relatively simple and fast, and will be…
Dominion Energy Request
Many of you have heard about the proposed Dominion rate increase of 7.7%. As Tom Clements said in an Op Ed for the Lexington County Chronicle, Bonus section “During night hearings the week of Nov. 9, 2020, dozens of ratepayers voiced strong objection to the proposedrate hike. Comments came not only from average customers but…
Alliance for Nuclear Accountability
THE ALLIANCE FOR NUCLEAR ACCOUNTABILITY TOP TEN LIST PRIORITIES FOR THE BIDEN/HARRIS ADMINISTRATION FROM NUCLEAR WEAPONS COMMUNITIES. Nuclear weapons will demand the immediate attention of the next Administration and Congress. The last remaining effectivearms control treaty between the United States and Russia, the New START Treaty, expires on February 5, 2021. The two trillion dollar…
Native American Heritage Month Agriculture in SC: past, present and future
November meeting of the Midlands Group of theSouth Carolina Sierra ClubMonday, November 23, 20207:00 – 8:30 PM via Zoom Speakers: Chief Michelle Mitchum — Pine Hill Indian Tribe.Executive Director, Pine Hill Indian Community Development Initiative. Director, Pine Hill Health Network.Ambassador, Community Health Worker Institute, Center for Community Health Alliance, UofSC ArnoldSchool of Public Health Reverend…
Plowshares 7
This summer we (Jim, Diego, and I) participated in two anti-nuclear events at Soda City. I shared with that group the news of the Kings Bay Plowshares 7. A cousin of mine, Carmen Trotta, is one of the 7. You can read more about the 7’s action at Kings Bay at the link below. We’d like to…