[Occupymendocino] [Fwd: City council resolution packet is now online]

[moxie at mcn.org]

This is a tool that should be VERY USEFUL to Occupiers!

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Subject: City council resolution packet is now online
From:    "Carol Wolman" <cwolman at mcn.org>


http://fukushimacitycouncilresolution.blogspot.com/?view=sidebar

Dear Friends,

*Let's concentrate on the fact that the situation at Fukushima is
deteriorating, and Japanese activists are looking to US to provide
pressure to change what's going on at the site.  They say that if people
in the US show enough concern, it will awaken the Japanese people to
their own danger.

How can we spark a grassroots movement of vociferous concern here in the US?

The best tool I've seen so far is resolutions by local governments- city
and county.  These call for official monitoring of radiation in air,
water, food, as well as UN intervention by an independent group of
experts- including management and economic experts.   State and national
governments are sewed up by the nuclear industry, but local governments
are much more open to public pressure and common sense.* *

Getting a city council resolution passed is a good project for anyone
who is concerned about Fukushima and wants to do more than write letters
and sign petitions.  Multiple city and county resolutions, at least up
and down the West Coast, would galvanize public awareness and send a
strong signal to the Japanese people.  With a good presentation, and
emphasis on the likelihood of future problems here in the US, it should
be an easy sell on the local level.

The first few resolutions- in Berkeley, Fairfax, Ukiah- had preliminary
groundwork laid in the form of public forums or town hall meetings.
These educated and motivated citizens to attend a subsequent city
council meeting where the resolution was introduced.  Such events are
time consuming, and take a level of knowledge and dedication on the part
of the organizers which is unlikely to be widespread as yet. *
*
This website  provides an info packet, downloadable, for people to use
in their hometowns.
http://fukushimacitycouncilresolution.blogspot.com/?view=sidebar  A
prepared packet to present to the city council would greatly simplifies
the task.  The organizer still would have to mobilize some local
support- farmers, fishermen, Greens are likely allies.  He/she would
need to find a friendly council member to introduce the resolution.  The
packet  includes a sample resolution, a brief history and background of
the accident, the current status of Fukushima and ocean spread, health
effects, and the need for the resolution. *

*The handout page can be used for events of all sorts, to introduce the
packet and give its location.*

*This website is in process, being refined and updated.  Your comments
are welcome.*

*Peace, Carol Wolman *


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