Earth Democracy Attends SAFE Rally at EPA in Washington, DC

by Nancy Price 
Earth Democracy Committee 

October 2022 

On Tuesday, September 20, soon after 9 am, Nancy Price, Lib Hutchby and Keval Kaur Khalsa who drove from the Chapel Hill Branch in North Carolina, joined Board Member Dianne Blais from Fairfax, Virginia, and Pat Elder from Maryland at Federal Plaza for the first annual event to demand EPA accountability for environmental contamination that has sickened our children, families, wildlife, and environments. This event was organized by SAFE: Scientists, Activists and Families for SAFE Environments. We were delighted, too, that Pat Elder introduced us to Lucy Murphy of the new DC Branch. 

After rousing speeches, the tall bright yellow letters that spell out EPA DO YOUR JOB were spread across Pennsylvania Avenue (yes, stopping traffic while police looked on and then moved us along) and then rolled a few blocks to the EPA headquarters at Federal Plaza. Here many photos of children who had been sick or died of cancer were placed at the foot of the letters, along with clusters of white carnations. 

Please take a look at videos, photos and comments on the SAFE Facebook page here and at the website here. Be sure to read the stories under The Advocates and Sick Schools—how biological agents, toxic poisons, and nuclear radiation threaten our children and grandchildren in their schools.