Swarthmore College tonight (10/22): Get involved! - Enviro issues in Chester Co. - 2007 election

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Received in email - if you know folks in the area please pass this along:

This is just a reminder about the meeting on Monday, October 22, Swarthmore College at 7pm. It will be held at 183 Science Center (directions also below). Refreshments will be provided.

Before the meeting, there is an opportunity to take a toxic tour of Chester at 6pm. Meet at the corner of Front Street and Highland Avenue (directions below) if you are interested.

Once the tour is over (it should last about 30 minutes), the group will head over to Swarthmore College to begin our meeting at 7PM.

Agenda
I. Intros (3 minutes)
II. Background on environmental racism in Chester (8 minutes)
III. Background on politics in Chester (8 minutes)
Frances Whittington and Delores Shelton are running as independents for city council in the November 6 election. They will be sharing with us their concerns about Chester's environment, and they will be giving us more information on how we can help their campaign and reach out to citizens of Chester.
IV. Discussion on how to get involved (30 minutes)
V. How to obtain "watcher certificates" (10 minutes)
VI. Closing (1 minute)

If you need any additional information, please feel free to contact me. If you are on environmental lists, pass the information along.

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Directions to Chester
Driving/Walking
Front Street & Highland Avenue: http://tinyurl.com/2jfnpt
This is a Google map that will hopefully help you find our meeting place.

SEPTA
Plan your trip to the meeting place here: http://airs1.septa.org/bin/query.exe/en?
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Directions to Swarthmore
Driving
http://www.swarthmore.edu/visitordash/visitors_content_directions.php

*Note: Parking is available in the DuPont parking lot, which is next to the Science Center. Refer to this map for more detailed directions: http://www.swarthmore.edu/visitordash/campus_map.pdf

You can contact me by pm if you need more info, or if you can't attend tonight but are in the area and would like to get involved.