Statement from 2017 Fair Housing and Civil Rights conference

At the 2017 Springfield Fair Housing and Civil Rights conference in Springfield, MA, participants in a conversation on lead developed the following statement to Secretary Ben Carson: Dear Dr. Carson, We are writing to you because during your nomination hearings you made statements concerning the problem of lead poisoning that showed an understanding of its …

Statements from Silver Valley

Inspired by our plan to send a statement to Ben Carson from the Springfield Fair Housing and Civil Rights conference (April 6), the Silver Valley Community Resource Center is sending the following letter to Scott Pruitt, administrator of EPA: Dear Mr. Scott Pruitt; The Silver Valley Community Resource Center is a 30 year old non-profit …

First live public conversation on lead

On April 6 the Coalition for a Public Conversation on Lead will hold its first face-to-face event at the Springfield Fair Housing and Civil Rights conference –  http://fhcrconference.com/.  We will present Things to Do and a sample statement, and ask attendees to think for themselves about what they think should be done, and what they …