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Acknowledgements:

We acknowledge the following to ensure that coming into this room we are all informed of what guides our practice in this space and we encourage that these acknowledgements are carried out with our comments, affirmations and considerations in this space. We also encourage that the acknowledgments and practice we carry out here you will take with you in all the spaces and places you are in.

  1. Land acknowledgement:  We acknowledge the land that we seek to remediate is on the sovereign land of the Unkechaug Nation. We acknowledge that the land that we occupy in the way that we occupy is based on a system of genocide. That colonialism is violent and it continues today. We must not only acknowledge the violence we must stand together to struggle against it with the guidance from the Indigenous people and demand Brookhaven Town consult with the Unkechaug Nation on the way forward to remediate the landfill.  We acknowledge #landback initiatives!  native-land.ca. please acknowledge the ancestral land you are currently on.
  2. Black Lives Matter & Honoring George Floyd acknowledgement  The Brookhaven Landfill Action and Remediation Group was formed in support of and a part of a direct action plan to protect Black lives of the people in North Bellport after the murder of George Floyd. George Floyd was not a martyr for our cause. George Floyd deserved to live. We honor his life through this work.  His death reminds us that if we do not fight to protect black lives, black lives will continue to be disregarded and prematurely ended through state sanctioned violence.  We acknowledge that Black Lives Matter!
  3. North Bellport acknowledgement: We acknowledge that the community of North Bellport is one of the fenceline communities to the Brookhaven landfill. North Bellport is a diverse community with a large Black, Indigenous and Latinx presence. The North Bellport community shoulders disproportionate harm as opposed to other neighboring communities. Therefore, this group must center the needs of North Bellport community members in this struggle to close down, clean up and stop the transfer of waste to another community.  
  4. Environmental Justice: 17 Principles of Environmental Justice established October 24-27, 1991.  We acknowledge these 17 principles as a way to guide our work. Environmental justice = BLM
  5. Environmental Racism:  The father of the term environmental justice, Dr. Robert Bullard, referred to the Brookhaven Landfill as “a textbook case of environmental racism.” We also have referred to the Brookhaven landfill as a “monument to racism on Long Island” ~ Abena Asare. Hannah Thomas refers to the issues of the landfill as a “design of White supremacy.”
  6. Pronouns acknowledgment:  why pronouns? “…we ask cisgender people to lead the change by sharing pronouns. It normalizes the process, has little risk, and actually makes for a safer environment for everyone.”
  7. Rest: Last week of each month 

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2023 Notes

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1/13/23 Agenda

Housekeeping

Acknowledgments & Housekeeping: (10 min 5:15 pm)

Check in/in the chat:  in a word or short phrase how has 2023 come in for you?: (5 min 5:20 pm)

Tie up loose ends: (20 min 5:40 pm)

Moe: Gov. Hochul continues to be terrible for indigenous folks.

Ryan: The Montaukett Nation wasn’t very disheartened with the Gov. Hochul’s veto. In fact immediately after Hochul vetoed it, she scheduled a meeting with the nation. The nation is actually looking forward to the increased energy around government to government relations that has emerged. Similarly with unmarked burials bills, the folks from Shinnecock etc. are working effectively on next steps.

Moe: I’m looking for the cumulative impacts bill being useful in the ongoing efforts.

John: Is there more details on the unmarked grave bills?

Ryan: Actually the bill was vetoed. My understanding was that Hochul, with her ties to real estate developers, they tried to insert a clause that if remains were found, the property owner after a particular short time, would have the power to do what they want with the remains. Chief Harry Wallace could not accept such a clause.

John: Is there a possibility of transferring the remains?

Moe: NY State is one of the few states that doesn’t have a law like this protecting unmarked burials. Black and Indigenous people have been oppressed, and people’s remains have been treated disrespectfully and so the effort is to try to address this larger history.

Mike Ewall: The  language in the cumulative impacts law might be helpful in getting DEC to deny renewal permits... see last part about "no permit may be approved or renewed...."

https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S8830

Section 7 of the bill adds a new section 70-0118 to the environmental conservation law adding definitions for "disadvantaged communities" and "existing burden report;" requiring the department of environmental conservation to prepare or cause to be prepared an existing burden report for major projects that may cause or contribute to, either directly or indirectly, a disproportionate or inequitable or both disproportionate and inequitable pollution burden on a disadvantaged community; and providing that no permit may be approved or renewed by the department if it may cause or contribute to, either directly or indirectly, a disproportionate or inequitable or both disproportionate and inequitable pollution burden on a disadvantaged community.

Where do we go from here: (15 min 5:55 pm)

Community Announcements

Action: (4 min 5:59 pm)

Closing: (1 min 6:00 pm)

“Agitate, agitate, agitate” ~Frederick Douglass

1/20/2023 Agenda

Housekeeping

Acknowledgments & Housekeeping: (10 min 5:15 pm)

Check in/in the chat:  share your fav podcast, book, song, tv show or movie: (5 min 5:20 pm)

Fiscal sponsorship Report Back (Abena):  (20 min 5:40 pm)

Strategy meeting: (20 min 6:05pm)

Announcements: (2 min 6:07 pm)

Actions: (13 min 6:20 pm)

Closing: (2 min 6:22 pm)

“We must rapidly begin the shift from a “thing-oriented” society to a “person-oriented society. When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights are considered more than people the giant triplets of racism, militarism and materialism are incapable of being conquered.”

2/3/2023 Agenda

Housekeeping

Special acknowledgments

Acknowledgments & Housekeeping: (10 min 5:15 pm)

Nicholas St. Fleur:  STAT looking to tell more stories about health disparities and environmental justice.  Want to do more local stories.

Check in/in the chat: name, pronouns, land acknowledgement (native-land.ca), name of the orgs you rep (5 min 5:20 pm)

JD Allen WSHU: (20 min 5:40 pm)

Bellport Village  Environmentalism show (Maya Schindler) (5 min 5:45 pm)

Information about the exhibit from Tricia Foley

 

Bellport and Brookhaven Hamlet have a long history of environmental activism, beginning with the Brookhaven Village Association founded in 1906, and the Bellport Village Improvement Society of the 1900. With Birdsall Otis Edey’s work on keeping the highway north of South Country Road, thereby saving the character of Bellport Village, her forward thinking has made a difference in the quality of life in Bellport.

Maurice Wertheim took his love of fishing and his hunting lodge called “Stealaway” located in Southaven, to amass land along the scenic Carmans River. He donated it to the US Government as a gift to the American people in 1947, now The Wertheim National Refuge.

Naturalist Dennis Puleston’s illustrations of the fish and fowl of the south shore and his passion for the endangered ospreys due to the DDT crisis were instrumental in the founding of the Environmental Defense Fund in 1967. Art Cooley, another founding member of EDF, gathered local support and founded Students for Environmental Quality at Bellport High School in the 1970’s. Many SEQ students went on to careers in the environmental and sciences and the law.

The Post-Morrow Foundation, dedicated to keeping the rural countryside safe from suburban encroachment, has preserved the woodlands, meadows, and marshland in our area, enjoyed by all its residents. Elisabeth Post-Morrow and Thomas Morrow left their legacy in the capable hands of President Bruce Wallace and Vice President Tom Williams who continue this mission.

In 2015, Katia Read and Thomas Schultz founded Friends of Bellport Bay

to save the oyster population and the water quality of the bays.

CEED, Center for Environmental Education and Discovery, on South Country Road in Brookhaven Hamlet is dedicated to connecting with nature and nurturing families with their focus on conservation and community.

The farmland preservation movement has saved land from suburban development and graced us with three working farms, due to the efforts of Sean Pilger and the team of HOG farm, Isabella Rossellini and Elettra Wiedemann and Patty Gentry of Mama Farm/Early Girl Farm, and Deer Run Farms, operated by five generations of the Nolan family farm since 1898.

These are the people, who for over a hundred years, have had the vision and have worked hard to save the environment, protect our waterfront, and preserve the rural quality of life that we enjoy today in the Bellport-Brookhaven-East Patchogue area.

Actions: (20 min 6:12 pm)

Closing: Cop City  4:35-6:48; :44-1:30 (3 min 6:15 pm)

2/10/2023 Agenda

Housekeeping

Acknowledgments & Housekeeping: (10 min 5:15 pm)

Check ins Live:  

Updates:

Actions:

2/17/2023 Agenda

Housekeeping:

Acknowledgements & Housekeeping: (5 min 5:10 pm)

Check Ins:

Black History month presentation:  (Monique) (5 min 5:15 pm)

Updates: (30 min 5:45 pm)

Action: (15 min 6:00 pm)

Notes:  

BLARG WEEKLY MEETING NOTES 2023 Bob is taking notes-February 16, 2023

Monique gave a presentation on Black History and the origin of the environmental justice movement, very excellent. There are 17 principles first set forth in 1991.

Next was the latest Town Hall meeting yesterday. Many BLARG members gave statements.

A discussion took place on next steps. The suggestion was made to bring children at future Town meetings.

Another suggestion was that we distribute the recording of the Town Hall meeting to other groups.

Several journalists have become involved with the landfill issue.

Help Suffolk is an agency dealing with the shelter.

Bill Kokell recounted his experiences in service during the Korean conflict and the fact that there was much racism in the service at the time.

Further discussions took place on next steps.

Someone talked about the shelter. That person stated that Andrew Cuomo was involved when Help Suffolk was started.

Dennis-thanks to everyone for all the statements made at the Town Hall meeting yesterday.

Barbara-Thought all speakers were terrific yesterday. Barbara made the suggestion to pre-read one’s comments before the presentation and shorten it, if necessary.

Jennifer-public comment portion was extended yesterday.

Lisa- The notion of “circular economy” is good and could be used repeatedly.

Hannah-we need to have another protest in North Bellport. There is a need for more testing-the last testing was in 2017 at the Long School. Hannah has grandchildren that attend the Long school.

Christine-responding to Hannah’s questions.  The community is not getting information on their concerns.

Hannah said in earlier times the local churches would interact with the Town. This no longer happens.

Time is now 6:09

Vanessa just spoke

Composting

Composting material coming soon

Covanta

Abena-Court case-all should review things related to Covanta and comment.

Sat, Feb 25 meeting at South Country Library,11-1-can come early.

Michelle Santantonio-22 Station Road, SC Library.

David from PSL. Demo At Jamaica Center re: Matthew Felix.

No meeting next week. Next meeting March 3. This meeting concluded at 6:27 pm.

3/3/2023 Agenda

Housekeeping:

Acknowledgements & Housekeeping: (15 min 5:15 pm)

Check Ins:

Updates: (40 min 5:55 pm)

Action: (10 min 6:05)

Closing:

Notes:

Bob is the notetaker for tonight, March 3, 2023

Katy Johnston is the convener

Event at Stony Brook March 15. Larry Swanson is the lead on this. Monique will attend-there is money available. *

Great interest is a meeting after the 3/15 seminar. Katherine will set up a meeting on campus.

Many suggestions made about topics.

27 persons on zoom

3/10/2023 Agenda

Housekeeping:

Acknowledgements & Housekeeping: (15 min 5:15 pm)

Check Ins:

Presentation (record): From All Our Energy on EPR and Q&A (30 min 5:45 pm)

Presentation: from Energy Justice Network and Q&A (5:45 pm 6:15 pm)

Actions:  (6:15 - 6:30 pm) not discussed will carry over to next meeting

3/17/2023 Agenda

Housekeeping:

Acknowledgements & Housekeeping: (15 min 5:15 pm)

Check Ins:

Updates:

Actions:

 

3/24/2023 Agenda

Housekeeping:

Acknowledgements & Housekeeping: (15 min 5:15 pm)

Check Ins (BLARG rest 3/31)

Updates:

Lisa: Do we have a campaign for Earth Day?

Monique: We will get to that. Hannah is planning a march/ event and BLARG is hosting an event on Earth Day event on 4/22 (see bullet point below)

Actions:

4/7/2023 Agenda

Housekeeping:

Acknowledgements & Housekeeping: (15 min 5:15 pm)

Check Ins (BLARG rest 3/31)

Updates:

Actions:

4/14/2023 Agenda

Housekeeping:

Acknowledgements & Housekeeping: (15 min 5:15 pm)

Check Ins (BLARG rest 3/31)

Updates:  April 22nd North Bellport Strong  Day of Unity (Hannah)

BLARG VOTE:

Actions:

5/5/2023 Agenda

Housekeeping:

Acknowledgements & Housekeeping: (15 min 5:15 pm)

Check Ins (BLARG rest 3/31)

Debrief and Appreciation:  April 22nd North Bellport Strong  Day of Unity (30 min 5:45 pm)

NYS DEC Draft Solid Waste Management Plan

Bob: thinks we need to push the zero waste concept but also recognize it’s “utopian”.

Monique: we can push for the strongest EPR legislation we can get (not just rely on “personal responsibility”).

Mike E: Extended Producer Responsibility is a good theory, but doesn't work out well in practice, as industry ends up controlling the program, and they don't like reuse (which means they can't sell more stuff), and are happy to greenwash burning stuff, or downcycling, without prioritizing the Zero Waste Hierarchy and the highest and best use of materials. Vanessa: folks are invited to join our NYS Solid Waste Management Plan Brainstorm next Tues 5:30pm — here is the registration page: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIpcOytqjgvHNVw0iFX1tNX0CIM5lK2tTDM  ​​

Comments on NYS Draft Solid Waste Management Plan from ZW Capital District: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kIT1HHFqMWcNJ7tINMQNyvYd8X2XYbeleWY5vFA1-RE/edit?usp=drivesdk

Comments on NYS Draft Solid Waste Management Plan from ZW Capital District: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kIT1HHFqMWcNJ7tINMQNyvYd8X2XYbeleWY5vFA1-RE/edit?usp=drivesdk 

Monique: kudos to Vanessa for giving a great speech in Albany.

John McN: Over several decades, people’s behavior *has* changed in that it’s now normal to put out more than just one can. So new habits are possible.

Mike E: Read 40 of 80 pages so far.  Found four main issues:

  1. The need to have zero waste as a goal and the Zero Waste Definition and Hierarchy as a framework.  Zero Waste is not utopian, it’s a goal. Doesn’t mean we’ll get to zero, it’s the idea that we’re not going to stop trying. 90% seems to be a practical goal.
  2. In the plan, there’s a clear preference for incineration over landfill, it should be the other way around.
  3. The plan pushes for more dumping of toxic sewage sludge (“biosolids”) on farm fields, which Maine banned last year because of farms being permanently contaminated with PFAS.
  4. How does NY stop being the biggest exporter of waste?

    Need a consensus agenda that can bring groups together instead of dividing the anti-landfill and anti-incinerator movements from each other in the state.  The     Seneca Lake Guardian letter was released with very problematic language they promised to change, which pits landfill and incinerator communities against each other by calling for no landfills to exist in NYS after 2030 (which means burning and exporting everything).  They also promised to include anti-incinerator language, which was removed.  LIPC signed onto it, and probably didn’t realize the promised changes didn’t happen.  The meeting on Tuesday to work on comments on the SWMP will be the basis for fleshing out the consensus agenda for communities fighting incinerators and landfills in NYS.

                Abena: invited folks to say whether we want to use BLARG time or separate time to continue discussion of this draft plan.

Cumulative Impacts with Chris Sellers (20 min 6:20 pm)

        Coburn’s definition of cumulative exposure as consider[ing] “multiple hazards, effects, pathways, and populations, including socioeconomic and race-related stressors”

        NYS passed a Cumulative Impacts Law in 2022.

        Flat (more or less) line graph of “cumulative” mentions in EPA database suggests resistance in govt agencies to employing this notion, despite rise of incidence of “cumulative” term in science research database.

        “Determination of Social and Environmental Impacts in Your Community: Useful Investigative Tools” is the MPH students’ capstone presentation being given next Monday.

        Abena gave this recap of BLARG’s experience of state DEC: a few years ago, when the permit for the landfill was up, we talked about trying to include EJ processes, and DEC reps said okay, yes, and then a few months later they said no, they won’t include even those basic EJ processes regarding the landfill.

        Chris: My hope is that it’ll be harder for them to take that stance, given this new law.

        Mike E: Anyone have a link to the text of the new law referenced here?

https://www.eenews.net/articles/n-y-enacts-landmark-gas-ban-carbon-trading-program/ 

I'd be interested to see how this might impact existing incinerators.  Are they all grandfathered?  How will they not be forced to close by 2040 if the state is to reach "100 percent carbon-free power grid in 2040?"  Of course, they'll probably fall apart of old age by then…

        Monique: was hoping the language would be done by now, but haven’t heard anything recently.

        Mike E: also wondered what about the landfills that are burning gas for electricity, how will the “carbon-free power grid by 2040” affect that?

NYS Budget (10 min 6:30 pm)

5/12/2023 Agenda

Housekeeping:

Acknowledgements & Housekeeping: (15 min 5:15 pm)

Check Ins (BLARG rest 5/26)

Discussion: (10 min 5:25 pm)

BLARG VOTE: (5 min 5:30 pm)

Readers Choice: (30 min 6:00 pm)

Media corner

Actions: (15 min 6:15 pm)

5/12/2023 Agenda

Housekeeping:

Acknowledgements & Housekeeping: (15 min 5:15 pm)

Check Ins (BLARG rest 5/26)

Update:  (10 min 5:25 pm)

Discussion: (20 min 5:45 pm)

BLARG Vote: (15 min 6:00 pm)

Actions:

6/2/2023 Agenda

Housekeeping:

Acknowledgements & Housekeeping: (15 min 5:15 pm)

Check Ins (BLARG rest 6/30)

Actions: (10 min 5:35 pm)

Update:  (10 min 5:45 pm)

Breakouts: (15 min 6:00 pm)

Discussion/report backs (20 min 6:20 pm)

Closing: let’s take a moment for George Floyd. It’s been three years since his life was taken.

6/8/2023 Agenda

Housekeeping:

Acknowledgements & Housekeeping: (15 min 5:15 pm)

Check Ins (BLARG rest 6/30)

Actions: (25 min 5:15 pm- 5:40 pm)

Updates: (10 min 5:40 pm - 5:50 pm)

Presentation from Dr Jaimie Meliker and students from Stony Brook University (10 min presentation 10 min Q&A to follow 5:50 pm - 6:10 pm )

Closing:

A moment for Riding for Jay

6/16/2023 Agenda

Housekeeping:

Acknowledgements & Housekeeping: (15 min 5:15 pm)

Check Ins (BLARG rest 6/30)

Debrief:

                                                 

                        Should we follow up?

Updates:

Actions:

 

Closing:

6/23/2023 Agenda

Housekeeping:

Acknowledgements & Housekeeping: (15 min 5:15 pm)

Check Ins (BLARG rest 6/30)

Updates:

Actions:

Closing:  6:30 pm

7/7/2023 Agenda 

Housekeeping:

Acknowledgements & Housekeeping: (15 min 5:15 pm)

Check Ins (BLARG rest 6/30)

Updates:

Actions:

Closing

7/15/2023 Agenda

Housekeeping:

Acknowledgements & Housekeeping: (15 min 5:15 pm)

Check Ins (BLARG rest 7/21 & 7/28)

Updates:

Actions:

8/4/2023 Agenda

Updates:

Actions:

8/11/2023 Agenda

Housekeeping:

Acknowledgements & Housekeeping: (15 min 5:15 pm)

Check Ins (BLARG rest 8/18, 8/25, 9/1)

BLARG Vote:

Updates:

Actions:

8/11/2023 Agenda

Housekeeping:

Acknowledgements & Housekeeping: (15 min 5:15 pm)

Check Ins (BLARG rest 9/29)

Updates:  

News beyond Long Island

Actions:

9/8/2023 Agenda

Housekeeping:

Acknowledgements & Housekeeping:

Check Ins:

Updates:  

Saltwater is encroaching on parts of the aquifers that provide drinking water for the three million people who live east of Queens and Brooklyn. The Suffolk County Water Authority has had to limit pumping at about 60 of its wells, or 10 percent of the total, according to Dan Dubois, a spokesman.

Community questions?

News beyond Long Island:

Actions:

9/15/2023 Agenda

Housekeeping:

Acknowledgements & Housekeeping:

Check Ins:

Updates:  

 

Actions:

9/23/2023 Agenda

Housekeeping:

Acknowledgements & Housekeeping:

Check Ins:

Updates:  

The work:

Actions:

Closing:

10/6/2023 Agenda

Housekeeping:

Acknowledgements & Housekeeping:

Check Ins: go around (15 min) 5:15 pm

Updates:  

Action:

10/13/2023 Agenda

Housekeeping:

Acknowledgements & Housekeeping:

Check Ins: go around (15 min) 5:15 pm

BLARG Rest:  10/27

Debrief:  

Notes:

Updates:  

BLARG Vote:  BLARG Rest 10/27 (5 min) 5:20 pm

Actions:

10/20/2023 Agenda

Housekeeping:

Acknowledgements & Housekeeping:

BLARG Rest:  10/27

Check Ins: go around (15 min) 5:15 pm

LIVE Action:

Reach out to AG Leticia James 631 231-2424

Ask BLARG anything landfill, water or ej related.

Debrief/Report back:  

Updates:

Actions:

11/3/2023 Agenda

Housekeeping:

Acknowledgements & Housekeeping:

BLARG Rest:  10/27

Check Ins: go around (15 min) 5:15 pm

LIVE Action:

Reach out to AG Leticia James 631 231-2424

Ask BLARG anything landfill, water or ej related.

Debrief/Report Backs:

Updates:

Special Update from our BLARG Website Designer: Amanda Rivera 

Actions:

11/10/2023 Agenda

Housekeeping:

Acknowledgements & Housekeeping:

BLARG Rest:  11/24 & 12/15, 12/22, 12/29

Check Ins: go around (15 min) 5:15 pm

LIVE Action:

Ask BLARG anything landfill, water or ej related.

Debrief/Report Backs:

Updates:

Actions:

11/17/2023 Agenda

Housekeeping:

Acknowledgements & Housekeeping:

BLARG Rest:  11/24 & 12/15, 12/22, 12/29; 1/5

Check Ins: go around (15 min) 5:15 pm

Special presentation:  Sunday, Nov. 26th 2:00 pm Intersection of Lewis St and South Broadway, Hicksville, NY(Northrop Grumman)

LIVE Action:

Ask BLARG anything landfill, water or ej related.

Debrief/Report Backs:

Updates:

Actions:

12/1/2023 Agenda

Housekeeping:

Acknowledgements & Housekeeping:

BLARG Rest:  11/24 & 12/15, 12/22, 12/29; 1/5

Check Ins: go around (15 min) 5:15 pm

Special presentation:  Good Neighbors Initiative (GNI) Launch January 14th 3-5 pm Massapequa VFW. Encouraging BLARG members to attend it will be a good time with alot of networking.

Debrief/Report Backs:

LIVE Action:

Actions:

12/8/2023 Agenda

Housekeeping:

Acknowledgements & Housekeeping:

BLARG Rest:  11/24 & 12/15, 12/22, 12/29; 1/5

Check Ins: go around (15 min) 5:15 pm

Adelphi pics: see slack blarg general

Updates: 

Actions:

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2024 Notes

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1/12/2024 Agenda

Housekeeping:

Acknowledgements & Housekeeping:

BLARG Rest: 1/26/2024

Check Ins: go around (15 min) 5:15 pm

Updates:

Actions:  

FYI:

Closing:

Happy Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. weekend, day and birthday!  May he continue to rest in power!

1/19/2024 Agenda

Housekeeping:

Acknowledgements & Housekeeping:

BLARG Rest: 1/26/2024

Check Ins: go around (15 min) 5:15 pm

Updates:

Actions & Solidarity work:

Sierra Leone https://www.change.org/p/call-for-urgent-international-intervention-in-sierra-leone

Suffolk Ceasfire

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfO2ESGdz6kspY4KZ-fZnv7vQBqpJrtYQNiurw2CBqi0f5YBQ/viewform

Erica:  Plastic Pollution:  want to uplift the work of BLARG focus on plastic pollution from when plastics are extracted.  GAIA is a member organization. Members

Ezekiel:  li for policing accountability, LI united, ??? People’s plan for

Khadija:

        Sierra Leone:  There was an election in June.  There were monitor the incumbent president claimed he won.  Everyone said that he did not win.  The struggle there is that he is killing people who speak out.  The people are being silenced.  We started a petition for folks to sign.  There are pictures that are very graphic we tried to not share the ones that were too graphic.  

Tabling opportunity:

2/2/2024 Agenda

Housekeeping:

Acknowledgements & Housekeeping:

BLARG Rest: 2/23/2024

Check Ins: go around if small crew (15 min) 5:15 pm

Report back/Debrief:

Updates:

BLARG Vote:

Mike had a few items:

EPA has public meeting coming Wednesday, Friday is EPA something else

Ezikiel reporting on work on precinct-level police advisory boards, also hosting a know-your-rights seminar 2/20 1529 Straight Path, Wyandanch

Actions & Solidarity Work

2/9/2024 Agenda

Housekeeping:

Acknowledgements/Housekeeping & Actions:

Acknowledgements via actions:

  1. Land Acknowledgement:  Indigenous Sovereignty
  1. Shinnecock:  Beech Tree
  2. Sierra Leone:  petition
  3. Ceasefire in Gaza:  Protestors Training today at LIPC office at 7 pm
  1. Black Lives Matter/Honoring George Floyd:  LIU & Spin The Yard et. al/Ezekiel is hosting a know-your-rights seminar 2/20 1529 Straight Path, Wyandanch
  2. North Bellport:  Winter Survival Campaign launching this week.  Reach out to Hannah
  3. Environmental Justice:  DAC Reporting Guidance doc submit comments requesting an extension:
  1. Sample language:

To:  Commissioner Basil Seggos

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

625 Broadway

Albany, New York 12233-1550

CEO and President Doreen M. Harris

New York State Energy Research and Department Authority

17 Columbia Circle

Albany, NY 12203-6399

CC:

Director Alanah Keddell-Tuckey

Office of Environmental Justice

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

625 Broadway, Albany, New York 12233-1550

February 9, 2024

Dear President Harris, Commissioner Seggos, and Director Keddell-Tuckey,

I am a member of Brookhaven Landfill Action and Remediaiton Group (BLARG) and I am writing to request a comment submission deadline extension on the proposed Disadvantaged Communities Investments and Benefits Reporting Guidance. As indicated in NY State's Final Scoping Plan, interagency coordination and consultation with affected communities to ensure the effective delivery of these resources to disadvantaged communities will be critical to their success.  BLARG is a grassroots group in the heart of Brookhaven Census tract identified as a disadvantaged community.  We do not see any interagency coordination or consultation with this process.  The webinar was insufficient as many of our members were not able to attend and ask their own questions.   While the current submission deadline is by close of business on March 15th, we at BLARG would like to request an extension until April 5th, 2024 formally.

  1. Other Actions:
  1. North Country Peace Group Calling for a Ceasefire and demilitarization standing protest Saturdays at 12 pm North Country Rd Setauket, NY 11733
  2. South Country Peace Group standing protest Saturdays at 12 pm South Country Rd, Bellport, NY 11713
  3. LIPA Public Power Act Fill out postcard to show your support
  4. Transition Town Port Washington asked us to speak with their youth interns.  It will be a Monday at 3:30 pm either April 15th, 29th or May 13th
  5. Use the hashtag #WeAreLongIsland

BLARG Rest:  2/23/2024

Check in:  New folks, folks who haven't been on, any other actions or agenda items

Report Back/Debriefs:

Updates:

Closing:

2/16/2024 Agenda

Housekeeping:

BLARG Rest:  2/23/2024

Check ins

Acknowledgements in actions:

  1. Land Acknowledgement:  Indigenous Sovereignty (15 min)
  1. SBU students BDS & sign on letter

Monique:

Abena:  students at SBU recognizing the ways the university is connected to supporting the mass murder of Palestinians

Bob:  what is BDS

Abena:

Christine:  BDS website  Boycott Divest Sanction

Abena:  this is asking folks to step in to use a means which is peaceful and our wealth to try to shift things in this area. Show is real that this is unacceptable.  How does BLARG think about escalation?  New tactics when trying to deal with issues that are intractable and hard to address

Bob:  

  1. Black Lives Matter & Honoring George Floyd acknowledgement: (5 min)
  1. LIU & Spin The Yard et. al/Ezekiel is hosting a know-your-rights seminar 2/20 1529 Straight Path, Wyandanch

Update Nassau county leadership deputy commissioner and other sergeants.  We showed them their arrest disparities. They are trying to counter our data analysis with their own. They are open dialogue to and working in both counties.  

Christine:  are they releasing data

Ezekiel:  Suffolk county is more transparent and just released a new report today. Nassau is giving data on arrest

Monique:  maybe Bellport alliance will be up for a Know Your Rights session

Ezekiel:  may be able to get into the schools 25 schools across the island girls inc

Bob:  you said Suffolk is better at reporting?

Ezekiel:  2014 federal investigation against them thats why they are “better” Suffolk County PD Traffic data 

Fed govt doing a poor job of monitoring and holding them accountable for compliance

Bob:  is race data they report on

  1. North Bellport: (20 min)
  1. Khadija is taking on representing BLARG at GAIA membership meeting/conference in San Francisco the week of Feb 19th. GAIA is paying for accommodations.

How do we get to a scalable zero waste plan

What does it take to close a landfill responsibly

What does it take to close an incinerator? We have four on Long Island and ten in New York State the highest in the country

Corrective measures on the second plume

Covanta whistleblower case

  1. Winter Survival Campaign launching this week.  We are waiting on some of the funds from our grants to get this going. Reach out to Hannah
  2. Getting back to the Garden 4/20 for Earth Day!

Iman and Khadija will kickstart us on this day

Add to calendar

Healthcare education project works alongside 1199 May be able to support

  1. Environmental Justice:  (20 min)
  1. Call to action:  

Call office of Basil Seggos:  518-402-8545

  1. Commissioner of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC)

Call Sean Maher:  518-402-8560

  1. Executive Deputy Commissioner

Call David Vitale:  518-402-9401

  1. Division Director ; Division of Materials Management

Script:

“I am _____ calling from _____.  I am calling to express my concern about the letter sent to the Town of Brookhaven from the NYS Department of Conservation dated August 8, 2023.  

This letter was sent to the Town of Brookhaven notifying the Town of Brookhaven of a mandate calling for “corrective measures” in the matter of the second plume that was discovered back in 2017.

In that letter it states:  “The corrective measures assessment must include a list of possible corrective measures including, but not limited to, landfill closure in accordance with 6 NYCRR Part 363-9 and landfill reclamation in accordance with 6 NYCRR Part 363-11, and an assessment of the effectiveness of each corrective measure.”

I believe this is the corrective measure that the town must take. I believe the closure and remediation must come with no less than a comprehensive zero waste management plan that achieves environmental justice and open inclusive public meetings through the closure, remediation and zero waste planning process. I believe that this must start immediately to ensure least harm through this process.”

  1. More Actions:
  1. North Country Peace Group Calling for a Ceasefire and demilitarization standing protest Saturdays at 12 pm North Country Rd Setauket, NY 11733
  2. South Country Peace Group standing protest Saturdays at 12 pm South Country Rd, Bellport, NY 11713
  3. LIPA Public Power Act Fill out postcard to show your support share the toolkit 
  4. Transition Town Port Washington asked us to speak with their youth interns.  It will be a Monday at 3:30 pm either April 15th, 29th or May 13th
  5. Use the hashtag #WeAreLongIsland
  1. Albany Actions
  1. EPR Bill Advocacy day in Albany feb 27th
  2. Poor Peoples campaign March 2nd
  3. NY Renews Climate Jobs and Justice March 20th RSVP here: bit.ly/mobilize_march_20 share the toolkit

Report Back/Debriefs:

Updates:

Closing:

3/1/2024 Agenda

Housekeeping:

BLARG Rest:  3/29/2024

Check ins:  Name, pronouns and land acknowledgment in the chat

Acknowledgements in actions:

  1. Land Acknowledgement:  Indigenous Sovereignty (13 min)
  1. SBU students BDS & sign on letter

Last week’s discussion:

  1. Monique:  We have been sharing ceasefire actions here on BLARG and haven’t formally signed on to anything thus far.  This SBU BDS sign on letter is in a sense a step further than ceasefire solidarity and wanted to make that distinction and formally sign on to what the students at SBU is doing and why they are doing it.  Abena has been supportive in this effort and can give us so more info
  2. Abena:  students at SBU recognizing the ways the university is connected to supporting the mass murder of Palestinians
  3. Bob:  what is BDS
  4. Christine:  BDS website  Boycott Divest Sanction
  5. Abena:  this is asking folks to step in to use a means which is peaceful and our wealth to try to shift things in this area. Show is real that this is unacceptable.  How does BLARG think about escalation?  New tactics when trying to deal with issues that are intractable and hard to address 

BLARG Vote: Can we sign on?

  1. All Affirmation.
  1. Black Lives Matter & Honoring George Floyd acknowledgement: (2 min)
  2. Centering North Bellport: (20 min)
  1. Khadija report back on the  GAIA membership meeting/conference in San Francisco the week of Feb 19th. 

Thank you for allowing me to take this trip. It was a unique opportunity to meet GAIA and the member org. I learned so much information. I so excited to share. I have so many power points. It was an honor to be with them. We heard from an org that was successful in shutting down the incinerator in their area. I was introduced to a filmmaker who is interested in the closure of the landfill so hopefully they will  reach out to us. The main topic is zero waste. What I learned is to get to close landfill incinerators and other manufacturing facilities that are polluting communities. Stop the manufacturing all the things that are causing the pollution. I wish you all were there. I made a lot of connection and a lot of sharing. I keep getting emails for things that may pertain to us or not. There are too many warehouses popping up in our area.

  1. Many thank yous in the chat
  2. Will continue to follow up on the leads and opportunities that manifest over time
  1. Winter Survival Campaign.  Funds were finally secured for this program. Reach out to Hannah

Monique:  many challenges in getting this going but doing our best

  1. ALCC to kickoff 4/20

We need a flyer

  1. Monique:  Iman started a flyer
  2. Khadija:  Potluck need more people involved
  3. Monique: Hildur please ask Paul to do Bokashi training at the garden. Will follow up

Monique: Hofstra intern,Bobby Kang, is excited to help get some materials together regarding our composting program.  

Monique: Composting rap song from a man from Baltimore

  1. Environmental Justice:  (5 min)
  1. Our Live call to action emails to get the DAC reporting guidelines pushed back was granted to April 5th!  Thank you all!  Our calls and emails do matter
  2. Call to action:  to Basil Seggos two weeks ago about the DEC “corrective measures” was apparently the last straw for him and got him to send out his notice of resignation effective after the budget session, which is due April 1st 2024; lol :)
  1. Environmental racism:  (5 min)
  1. Ed Romaine, Dan Panico, Gov. Hochul and others all white got together to celebrate a $4.5 million grant the town received to revitalize North Bellport.  In the words of Hannah Thomas this has all the markings of a “design of white supremacy’ in the making. The Greater Bellport Coalition got together to hear what the community would like to see.  Dennis attended the meeting and reported the SC leg Dominick Thorne will be putting together an advisory group.  Lets see who is on it…

Dennis:  attended the Greater Bellport Coalition meeting and wanted to know where the money is going for. I was hoping that we could get an adult center for the seniors. There was a gentleman who want to start a mentorship program. Our kids from the 6th grade are struggling. Co chair Regina for an adult center we will need more money. We don’t need a bagel shop

  1. Monique:  this could be a renewable energy hub and even an cooling center.
  2. Hildur:  I work for cornell coop regional clean energy hub. Funds are available. We can connect offline
  3. Dennis:  it will be best to connect with GBC they are the gatekeepers

Report Back/updates: (25 min)

Closing:  

3/8/2024 Agenda

Housekeeping:

BLARG Rest:  3/29/2024

Check ins:  Name, pronouns and land acknowledgment in the chat

BLARG Vote:

Acknowledgements in actions:

Special session on AG visit:

Actions:

Closing:

4/5/2024 Agenda

Housekeeping:

BLARG Rest:  4/26/2024

Check ins:  Name, pronouns and land acknowledgment live

Acknowledgements in actions:

  1. Land Acknowledgement:  Indigenous Sovereignty (13 min)
  1. Shinnecock Teach in
  1. Black Lives Matter & Honoring George Floyd acknowledgement: (2 min)
  1. Anti Landfill Composting Collective is set to start 5/25/24. We will be acknowledging and honoring the life of George Floyd. We will have a teach in on the cycle of food provided by the Healthy Education Project and we will have volunteers from faith based leader
  1. North Bellport acknowledgement
  1. InReach (Flyering for both events) Volunteers needed
  2. Senior Center Desired for the community we  as BLARG will support.
  3. Biwen Liu (Stony Brook University undergrad students wants to interview ppl on 4/20 at the garden
  1. Environmental Justice:
  1. Town of Babylon Regional Waste study 17 principles of EJ

                  Tom Vetri and Jassi Annan former student at Pratt. Now a subcontractor for the Town              

                  Monique asked that the symposium be held so community members can attend

  1. Environmental racism
  1. Town Board Resolution #2024-270 “Home Rule Message of Support to the New York State Legislature on Behalf of S. 5215/A. 5365 Authorizing Alienation of Parkland to Allow Rail Access in Yaphank”  Put forward by Dean Murphy allows an easement on green area that has been set aside. Was voted on yesterday. John MCNamara attended
  2. The board meeting Mr Panico stated it was a done deal.

Calls for protest at CM Kornreich’s office

Abena:  this is the same bill that has been offered in the last two or three years to allow the huge yaphank waste transfer station. Fighting the same fight year after year(3 years) How do we get this bill killed?

This was county land sold to Northpoint. Now owned by winters bros The conservation easement predates their ownership. They will “swap” the easement to move it around the waste transfer station. They say they will have more Greenspace from 60 acres in the middle to 66 acres around the waste transfer station.

Has anyone looked at the impact.

This is the same acreage that has been clear cut and almost a blight. This is part of a the game plan to make it look unattractive. Some people think this area is spoiled already.

Is there escorted through

Who has fought against this bill?  Yes BVA CCE and other south country groups

And what about the DeC?  This doesn’t concern Dec because they own the land. They bought the land knowing about the conservation easement. How can we work on NOT seeing this bill reintroduced.

Put together a one pager together and get it to Albany.

Updates:

*Inspector General has the authority to shut down a landfill per our conversation with the AG office

4/12/2024 Agenda

Housekeeping:

BLARG Rest:  4/26/2024

Check ins:  Name, pronouns and land acknowledgment

Acknowledgements in actions:

  1. Land Acknowledgement:  Indigenous Sovereignty (1 min)
  2. Black Lives Matter & Honoring George Floyd acknowledgement and action: (2 min)
  1. Anti Landfill Composting Collective is set to start 5/25/24. We will be acknowledging and honoring the life of George Floyd. We will have a teach in on the cycle of food provided by the Healthy Education Project and we will have volunteers from faith based leader
  1. North Bellport acknowledgement and action: (2 min)
  1. InReach (Flyering for both events 4/20 & 5/25) Volunteers needed
  2. Senior Center Desired for the community we as BLARG will support.
  1. Environmental Justice acknowledgement and action: (3 min)
  1. Town of Babylon Regional Waste study
  1. Discussed the 17 principles of EJ
  2. Tom Vetri and Jassi Annan former student at Pratt institute. Now a subcontractor for the Town
  3. Shared case studies of zero waste plans (Delaware Cty, Boulder, CO, GAIA resources)
  4. Recommendation for EJ symposium be held so community members can attend
  5. Timeline for the study to be released:  
  1. Environmental racism acknowledgement and action (5 min)
  1. Town Board Resolution #2024-270 “Home Rule Message of Support to the New York State Legislature on Behalf of S. 5215/A. 5365 Authorizing Alienation of Parkland to Allow Rail Access in Yaphank”  Put forward by Dean Murphy allows an easement on green area that has been set aside.
  1. Who can write memo of opposition template for BLARG and other orgs
  2. Are we protesting at Kornreich’s office

Special Guest Speaker on Battery Storage:  David Alicea, Greenlight America's Northeast Regional Campaign Manager.

        Advocate for climate met through work with NY Renews

Sign on- Letter Request:

NY Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act. Sign on here. This was the bill discussed by Alexis Goldsmith at BLARG last month.  

Actions:

4/19/2024 Agenda

Housekeeping:

BLARG Rest:  4/26/2024

Check ins:  Name, pronouns and land acknowledgment

  1.  Land Acknowledgement:  Indigenous Sovereignty (1 min)
  2. Black Lives Matter & Honoring George Floyd acknowledgement and action: (2 min)
  1. Anti Landfill Composting Collective is set to start 5/25/24. We will be acknowledging and honoring the life of George Floyd. We will have a teach in on the cycle of food provided by the Healthy Education Project and we will have volunteers from faith based leader
  1. North Bellport acknowledgement and action: (2 min)
  1. InReach (Flyering for both events 4/20 & 5/25) Volunteers needed
  2. Senior Center Desired for the community we as BLARG will support.
  3. 4.5 million dollars given to the TOB for North Bellport we are going to work on getting that money to the COMMUNITY
  1. Environmental Justice acknowledgement and action: (3 min)
  1. Town of Babylon Regional Waste study
  1. Discussed the 17 principles of EJ
  2. BLARG public comments on the nys solid waste plan
  3. Tom Vetri and Jassi Annan former student at Pratt institute. Now a subcontractor for the Town. Utilization of $250,000 gotten by Steve Englebright.  Mr. Vetri  “unaware” of EJ. Monique And John Mcnamara are educating him.
  4. Shared case studies of zero waste plans (Delaware Cty, Boulder, CO, GAIA resources)
  5. Recommendation for EJ symposium be held so community members can attend
  6. Timeline for the study to be released:  
  1. Environmental racism acknowledgement and action (5 min)
  1. Town Board Resolution #2024-270 “Home Rule Message of Support to the New York State Legislature on Behalf of S. 5215/A. 5365 Authorizing Alienation of Parkland to Allow Rail Access in Yaphank”  Put forward by Dean Murphy allows an easement on green area that has been set aside. 60 protected acres, Winter Bros wants this area for their operations.
  1. Who can write memo of opposition template for BLARG and other orgs
  2. Are we protesting at Kornreich’s office

Other updates:

Actions:

5/3/2024 Agenda

Housekeeping:

BLARG Rest:  5/24/2024

Check ins:  Name, pronouns and land acknowledgment

  1. Land Acknowledgement:  Indigenous Sovereignty (1 min)
  1. Join the Shinnecock Kelp Farmers in opposing Suffolk County's Aquaculture Lease Program (ALP), formerly and offensively known as SCALP!  Leasing land and underwater areas without acknowledging Indigenous rights and seeking tribal consent is unacceptable
  1. Black Lives Matter & Honoring George Floyd acknowledgement and action: (2 min)
  1. Anti Landfill Composting Collective is set to start 5/25/24. We will be acknowledging and honoring the life of George Floyd. We will have a teach in on the cycle of food provided by the Healthy Education Project and we will have volunteers from faith based leader
  1. North Bellport acknowledgement and action: (2 min)
  1. InReach (Flyering for 5/25) Volunteers needed
  2. Senior Center Desired for the community we as BLARG will support.
  3. Half of the $4.5 million granted to the TOB for North Bellport we are going to work on getting that money to the COMMUNITY
  1. Environmental Justice acknowledgement and action: (3 min)
  1. Town of Babylon Regional Waste study
  1. Discussed the 17 principles of EJ
  2. BLARG public comments on the nys solid waste plan
  3. Tom Vetri and Jassi Annan former student at Pratt institute. Now a subcontractor for the Town. Utilization of $250,000 gotten by Steve Englebright.  Mr. Vetri  “unaware” of EJ. Monique And John Mcnamara are educating him.
  4. Shared case studies of zero waste plans (Delaware Cty, Boulder, CO, GAIA resources)
  5. Recommendation for EJ symposium be held so community members can attend
  6. Timeline for the study to be released:  following up with Jassi to work on a timeline and engagement outreach tour
  1. Environmental racism acknowledgement and action (5 min)

Other Updates

Other Actions

Closing

5/10/2024 Agenda

Housekeeping:

BLARG Rest:  5/24/2024

Check ins:  Name, pronouns and land acknowledgment

Other Actions

Other Updates

5/17/2024 Agenda

Housekeeping:

BLARG Rest:  5/31/2024* updated

Check ins:  Name, pronouns and land acknowledgment

A Win is a Win!

Work in progress in the BLARG universe

Updates:

Other Actions

Monique:  our Anti Landfill Composting kickoff event is happening 5/25 at the garden. We moved the time up to 12 pm to help allow for folks to do other things the holiday weekend

Maryellen:  come out and support the south country peace group every Saturday at 12 pm corner of station rd and south country rd. Also, support at the Memorial Day parade 5/27

Mike:

GAIA is looking for advisory people in the region.  BLARG is a member and can vote

FORM IS HERE: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScoBoVjqEn5Rw7fR34k0XzZiIs7Ab3Ewc4K2A57fe_hLQ6dvg/viewform

NOMINEES: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uplptk1h8ncOrn6SfW8JILOakSOwrhYlSKMI-Oexm5Q/edit

Recommendations: Bianca Lopez, Marvin Hayes, Sue Maxwell

5/24/2024 Agenda

Housekeeping:

BLARG Rest:  5/31/2024* updated

Check ins:  Name, pronouns and land acknowledgment

Support!

North Bellport Strong Student Ambassador Awards

Covanta Stop the Settlement Petition & Violations

Any other updates:

Actions:

June 7th Agenda

Housekeeping:

BLARG Rest:  6/28/2024

Check ins:  Name, pronouns and land acknowledgment

Support needed:

North Bellport Strong Ambassador awards

Updates:

Actions:

Closing

#WeAreLongIsland video

June 14th Agenda

Housekeeping:

BLARG Rest:  6/28/2024

Check ins:  Name, pronouns and land acknowledgment

Support needed:

Updates:

Actions:

July 12th Agenda

Housekeeping:

BLARG Rest:  7/26/2024-9/13/2024

Check ins:  Name, pronouns and land acknowledgment

Support needed:

Updates:

Actions:

Closing:  see you next week, June 19th for our last BLARG Friday for the summer!  Enjoy your summer, get into some good trouble, get the petition signed stay tuned for updates via email/social media/slack and see us in the garden!

July 19th agenda

Big thank you’s to Christina, Lynne and Christine For holding down the BLARG table this weekend at the Setalcott Nation Powwow.  It was great to get engagement from our tribal members and the Setauket community.

Big shout out to all who came to support the Setalcott Nation powwow

Updates:

Debrief Town Board Meeting

Covanta Whistleblower Case:

Covanta DEC investigation follow up:

Mike Ewall Long Island Municipal environmental boards

Actions:

Closing:  Have a wonderful summer!  See you in the garden :)

Agenda Sept 13, 2024

Reading and review of acknowledgements

Actions:

Updates:

Breaking news:

Misc News

Agenda Sept, 20, 2024

Facilitator: Monique

Participants:

Intros:

Acknowledgements:

Notetaker: christine

Actions:

BLARG VOTE:

Report back:

Updates:

Closing:  “There is no such thing as single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives” ~Audre Lorde

Agenda Oct 4, 2024

Facilitator:  Monique

Participants:  Bill, Mariana, Laura, Michelle, Mcnamara, MaryEllen, Christine, BP, Mike, Myrna

Intros:

Acknowledgements

Notetaker:

Actions:

Updates:

Agenda Oct 11, 2024 (cancelled)

Facilitator:  Monique

Participants:  

Intros:

Acknowledgements

Notetaker:

Actions:

Sign on letter for orgs and BLARG to consider. Please review BLARG will vote next week:

Agenda Oct 18, 2024

Facilitator:  Monique

Participants:  

Intros:

Acknowledgements

Notetaker:

Actions:

Agenda Oct 18, 2024

Facilitator:  Monique

Participants:  

Intros:

Acknowledgements

Notetaker:

Actions:

Sign on letter about Nuclear energy for orgs

Updates:

In the news:

Agenda Nov 1, 2024

Facilitator:  Monique

Participants:  Annelies, Bill, Mr. McNamara, Christine, Lynne, Mike, Renee, Sylas, Barbara, Ezekiel

Intros:  Halloween or election check in no judgment

Acknowledgements

Notetaker:

BLARG Rest:

11/29; 12/20- Jan 3

Actions:

BLARG Requests:

Updates:

Agenda Nov 8, 2024

Facilitator:  Monique

Notetaker: christine

Participants:  Mike, Lynne, Michelle, BP, Christine, Khadija, William, Mary Ellen, Laura, Justin Low Title six environmental justice how to use fair housing to combat environment issues. O’Neil at DOJ

Intros: 

Acknowledgements

BLARG Rest:

11/29; 12/20- Jan 3; (Dec 13 possible)

Actions:

Updates:

Agenda 15, 2024

Facilitator:  Monique

Notetaker:

Participants:  Mike, BP, Bill, MaryEllen, Lynne, Michelle, Laura, Mr. McNamara, Abena, Jwollay, Paul Merkelson,

Intros: 

Acknowledgements: 

BLARG Rest:

11/29; 12/20- Jan 3; (Dec 13 possible)

Special guest:  Paul Merkelson, Transition Town Port Washington

Actions:

Updates:

In The News:

Agenda November 22, 2024

Facilitator:  Monique

Notetaker:

Participants:  Quinn, Christine P, BP, Lynne, Mariana, Khadija

Intros: 

Acknowledgements: 

BLARG Rest:

Nov 29 - Jan 3

Welcome: 

Christine, Jordan and Quinn

Wins:

Updates:

Updates:

Report Backs:

Actions before we go…

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