{"id":2249,"date":"2011-03-30T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-30T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/03\/the-right-of-students-to-breathe-clean-air-erin-hurly-of-save-vcc-24-march-2011.html"},"modified":"2011-03-30T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-30T21:00:00","slug":"the-right-of-students-to-breathe-clean-air-erin-hurly-of-save-vcc-24-march-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/03\/the-right-of-students-to-breathe-clean-air-erin-hurly-of-save-vcc-24-march-2011.html","title":{"rendered":"The right of students to breathe clean air &#8211;Erin Hurley of SAVE @ VCC 24 March 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Erin Hurley provided the very model of how to give a speech:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5560265952\/in\/set-72157626353658596\/\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5295\/5560265952_13b7c7b7b3_m.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\nI&#8217;m the president of<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vsusave.com\/?page_id=51\"><br \/>\nStudents Against Violating the Environment<\/a> at VSU.<br \/>\nI&#8217;m here representing<br \/>\n200+ members of SAVE, that consists of students, faculty, community members.<br \/>\nWe are deeply concerned with environmental issues and<br \/>\nwe are networking together to make this city a more humane and<br \/>\nsustainable community<br \/>\nfor future generations.<\/p>\n<p>\nAs a student, I feel I have the right to be able to breathe clean air<br \/>\nat the college I attend.<br \/>\nWith this biomass plant possibly being built here,<br \/>\nthe future for generations to come are in jeopardy, and we want to protect our fellow and future students&#8217; health.<\/p>\n<p>\nPlease take into consideration the future health of this university<br \/>\nand its community,<br \/>\nand don&#8217;t sell grey water to the proposed biomass plant.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Here&#8217;s<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/category\/incarceration\"><br \/>\nthe video:<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bdTuda8mIUY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<small><br \/>\nErin Hurley, President of<br \/>\nSAVE, Students Against Violating the  Environment, speaking at<br \/>\n<br \/>\nRegular meeting of the Valdosta City Council, 24 March 2011,<br \/>\n<br \/>\nValdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\nVideos by Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.<br \/>\n<\/small><\/p>\n<p>\nShe said who she was, who she represented, how many, what they were for, what they wanted, quickly enough that attention didn&#8217;t waver, slowly and loudly enough to be heard, and briefly enough to transcribe, with pathos, logic, and politic. Even the mayor looked up at &#8220;As a student&#8230;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\n-jsq<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Erin Hurley provided the very model of how to give a speech: I&#8217;m the president of Students Against Violating the Environment at VSU. I&#8217;m here representing 200+ members of SAVE, that consists of students, faculty, community members. 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