Producers/Hosts: Amy Browne and Meredith DeFrancesco
Segment 1:We talk with Jim Harney, a well-known photojournalist and international social justice activist. Jim is terminally ill, but continues to use his time and energy to speak out about important issues–today he reflects on the “School of the Americas” aka “The School of the Assassins” at Ft. Benning, GA. FMI: www.soaw.org; www.posibilidad.org, www.pica.ws
Segment2: The Army Corps of Engineers will hold a public meeting in Searsport on December 1st (at 3p.m. at the Union Hall) to address the Maine Department of Transportation’s proposal for a wetland mitigation bank —- a proposal that has serious potential ramifications for Sears Island. Jody Spear has been working on the issue and will join us later in the program to tell us more. FMI: www.nae.usace.army.mil and select “Regulatory/Permitting”, then “Weekly Public Notices”, also www.peer.org, http://maine.sierraclub.org/