Boston bureaucrats are crushing more than 30 bills into 3 hours of comment! That gives less than six minutes of comment for each bill maximum. At 3 minutes per speaker, that means only 2 people in 8 million people of Massachusetts can speak on each bill. This is a mockery of democratic process.
Native American cultural rights and property rights are thrown in with rocks and tick control! That's an insult to human rights and Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Everything about this is wrong.
Please help us stop bureaucrats from manufacturing consent, covering up neocolonial seizure of Indigenous rights, and reducing law to virtue signaling. State and regional tribes objected to the last version of this bill. Little was changed:
H.3982 is a bill that will allow Boston cronies to seize Native American human rights and cultural legacy in violation of international human rights law, international agreements on Indigenous Rights signed by the USA, and both non discrimination, equal protection ethics and transparency policies of Massachusetts. There is not a single guaranteed seat for Native Americans on our own rights and legacy.
Read our competing bill that gives regional tribes a seat at the table - and complies with human rights and equality law: https://www.ethicarch.org/
post/speak-up-for-human- rights-democratic-process-and- transparency-tuesday-december- 7th-from-1-4-pm Critical topics are given the short shrift - like climate crisis resiliency, human rights and biodiversity. Also hidden in this haystack are bills to dredge sensitive aquatic habitats, burn public lands, etc.
Dedicated archaeologists and friends were working to negotiate a bill to review our preservation laws that fulfills equality, social justice and human rights talking points legislators love so much. See our bill below.
You can speak for 3 minutes for democratic process, justice and equality - but you must register by Sunday December 5th.
The state is pulling a fast one on short notice, again during holiday distractions.
You can also write in, but the window for comment is small. Thanks to Greg and Rochelle for sharing this.
They may also shift the date of this meeting at the last minute with little notice - so head's up.
BIG THANKS!
Peace Grows from the Seed of Justice,
Nohham (they/them/two-spirit)
PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE
Date of Hearing: Tuesday, December 7, 2021Time: 1:00 PM-4:00 PMLocation: Virtual Hearing
Forestry, Funding and Administrative Infrastructure
The Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture will host a virtual hearing on Tuesday December 7, 2021 at 1PM on the legislation listed in the docket below.
Persons seeking to provide oral testimony must pre-register via this form:
https://forms.office.com/g/
AjGFgHJZeW Please pre-register by Sunday, December 5, 2021 at 5PM. Once registered, you will receive an invitation to join the hearing one day prior to the hearing. Please note there is a time limit of 3 minutes per person for oral testimony.
Written testimony may also be submitted to the Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture by email to: JointCommittee.
Environment@malegislature.gov. Pre-registration through the above form is not required for written testimony. There is no formal deadline for written testimony, though a timely submission allows the Committee time to thoroughly review testimony.
Please contact Shannon Emmett, the committee's Research Director, with any questions at: shannon.emmett@mahouse.gov
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Please be advised that the schedule and agenda are subject to change at the discretion of the Chairs per committee rules.
Best,
Shannon Emmett
Research DirectorChair Carolyn C. Dykema
Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources & Agriculture
State House | Boston, MA 02133
(C): 978-882-5633Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
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