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DESCRIPTION:Oct 9th-  Celebrate Indigenous People’s Day by Demanding EBRPD Listen to 
 Native Voices! \n\nOn Tuesday October 9th, East Bay Regional Park District 
 (EBRPD) will hold its final public comment meeting on the upcoming 
 revisions of its Master Plan. We are asking for a massive display of public 
 support at the meeting to amplify regional Indigenous people’s concerns. 
 For more than a decade local Native people have insisted that EBRPD 
 implement appropriate protection and management of cultural sites and 
 resources within their jurisdiction. EBRPD has consistently failed to 
 acknowledge these perspectives. Please take the opportunity to commemorate 
 Indigenous People’s Day by demanding that EBRPD finally include local 
 Native voices and create effective policies to guide the stewardship of 
 sacred land. \n\nThe recent video Buried Voices https://vimeo.com/43092751 
 documents EBRPD’s handling of Brushy Peak, the site of Ohlone, Miwok, and 
 Yokut origin stories that was developed into a recreation area against the 
 wishes of local Indigenous people. This is only one example of the many 
 sacred areas that EBRPD has mismanaged. \n\nAt this point we are asking 
 supporters to take several critical actions as follows to help us hold 
 EBRPD accountable for their continued lack of attention to the concerns of 
 Indigenous people and encourage them to create a responsible position for 
 the future, starting with appropriate changes to their agency’s Master 
 Plan: \n\n1) Please join us at both of the upcoming EBRPD public meetings. 
 While we would like a strong attendance at the Oct 3rd meeting, we are 
 particularly emphasizing a large turn-out for the final meeting on Oct 9th. 
 We ask that supporters wear black t-shirts and bring signs with the slogan: 
 EBRPD: Listen to Native Voices. Please make sure you get the acronym for 
 their name correct- yes, it's long... :) \n\nOctober 3rd - 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. 
 – Dublin
 \nDublin Unified School, District
Board Room
7471, 
 Larkdale Ave. Dublin, CA 94568 \n\nOctober 9th- 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. – 
 Richmond \nRichmond Memorial Auditorium,
Bermuda Room,
403 Civic Center 
 Plaza
Richmond, CA 94804 \n\n2) Please write letters to EBRPD prior to 
 October 9th to insist that they give Indigenous people a defining voice in 
 how the District manages their sacred sites. The more specific that you can 
 be in reference to the proposed revisions, the better. See: 
 http://www.ebparks.org/Page50.aspx and 
 http://www.ebparks.org/Assets/Features/Master+Plan+2012+-+Issues+Defined.pdf. 
  Please send a copy of your letter to protectsacredland@yahoo.com so that 
 we can document how many letters the EBRPD receives. \n\nHard copies of 
 your letter should be sent to: \nBoard of Directors and General Manager 
 Robert Doyle \nMaster Plan Policy Update \nEast Bay Regional Park District 
 \n2950 Peralta Oaks Court \nPO Box 5381 \nOakland, CA 94605-0381 \n\nEmails 
 should be sent to: \nGeneral Manager Robert Doyle \nbdoyle@ebparks.org 
 \n\nThe Board Clerk \napulido@ebparks.org \n\n3) Submit comments to the 
 EBRPD’s online Master Plan comment forum at: http://ebrpdmasterplan.org/ 
 \n\n4) Please forward this message widely and repost it on facebook and 
 relevant places. \n\nMany thanks for your support! \n\n  \n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/10/01/18722757.php
SUMMARY:Demand EBRPD Include Indigenous Voices In Their Master Plan
LOCATION:Richmond Memorial Auditorium,
Bermuda Room,
403 Civic Center 
 Plaza
Richmond, CA 94804 \n\n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/10/01/18722757.php
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