Thursday, July 27, 2017

Virginia Alliance to Protest Dominion/Amazon Power Line Threatening Historic African-American Neighborhood, Saturday, July 29, 11 AM - 12:30 PM

Alliance To Save Carver Road
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MEDIA ADVISORY

Va. Alliance to Protest Dominion/Amazon Power Line Threatening Historic African-American Neighborhood
  
(HAYMARKET, VA, 7/26/17) – On Saturday, July 29, the Alliance to Save Carver Road and its supporters will hold a protest outside a Dominion Energy facility in Herndon, Va., against a planned power line through a historic African-American neighborhood in the Haymarket, Va., area that would serve an Amazon data center. 
Parts of the Protest will be livestreamed on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/carverroadalliance/ 
WHAT: Alliance to Save Carver Road Protest Against Dominion/Amazon Power Line Threatening Historic African-American Neighborhood
WHEN: Saturday, July 29, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
WHERE: Outside the Dominion Energy Facility, 3072 Centreville Rd, Herndon, VA
CONTACT: Joyce Hudson, mizzhoward@gmail.com, 202-316-4451; Nathan Grayson, nathangrayson@gmail.com, 703-298-1135; Email: savecarverroad@gmail.com 
[NOTE: Rain is predicted on Saturday, but the event will go on, rain or shine. Please bring an umbrella or rain gear.]

“We urge community members who are concerned about this corporate threat to a historic African-American neighborhood with many vulnerable elderly residents to join us in protesting the tactics used to approve this unnecessary power line,” said Alliance to Save Carver Road spokesperson Joyce Hudson.
Yesterday, the Alliance to Save Carver Road said it is "concerned" that Dominion Energy recently contacted elderly residents of the historic African-American neighborhood. In a letter to Dominion Energy, Hudson wrote in part: “Our elderly residents are especially vulnerable and may not be aware of Dominion’s tactics to influence the process of installing transmission lines to serve Amazon’s data centers."

Dominion Energy’s planned 100-foot-high power line threatens the neighborhood southwest of Washington, D.C., made up primarily of elderly residents and containing properties acquired under an 1866 law that allowed freed slaves to own property.
  
Comment by email:
Mr. Zick,

Thanks for supporting our community on Carver Road and promoting our protest of Dominion on Africlassical. We hope you continue to follow us as we fight this battle against Dominion and Amazon.

Joyce Hudson, Chair
Alliance to Save Carver Road
 

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