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Join activist organizations to improve future

With ominous clouds on the horizon and rapidly approaching us, we must now take to the ramparts and establish a strong defense.

To address climate change, the most serious threat to living on our mother earth, it is necessary to become an active supporting member of Greenpeace, Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council, Rainforest Action Network, The Nature Conservancy, and Union of Concerned Scientists and other established environmental organizations.

To protect our human rights, we must actively be involved with the American Civil Liberties Union.

In order to oppose further spread of racial injustice and violence against minorities, it is necessary to join and support Southern Poverty Law Center.

Do not sit in a corner and whine! Be active. The time is now.

Skip Hannon

Bradenton

This story was originally published November 21, 2016 at 4:41 PM with the headline "Join activist organizations to improve future."

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