In this video interview (3 min. 30 sec.) Merrily Mazza talks about her experience as a locally elected official that is also active in the Community Rights movement. If we are ever going to have a new system of environmental protection in the United States it will be locally elected officials like Merrily that step forward in their communities to give a face to the Right to Local, Community Self-Government and Rights of Nature.
A brief description of the interview: We sit down with Merrily Mazza, former Lafayette, Colorado city council member and president of the Colorado Community Rights Network to talk about her experience working on both sides of the system and what she believes is the most effective space for community rights.