Betty Krawczyk

Betty Krawczyk

Betty Shiver Krawczyk (born August 1928) is a Louisiana-born, British Columbia, Canada based environmental activist, author and former political candidate.

Krawczyk is well known locally for having been arrested and imprisoned numerous times for defying court orders related to logging and highway developments. Most recently, on March 5, 2007, she was sentenced to 10 months imprisonment for her role in protesting highway construction on the Eagleridge Bluffs in West Vancouver. [ [http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2007/03/05/bc-krawczyk.html CBC - B.C. activist, 78, gets 10 months in jail] ]

In the 2001 Provincial Election, Krawczyk finished third in the riding of Vancouver-Kensington, garnering 9.32% of the popular vote for the Green Party, her highest showing to date.

Bibliography

*"Clayoquot: The Sound Of My Heart" (January 1997)
*"Lock Me up or Let Me Go: The Protests, Arrest and Trial of an Environmental Activist and Grandmother" (August 2002)
*"Open Living Confidential: From Inside the Joint" (June 2008)

External links

* [http://www.bettyk.org Betty's personal website]
* [http://bettysearlyedition.blogspot.com/ Betty's Early Edition] blog
* [http://www.royalcityrecord.com/issues03/092103/community/092103co1.html A matter of principle] - Royal City Record (New Westminster, BC), Feb. 2, 2004
* [http://www.nsnews.com/issues07/w021807/024207/news/024207nn2.html Krawczyk rejects any court apology] - North Shore News, Feb. 21, 2007
* [http://vancourier.com/issues05/124105/news/124105nn10.html Woman of woods brings fight to Quadra] - Vancouver Courier, Dec. 19, 2005
* [http://sports.sympatico.msn.cbc.ca/Home/ContentPosting.aspx?feedname=CBC-SPORTS-V2&newsitemid=bc-clock&showbyline=True Activist confesses to spray-painting Vancouver's Olympic clock] - CBC News

References

ee also

*Raging Grannies
*Clayoquot Sound
*Harriet Nahanee


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