KINGSTON – The Clearwater organization is taking exception with the removal of the sloop from Sail4th 250 Parade of Sail down the Hudson River last Saturday because it displayed banners reading “Save the Clean Water Act” and “Indigenous Rights, Racial Justice, Climate Solutions” its sails.
Officials of the organization disagree with the removal of the boat from the parade, saying on Monday that Clearwater “does not view clean water, climate solutions, or human rights as political, but as fundamental values that have guided this organization since its founding, and underlie the organization’s efforts to protect the Hudson River and steward an intergenerational Hudson River community through education, advocacy, sailing, and music.”
Officials said neither the participation agreement nor the Captain’s Handbook explicitly prohibited the display of those banners, and Clearwater was never offered the opportunity to remove the banners and continue in the parade. “We have not received that explanation directly from event organizers,” they said.
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