Screening and Community Forum on Santa Barbara’s Hidden Offshore Oil Health Threat

You are invited to The Cost of Silence: Community Action Forum & Special Screening – featuring the first West
Coast showing of The Cost of Silence (Sundance, Grand Jury Prize nominee) and a community forum on the urgent
threat posed by the Trump administration’s push to allow Sable Offshore to resume offshore oil operations and
drilling in the Santa Barbara Channel.

The Cost of Silence is directed by Mark Manning, a former oil field diver with 20 years of offshore experience. The
film exposes how government and industry concealed the toxic aftermath of the 2010 BP oil spill that sickened
tens of thousands, and how that cover-up has become the playbook for any future spills. Today, the film reveals
that every coastal community, including Santa Barbara, faces a largely unknown and potentially deadly threat.
Following the screening, the filmmakers will be joined by Linda Krop, Chief Counsel of the Environmental Defense
Center, and impact strategists for a community forum on the ongoing oil fight and the actions needed to prevent
new drilling. The forum will also introduce a new impact platform that helps people take action, connect with
solutions, and stay involved through updates and impact reporting.

Join us after the event for a reception with the filmmakers and local NGO leaders, featuring a Q&A with the film’s
director, the impact platform founders, and Linda Krop. A separate ticket is required for the reception and can be
added when reserving your event ticket. [More information here.]

Reserve your seat today and join us for this critical conversation about protecting our coast and communities.
In Coordination with: The Environmental Defense Center, Sierra Club, Surfrider, CLUE, GOO, League of Women
Voters, SBCAN, Santa Barbara Channel Keepers,

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