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March 23--Free Organizing Training
Volunteers Needed-Phone Bank to Get out Folks For March 30
It's here! The Moving Mountains music CD featuring wonderful songs about the movement to end mountaintop removal / valley fill coal mining is now available. See: www.switzernetwork.org/spotlight.taf#story54 and www.fallingmountain.com/mtr.html. Most of the proceeds from sales of Moving Mountains will go to non-profit organizations working to end mountaintop removal coal mining, including the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition and Coal River Mountain Watch.
People you may know have contributed to the songs on this CD, including Kate Long, Elaine Purkey, Donna and Andy Price. Thanks to all the fabulous musicians who donated their talent. Many thanks to Jen Osha for the idea and the amazing work to make this happen, and hearty thanks to OVEC Board member Jeff Bosley for the professional sound engineering. Mega-thanks to OVEC member Winter Ross for the artwork.
Willie Nelson has a copy of the CD, and he loves it! He made a donation to Appalachian Voices because of the CD. We bet you'll love it, too.
You can pick up the CD this Saturday (March 13) at Coal River Mountain Watch's event in Sundial, W. Va. For details on the event, call CRMW at 3040854-2182 or click here.
For info on getting your own copy, e-mail jen_osha@yahoo.com.
Wow, a free training, with breakfast and lunch to boot! Registration is limited, so register now. Contact Todd Garland at tgarland@wju.edu. Join us on Tuesday, March 23 from 8 a.m. to 3: 15 p.m. at John XXIII Pastoral Center, 100 Hodges Road, Charleston, W.Va. Learn some of the nuts and bolts of community organizing by signing up and attending "Face to Face: Organizing for the Long Haul." The Appalachian Institute at Wheeling Jesuit University and OVEC are co-sponsoring this one-day event, featuring nationally known organizer/musician, Si Kahn.
Are you tired of unresponsive bureaucrats that foist you off from one agency to another? Would you like to hold politicians in your district accountable for the decisions that affect your quality of life? Are YOU ready to make a difference in the community where you live? Are you ready to grow leadership in your community organization? If you answered yes to any of the above questions, then reserve March 23rd on your calendar! If you are interested in building community leaders and strengthening your organization or are new to community organizing, this day of workshops is for you. Workshop sessions include basic organizing skills, base-building, coalition-building, using popular education techniques in community organizing, use of the media, building a campaign strategy and peace-building. This invitation is being extended to labor, faith-based, people of color, environmental, community, university, peace and other groups. Click here for a full schedule.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED-PHONE BANK TO GET OUT FOLKS FOR MARCH 30
Either next week or the week after, OVEC will be a conducting a phone bank. We'll call all our West Virginia members alerting them to the March 30 public hearing on Bush's proposed changes to the surface mining law's Buffer Zone Rule. The change would legalize illegal valley fills. (For more info, follow the links below.) We'll need volunteers to help us conduct the phone bank in Charleston, one upcoming evening. If you'd like to help, call the Abe at the office at 304-522-0246 or e-mail vivian@ohvec.org and let us know when you are available. We need to make certain our members know how important it is for us all to be at this hearing.
If you want to see an end to mountaintop removal coal mining, then you need to be present at a public hearing on Tuesday, March 30. We need you, we need you, we need you, and we need your friends and family. Let the Bush administration know: Streams = Precious Zone. Don't change the Buffer Zone Rule!
In Charleston, the hearing is Tuesday, March 30, at the Charleston Civic Center, Room 206, 200 Civic Center Drive.
Click here for other hearing locations.
Click here for background information.
Buffer Zone Talking Points (pdf)
If you are a coalfield resident in need of a ride to the Charleston or DC hearings, call Abe at the OVEC office, 304-522-0246, or e-mail vivian@ohvec.org.
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