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May 24 Moving Mountains CD Release Party
Camp Wellstone Training Program in Charleston
If you didn't take advantage of early voting, you still, of course, have Tuesday to vote. You can find out where candidates stand on Clean Elections by clicking here. Scroll down for written comments from the candidates.
WV Citizen Action Group has a list of CAG-endorsed candidates posted here.
Also please see information from the "Every Child Matters in West Virginia" voter education campaign. The purpose of this campaign is to help voters make informed choices about candidates and put children front and center of election conversations. See the results of the project's gubernatorial candidate survey. Go to www.everychildmatters.org and click on the West Virginia button.
Why vote? Why be an activist? Bill Moyers, in a June 4, 2003 speech at the Take Back America conference said:
It's just a fact: Democracy doesn't work without citizen activism and participation, starting at the community. Trickle down politics doesn't work much better than trickle down economics. It's also a fact that civilization happens because we don't leave things to other people. What's right and good doesn't come naturally. You have to stand up and fight for it-as if the cause depends on you, because it does. Allow yourself that conceit-to believe the flame of democracy will never go out as long as there's one candle in your hand.
(Click here for the full speech)
MOVING MOUNTAINS CD RELEASE PARTY WITH MUSIC
We have the date and venue for the first of several "Moving Mountains" CD Release Parties! Proceeds from the sale of the CD and the parties go toward offsetting expenses associated with several groups' efforts to end mountaintop removal. May 24, 2004: Come out for the CD RELEASE PARTY for "Moving Mountains: Voices of Appalachia Rise Up Against Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining." See www.fallingmountain.com for information on the CD. The party begins at 8 p.m. at the Institute of Musical Traditions, Unitarian Universalist Church of Silver Spring, MD, 10309 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, MD. Call 301-754-3611 or e-mail imtfolk@erols.com. See www.imtfolk.org. For info about carpooling and participation: jenosha@auroralights.org. TICKETS: $12 advance/$15 door. The artists at the party will include Andrew McKnight; The Pitzers; Elaine Purkey; Cherylann Hawk; Michael and Carrie Kline, T. Paige Dalporto and Jen Osha.
May 15: 10:00-Noon. Prop making session for May 18 protest at Massey Stockholder meeting (see May 18 below). Perfater Law office building, 1311 Virginia St. E., Charleston. E-mail vivian@ohvec.org for more info.
May 15: Noon-?. 2nd Annual "Artists for the Environment" Spring Fund-raiser. Perfater Law office building lobby, 1311 Virginia St. E., Charleston.. Beautiful day with the arts! Visual arts, music, poetry, performance, and more. Booths, art auction, yummy edibles and drinks! For more information and to participate: contact Denise Poole, deniseap@earthlink.net or call her at the WVEC office: (304) 346-5905.
May 18: Massey Energy shareholders meeting at the Charleston WV Marriot. Join us at 9:15 a.m. outside the Marriott (Town Center side, 200 Lee St.) to let Massey shareholders know that Massey's mountaintop removal is a crime against people and the Earth, and is economic insanity. If you want to help spread the word, please print and post this flyer.
To carpool from Huntington, call the OVEC office at 304-522-0246. For a ride in a van (seating limited, call soon!) leaving the Whitesville area, call Coal Rover Mountain Watch at 304-854-2182. Speaking of Coal River, if you haven't signed their on-line petition, please do so today.
CAMP WELLSTONE TRAINING PROGRAM IN CHARLESTON May 14-16: Camp Wellstone Training Program in Charleston, WV! Are you looking to get involved this year? Come to the Camp Wellstone training program in Charleston, West Virginia from May 14-16! The training session takes place over the weekend, starting Friday afternoon and ending Sunday afternoon. Complete information at: www.wellstone.org. If you have questions or need additional information, contact Stephanie Zawistowski at stephanie@grassrootssolutions.com, or call 202.546.6752.
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