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OVEC intern Scott Straight has trained
40 people on how to register voters (it's really easy)! Please call him at 304-522-0246
if you would like to help people get registered and/or help get people
out to vote. We'll pay you for registering voters, as long as you take
the training and check in with Scott. Please help us do our part to
make certain that democracy works! We have until Oct. 13 to register
voters, then we have until Nov. 2 to Get out The Vote. See: Vote! American scandal; 'Unbelievable'
number of new voters stepping up across state and What's it take to vote in West Virginia?
Coming-up, all across West Virginia, all sorts of informative events.
Please visit the OVEC calendar page for details on events such
as Stop Outsourcing Our Future!, a series of town
hall meetings on the
impact of trade agreements on the future of jobs, the environment and
our communities. The
meetings will be held in Weirton (Sept. 28), Wheeling (Sept. 29),
Clarksburg (Oct. 5) and South Charleston (Oct. 6).
You can also learn about coal
waste impoundments surrounding your community at free
workshops sponsored by http://www.coalimpoundment.org/. At the Van
Community Center on Oct. 5 and at the Salamy Building in Whitesville
on Oct. 7.
Here are just a few of the recent
news stories on mountaintop removal. OVEC
collects coal-related articles each morning and posts the links
on this page.
www.wvgazette.com/section/Perspective/200409188
Read Paul Nyden's take on Robert F. Kennedy's new book, Crimes Against Nature, which features an extensive interview with Coal River Mountain Watch's Judy Bonds.
Read Paul Nyden's take on Robert F. Kennedy's new book, Crimes Against Nature, which features an extensive interview with Coal River Mountain Watch's Judy Bonds.
Scroll down to the "Environmentalist"
subheading.
We all know
that it takes all of us working together, with multi-pronged
approaches, to create
positive social change. No one method alone can get us the change we
need. Still, just in case you are ever wondering if protesting works,
check out information on a recent study: Protests more help in passing environmental laws than
working on 'inside.' Taking to the streets to demonstrate and
protest is more effective than working inside the system to influence
the passage of pro-environmental legislation in the United States,
according to a study conducted by Jon Agnone, a University of
Washington sociology doctoral student.
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