OVEC Action Alert - January 14, 2005

Getting The MLK March Info Straight

The Story of Jack Spadaro

Stand Up  on Jan. 20

Note Correct Time to Join MLK, Jr. March
Ok, I double-apologize for the mistakes with the MLK, Jr. march info. We had been looking at a website about the march from 2004. Duh. Here is the correct information (you can verify by clicking here, for an article which contains info on the march and other events commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.): Please Join OVEC on Monday, Jan. 17 as we participate in the traditional march honoring Dr. King. The march leaves at 4:45 p.m. from the Ebenezer Community Outreach Center, 1660 8th Ave., Huntington, W. Va. We march to the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, in time for the 6 p.m. 12th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Symposium Memorial Service.

Ken Hechler has a great column in today's Charleston Gazette: King was an inspiration in the fight for democracy.

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Under Mined: The Story of Jack Spadaro
See the Jan.-Feb. 2005 issue of Washington Monthly for a story by Clara Bingham: Under Mined: When a flood of toxic mining sludge
wreaked havoc in Appalachia, how did the White House respond? By letting the coal company off the hook and firing the whistleblower. The print version (which we haven't seen yet) apparently has 10 photos supplied by OVEC. 

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Show Your Consternation at the Inauguration - Coronation
Four more years of the Bush Administration means our environmental and social justice work will be, um, strenuous. Express yourself on Inauguration Day, Jan. 20. 

Various groups have buses traveling from West Virginia to DC for the Inauguration Parade, where many will Turn Your Back on Bush.  

West Virginia Patriots for Peace is planning a multi-group noon vigil in downtown Charleston at the Robert C. Byrd U.S. Courthouse, 300 Virginia St. (Corner Va. And Truslow St.).  [Note this changed from meeting in front of the old Federal Building due to logistical problems] E-mail Robin Godfrey at rlgdfry@yahoo.com for more info.   

Find more Jan. 20 events on these websites: United for Peace and Justice and Code Pink.

Don't want to attend any events? Then, open your mouth by keeping your wallet closed: Not One Damn Dime Day.

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