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OVEC Action Alert - March 29, 2005 |
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Reminders on 2 Important Events in Charleston
Please check http://www.wvoter-owned.org/ for the latest information on what you can do to help Clean Elections in West Virginia. We may have an update on that website this afternoon.
2 Important Events in Charleston This Week:
Tomorrow, March 30--10:00 a.m. - 3:00 pm. E-Day! at the WV State Capitol. Join the West Virginia Environmental Council for the 16th Annual E-Day! at the Capitol. Activities will take place on the Senate and House Halls of the Capitol and include: environmental displays by organizations, sustainable businesses and more; announcements of our 2005 awardees; lobbying your representatives; other details will be announced as the date grows nearer. Click here for flyer.
Also, the evening of March 30: West Virginia Environmental Council’s E-Day! Reception, Dinner Buffet & Benefit from 5:30 - 9:30 p.m. at Perfater Law Office Lobby, 1311 Virginia Street East, Charleston WV. Music by Steve Himes. 2005 WVEC Award Presentations. $10.00 suggested donation at the door. See: www.wvecouncil.org.
Thursday, March 31--Announcing Mountain Justice Summer Campaign. From noon to 3 p.m. come to the West Virginia State Capitol to demand an end to mountaintop removal! Join a multi-state, multi-group rally and concert announcing the Mountain Justice Summer campaign. Speakers from Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia, Ohio and West Virginia, including Jack Spadaro. Music provided by Elaine Purkey, Paige Delparto, Matt Peters and Tonya Adkins. Meet at the stage near the back steps of the Capitol. Carpooling strongly encouraged. Drivers can drop off passengers at Greenbrier (exit 99 off I-77/64) and Washington Streets, then proceed to Kanawha Blvd., take a left, travel about a mile to the Moose Club parking lot on the right. Shuttles will bring drivers back to the event. (Or take your chances parking around the Capitol or Laidley Field, which has a shuttle to the Capitol.) Please bring your friends, family and neighbors out to help us kick-off this historic campaign! See www.mountainjusticesummer.org.
A Note from Teacher Jen Osha, who produced Moving Mountains
The same class that has been involved with learning about mountaintop removal is now going to be traveling with me to meet the Huoarani activists in Ecuador. The Huoarani are natives of the Ecuadorian Amazon who have only come into contact with “civilization” in the last fifty years. Unfortunately, most of that contact has been with the extremely destructive practices of Texaco and Shell. After talking with Moi, the “Larry Gibson” of Ecuador, we came to the realization that both of our communities are fighting the same Big Business. Moi invited our class to stay in his village to share stories about our struggles. Bill Price, Larry Gibson and I were brainstorming about the best gift that we could bring to represent the mountains of West Virginia. One suggestion was a quilt, consisting of quilt square donations by families from across the coalfields. The message could be one of hope, faith, and brotherhood between communities across the world who are fighting to save their land and way of life. I think that this partnership offers wonderful possibilities for everyone involved, including additional publicity and a new twist for the media. (A lot of people seem to care more about what is going on in the Amazon than what is happening to West Virginia…media linking the two could get a new segment of the public involved.) The more people that we can get involved, the more people can benefit from this incredible opportunity.
Please email me at jen_osha@yahoo.com with ideas about a gift, contributing to the quilt, help organizing, or donations. Each one of us has to raise $1,700 for this two week trip (we are camping to save money, other wise it would be $3,000 per person), so please email me with fundraising ideas as well! Thank you!
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