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EM:/ Join us for a Rally for Clean Energy Jobs- July 29th

Tiffany Hartung tiffany.hartung at sierraclub.org

Thu Jul 23 09:24:19 EDT 2009

Join us for a Rally for Clean Energy Jobs-

More dirty coal-fired power plants will jeopardize Michigan's clean energy
future. Join us for a rally to keep new coal plants out of Michigan and turn
around our economy. 

 

Wednesday, July 29th 

Lansing Capitol Steps & Lawn  

 

12-1:30PM

Check out businesses and organizations working for a clean energy future in
Michigan

Music by the Hawks & Owls and Emma & Will

1:30-2:30PM- Music by Andrew Sturtz

2:30-4PM - Rally Kick Off 

Brandon Knight of Michigan Student Sustainability Coalition

Bruce Nilles, Sierra Club Beyond Coal Campaign director, named as one of
Rolling Stone Magazine's 2009 Agents of Change

Rev. Charles Morris, Founder of Michigan Interfaith Power and Light &
current Policy Director. 

Doris Allan, Chair of Voices for Earth Justice

Peter Sinclair, Climate educator & Producer of Climate Denial Crock of the
Week series

Michigan NNO Boff Allcomers Band

Terry Miller, Lone Tree Council & Citizens Exploring Clean Energy

4 -5:45PM

Casey McKeel, 350.org

Music by Clyde

5:45PM

Frank Ettawageshik, Chairman of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa
Indians, member of the Michigan Climate Action Council, & recipient of the
Great Lakes Guardian of the year award 2008 from Clean Water Action

6-7PM

Music by the Macpodz

 

 

RSVP for the Rally at www.progressmichigan.org/cenrally 

The flier/poster can be downloaded at  -
http://www.michigan.sierraclub.org/issues/cleanenergy/coalfiredpowerplants.h
tml

 

You can sign up for the event on Facebook if you are on it at-
<http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=232817245472&ref=nf>
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=232817245472&ref=nf 

 

For more info, visit  <http://www.progressmichigan.org/cenrally>
www.progressmichigan.org/cenrally
Or call (248) 549-6213 or (517) 484-2372  

 

 

Bus Leaving from Ann Arbor

Leaves Ann Arbor at noon

Departs Lansing at 6:15pm, returns to Ann Arbor at 8pm

Meet the Dollar Tree parking lot across from the Arbor Land mall-
<http://www.mapquest.com/maps?address=3590+Washtenaw&zipcode=48104>
http://www.mapquest.com/maps?address=3590+Washtenaw&zipcode=48104

Suggested donation $10

To RSVP for this bus, contact Shawn Kinkema at  <mailto:skinkema at gmail.com>
skinkema at gmail.com or call (989) 415-9725

 

 

Bus Leaving from Royal Oak

Leaves Royal Oak at noon

Departs Lansing at 6:15pm, returns to Royal Oak at 8pm

Meet at Staples parking lot on SE corner of 14 & Crooks in the Clawson
Center (
<http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Clawson&state=MI&address=1129+West+14+Mil
e+Rd>
http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Clawson&state=MI&address=1129+West+14+Mile
+Rd.)

Suggested donation $10

To RSVP for this bus, contact Tiffany at
<mailto:tiffany.hartung at sierraclub.org> tiffany.hartung at sierraclub.org or
call (248)549-6213 

 

 

Bay City

Buses leaving  Bay City at  10:30AM & Noon

Suggested donation $10

To RSVP for this bus contact Pat Race at  <mailto:pat3race4 at gmail.com>
pat3race4 at gmail.com or call (989) 893-7623 

 

 

Traverse City

Leaves Traverse City at 10:30AM, meet at 10am!

Departs Lansing at 6:15pm, returns to Traverse City at 10pm

Meet in the Traverse City Central High School parking lot-

 
<http://maps.google.com/maps?oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=
firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=traverse+city+central&fb=1&split=1&gl=us&cid=0,0,7
802030008731833396&ei=Ol9bSqW0H4j8MI398UI&sa=X&oi=local_result&ct=image&resn
um=1>
http://maps.google.com/maps?oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=f
irefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=traverse+city+central&fb=1&split=1&gl=us&cid=0,0,78
02030008731833396&ei=Ol9bSqW0H4j8MI398UI&sa=X&oi=local_result&ct=image&resnu
m=1

Suggested donation $10

 To RSVP for this bus, contact Cassidy Edwards at
Cassidy.edwards at sierraclub.org  or call (231) 922-2201

  

Grand Rapids Bus

Leaves GR by 12:30pm, meet between 12 noon & 12:15pm!

Departs Lansing at 6:15pm, returns to GR at 7:30pm

Meet at Aquinas College parking lot off of Fulton Street SE, immediately
East of the College Fieldhouse

 <http://www.aquinas.edu/undergraduate/directions_map_hotel.html#ns>
http://www.aquinas.edu/undergraduate/directions_map_hotel.html#ns

 Suggested donation $10

To RSVP for this, contact Clean Water Action at
<mailto:mjohnson at cleanwater.org> mjohnson at cleanwater.org  or call (616)
742-4084

  

 

 

 

 

 

 Tiffany Hartung 
Sierra Club Beyond Coal Campaign 
1723 West Fourteen Mile Rd., Royal Oak, MI 48073 
Office: (248) 549-6213    Fax: (248) 549-6357 
tiffany.hartung at sierraclub.org 
www.sierraclub.org/coal 
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