We are taking the cause down to Lansing as we rally on the capitol steps. Please read below for more information and attend if you can!

Thursday, June 3, 2010
11:00 am – Gather on the Capitol Lawn
11:30 – 2:00pm Reading of the Environmental Justice Petition
Reading a Tribal Rights Statement
Performance – There are many musicians joining us including, Drew Nelson, Miko Fossum, Rachael & Dominic Davis, Jen Sygit, Sam Corbin, Josh Davis, Wanda Degen, Victor McManemy, Seth Bernard, and May Erlewine. We have a P.A. system so that all can hear. Please tell everyone!
 
2:00pm – Deliver the petitions and Tribal Rights Statement to the Governor’s office
 
At 3:00 pm, we will walk from the Capitol Steps to the Lansing Center – 333 E. Michigan Ave – three blocks away to attend Natural Resources Commission Meeting.  Public Comment starts at 4:30.  Those on the schedule for Public Comment get 5 minutes – those not scheduled get 3 minutes.  To get on the speaking schedule you must email Teresa Gloden glodent@michigan.gov and inform her you would like to be on the schedule for Public Comment at the June 3rd NRC meeting – subject:  Yellow Dog Plains or whatever you want.  If you do not schedule, after all confirmed speakers are finished they will open it up to the public for the 3 minutes each time frame.  We will NOT demonstrate inside the meeting other than with our presence.  Link to Agenda: http://www.michigan.gov/documents/dnr/agnJUNE10-G_321393_7.pdf
 
Anyone needing a ride or willing to drive to Lansing and take riders from the U.P. – please contact Wendy Johnson at 906 361-5179 or ydwp@yellowdogwatershed.com .  Everyone is on their own getting there and coming back!  Blue Flags!  Make them up – just buy the material and put it on a staff.  Small or large – we want blue flags waving!!

This is a peaceful demonstration of our rights.  Be there.
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