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Rally at the Capitol
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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.
Please check this Facebook event for last minute updates: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=126546587362974