David Slottje

Thursday, May 30th, 7 PM
Logan Community Center
Logan/ Picnic Area Road, Hector NY

Gasland II with Josh Fox: RSVP & Share on Facebook!

Buy your round-trip bus ticket from Ithaca, Caroline or Whitney Point here!

Bus from Binghamton

New York stands at a crossroads; this is our moment to decide the course of history.
On Wednesday, June 17, 1885, the Statue of Liberty arrived in New York Harbor, where she has stood as our nation’s symbol of freedom ever since.

On Monday, June 17, 2013, citizens from across New York—from Long Island to Niagara Falls—will arrive in Albany to demand freedom from dirty energy, calling on Governor Cuomo to reject fracking and lead the nation in constructing a renewable energy economy here and now in New York.

At this march and rally, the anti-fracking movement will, for the first time, join with business leaders, faith leaders, health professionals, elected officials, farmers, and youth to demand the renewable energy jobs that our families and communities want and deserve.

New York is at a crossroads. In one direction: more ruinous dependency on dirty, dangerous fossil fuels. This path requires we blow apart the bedrock of our state and inject it with toxic chemicals. Providing only temporary, dangerous jobs, it leads to accidents, explosions, poisoned water, polluted air, contaminated food, public health disasters and climate catastrophe. This road chains us to the past and ransoms our children’s future. Running in the other direction is the road to renewable energy based on wind, water, and sunlight. This path leaves our communities unfractured and provides long-term, safe jobs to New Yorkers. This path creates an infrastructure that will not cost us the water we drink, the air we breathe or the health of our children. This path will make New York a leader in energy independence and, once more, a beacon of hope for the world. This path is the one we demand because our lives literally depend on it.

Governor Cuomo has said, “We will not allow the national paralysis over climate change to stop us from pursuing the necessary path for the future.”

We agree. Here in New York, where we have watched our subways fill with seawater and witnessed Hurricanes Irene, Lee and Sandy wash away our communities, we now call on our governor to reject the climate-destroying practice of fracking and take aggressive strides towards a 100% renewable energy economy.

What: New York Crossroads: Rally and March to Stop Fracking and Say Yes to Renewable Energy
When: Monday, June 17th, 12pm
Where: Rally and March – East Capitol Lawn, Albany, NY
Sign up here: http://bit.ly/15U0op7

Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/200220593434997/?fref=ts

Its a truly exciting lineup this year: Donna the Buffalo, Driftwood, The Sim Redmond Band, Thousands of One, Big Mean Sound Machine, Rockwood Ferry, The Grady Girls, The Zydeco Po’ Boys, Tumbleweed Highway, Band of Strings, InnerMission, Woodshed Prophets, Quatro Blue, and the Notorious String Busters.

We are still accepting applications from not for profit groups, small businesses, local farmers, and green companies who are interested in exhibiting at this event. Please send us an email at: BigSplashBGM@gmail.com

There is a suggested donation of $10 to help offset the cost of this event.

Tickets are available at Ticket Center Ithaca.
Online: http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase?orgid=39049&group_id=476524&schedule=list
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/547815361925609

Don Barber, Caroline Town Supervisor
Karen Edelstein, Fracktracker
Craig Stevens, Pennsylvania farmer/resident of frackingland

Gas workers, a Pennsylvania homeowner, an attorney, and an MD will speak.

Three public forums on “Fracking vs. Health,” featuring Pennsylvania gas workers and a homeowner, a medical doctor, and an attorney, will be presented on April 26 and 27 in our region.

Friday, April 26, 7-9 PM, Bath Haverling High School Auditorium, 25 Ellas Avenue, Bath, NY 14810.

Saturday, April 27, 2-4 PM, Spencer Town Hall, 79 E. Tioga Street, Spencer NY 14883.

Saturday, April 27, 7-9 PM, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 314 W. Church Street, Elmira, NY 14901.

About the presenters:

Randy Moyer and Rick “Mac” Sawyer. Former gas field truck drivers in Pennsylvania whose health has been seriously compromised as a result of their jobs.

Joe Giovannini. Stonemason from Pennsylvania who was forced to leave his home as a result of gas industry activities.

Larysa Dyrszka, MD. Board certified pediatrician, former director of pediatrics at Holy Name Hospital in Teaneck, NJ, attendee at the first US Health Impact Assessment Conference in Washington DC., and affiliate member of Physicians Scientists and Engineers for Healthy Energy (psehealthyenergy.org).

Lauren M. Williams, Esq. Pennsylvania attorney specializing in environmental and public sector law who represents individuals, community groups and municipalities on land use issues, including those that relate to shale gas drilling.

A Q&A will follow the presentations. All three forums are free and open to the public.

For interviews with the speakers, please contact Jack Ossont, 607-243-7262, sandhill1@frontiernet.net.

When: 7:30 – 9:00 PM, Wednesday, April 24

Where: La Tourelle Resort & Spa Banquet Room 1150 Danby Rd, Ithaca, NY (607) 273-2734

This is a FREE event with complimentary tea, coffee & juice provided by La Tourelle!

More info about Jonathan Deal: http://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/jonathan-deal

Please share this announcement and / or the attached flyer with your Anti-fracking friends, family & networks, Thanks!

Michael Dineen will be held at the Schuyler County Jail in Watkins Glen. SInce Schuyler has no facility to house female prisoners, Dr Sandra Steingraber and Melissa Chiipman were transferred to Chemung County Jail.

Complete jail addresses w/vigil street corner locations:

Chemung County Jail
211 William Street
Elmira, NY 14901
Vigil: Corner of Church and William Streets
(607) 737-2934

Schuyler County Jail
106 Tenth Street, Unit 2
Watkins Glen, NY 14891
Vigil: Corner of North Franklin and 10th Streets
(607) 535-8222

A Workshop with Ellen Harrison (FLEASED) and Joe Heath

April 25, 7 PM at the Hector Fire Hall on Rt. 414