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By Clover56, on January 30th, 2013% 
Shaleshock 101 training – Organizing Against Fracking
We’re getting ready, and this workshop is catch up for anyone who would like to learn more about the Shaleshock model & the movement against fracking. Come learn some strategy & organizing tools, and get informed about upcoming trainings and actions to protect our community & environment from exploitative industries.
Sunday, February 3rd
2:00pm — 4:00pm
at the First Unitarian Society of Ithaca Annex:
208 E. Buffalo Street, Ithaca, NY 14850
Sponsored by the Tompkins County Health Care Task Force & the Social Justice Committee of the Unitarian Church.
We WILL take action to defend our communities.
By arimoore, on February 1st, 2010% Date & Time: Friday, February 5th, 11:00pm – 3:00pm
Location: Chemung County Courthouse, Hazlitt Building 203 Lake St. Elmira, New York
Hello beginning and advanced anti-fracking activists:
Activism difficulty level: 2
Come out and show your support for the people of Horseheads and their attorney Helen Slottje at the full hearing of their case against Schlumberger.
We need some like-minded warm bodies to fill the anti-fracking side of the courtroom and show our support for the people of Horseheads and our common cause. We also need to show any press who might be there that this issue is far from dead; in fact, we’ve only just begun to fight to protect our towns, farms, and wildlands. This court appearance is intended to be peaceful and respectful, and should not involve chanting or demonstrating in the courtroom. Outside the courtroom may be a different story; go ahead and bring signs if you want and we can discuss with Helen.
CARPOOLING: I can take 3 people in my car. I’ll leave Ithaca at 9:45, drive time approx 1 hr. Let me know if you need a ride or can give a ride.
TIME: Hearing begins at 11 a.m. Plan to spend a couple of hours—I’m not sure how long this will take.
DRESS CODE: It’s court; interpret as you will, but “spiffy” is probably not a bad idea.
BACKGROUND: Schlumberger has already built and begun operating phase 1 of a 4 phase hydraulic fracturing support facility in the town of Horseheads, without going through a full environmental review or receiving all of the proper permits. The site lies above the primary aquifer for the City of Elmira and across the street from the Ridge Road Elementary School. On the site are paper bags full of toxic chemicals to be used in the hydraulic fracturing process, along with explosives and other materials. People for a Healthy Environment, a group formed by Horseheads citizens outraged by the Village Board of Trustees’ “capricious and arbitrary” approval of the site plan, are asking for the temporary shutdown of the facility, pending a 12- to 18-month environmental review.
More background:? http://www.stargazette.com/article/20091115/news01/911150385/Lawsuit-seeks-complete-reassessment-of-Schlumberger-project-in-Horseheads
By arimoore, on January 13th, 2010% 
Join Sustainable Tompkins for an evening to learn from local energy experts how you can reduce your energy footprint through conservation, efficiency measures, and investments in renewable energy. Then, learn about and take the Marcellus Challenge.
March 3, 2010 from 6pm to 8pm
Women’s Community Building, Seneca St., Ithaca, NY
By arimoore, on January 12th, 2010% Ithaca Area Poets writes,
I noticed a theme is on many hearts and minds right now – concerns about hydrofracking in Marcellus shale.
SO, next month (February 12th, 7pm) bring your poem or poems about Fracking (and Marcellus region and clean water)! I am going to try to organize prizes for participants, and possibly we’ll videotape the readings to help with the movement for clean water. If you’re too shy to read them on camera or you can’t come, send them to me ahead of time and someone else will read them for you (please tell me if you want us to say your name or you want to be anonymous)! Also, if you’re willing to bring print copies for me, that would be super. Thanks!
Click here for more info.
By arimoore, on January 11th, 2010% UPDATE below…
Come to the state-wide rally and lobbying day in Albany on Monday, January 25! Let the Governor and other policy makers in Albany know of your concerns about hydrofracking.
We have one Swarthout touring bus reserved for 47 people and can get more if we need them. Here’s the scoop:
Cost: $30 per person, checks payable to “SHALESHOCK” in advance. If this is more than you can afford, pay what you can. If you can afford to pay more than $30, please do so. Sorry, no options for credit card payment.
Reservations due: Tuesday, January 19. Send check to reserve your place to Sara Hess, 124 Westfield Drive, Ithaca, NY. There may be last-minute seats available, but don’t count on that. We have to commit to the size and number of buses on the 20th.
Leaving and Returning time: The bus will leave at 6:00 am from behind the Ramada Inn (in front of Pyramid Mall on Triphammer Road.) There is a dirt parking lot behind the Ramada Inn where you can leave your car. We will arrive in Albany around 11 am, and depart at 4:30 pm. Arrival back in Ithaca estimated between 8:30pm.
Bus comforts: The buses are comfortably equipped with bathrooms, recliner seats, DVD players. You may bring food but NO GLASS.
Contact me with questions at sarahess63@yahoo.com.
Continue reading Lobby Day: Reserve your seat on the bus to Albany **UPDATED**
By arimoore, on January 5th, 2010% Hope the new year finds you well. 2009 was an exciting year for activists working to protect their communities from exploitative drilling in the Marcellus Shale. Still, one thing that has come up time and again in our work is: “How can we do community organizing in rural areas?”
Continue reading Jan. 10 – Rural Organizing: Listening Project Training January Series
By arimoore, on January 5th, 2010% Hope the new year finds you well. 2009 was an exciting year for activists working to protect their communities from exploitative drilling in the Marcellus Shale. Still, one thing that has come up time and again in our work is: “How can we do community organizing in rural areas?”
Continue reading Jan. 17 – Rural Organizing: Listening Project Training January Series
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