DEFEND OUR WATER and STOP THE EAGLE MINE: Save the Wild UP/WAVE Campaign Kickoff this Saturday, July 9, at 1:00 PM. Speakers, activities, and informational table will be at Marquette County Court House. The day will continue with a RALLY at the Mine Site Gate at 4:30 pm and Food and Social in Big Bay. Fireworks will be at 10:30 pm on Squaw Beach.

Ceremoninal Long Walk on the Yellow Dog Plains: On Sunday, July 17 at noon, there will be a commemoration of Eagle Rock as a sacred site – both to Tribal Nations and to the people who have long held Eagle Rock as a symbol of this effort to stop this mine on public lands.  We need people to gather and give one step, one half mile, two miles, four miles, or whatever they are able, to the effort to walk around this site three times. More details can be found by clicking on the document below.

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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