Fw: Earth Day Planning Meeting Tuesday Night

[Guest guest]

Greetings SVS members and friends,

It's that time again! Time to begin planning Earth Day 2003. As in years

past, the SVS will coordinate the food vendors, (vegetarian, naturally).

There are many other opportunities to get involved with Earth Day planning.

Earth Day 2003 is linking up with the Sierra Club and tonight is the first

meeting (see agenda item 2 below). I encourage all who are interested in

creating another fabulous Sacramento Earth Day to attend tonight's meeting,

at least the " Earth Day " part if not for the whole meeting.

Juana Rogers

Sacramento Vegetarian Society

P O Box 163583

Sacramento CA 95816-9583

916-554-7090

info

www.sacvegsociety.org

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Monday, October 21, 2002 9:49 PM

Earth Day Planning Meeting Tuesday Night

 

 

>

> Sacramento Group--Sierra Club Meeting

> Tuesday, October 22, 7 -- 9 pm

> McKinley Park-Garden and Arts Center

> 3333 McKinley Blvd.

>

> Please plan to join us, if possible, and distribute this message to your

> friends that are interested in protecting the planet (especially near

> Sacramento).

>

> 1. Run-down on Sierra Club activities in Sacramento County - All

>

> 2. Earth Day 2003 Planning (volunteers welcome) - Kathy Reis

>

> 3. Sierra Club's campaign to promote Youth in Wilderness - Martin

> LeBlanc Martin LeBlanc, Sierra Club California Youth in Wilderness

> Representative, will describe the Club's advocacy campaign to create a

> public funding mechanism to give opportunities for at-risk

> youth to experience the outdoors. At-risk youth are defined as

> minorities, economically disadvantaged students and females. These

> groups have traditionally not had an opportunity to experience nature.

> Current statistics show only 4% of California school children have an

> opportunity to experience the outdoors through in place educational

> programs. The Sierra Club hopes to change this by creating a broad and

> diverse bi-partisan coalition including justice, religious groups,

> educational organizations and environmental and social justice groups to

> put together legislation aimed at creating a state funding mechanism for

> non-profits groups and public and

> private schools to receive state funds towards enhancing outdoor

> programs for at-risk youth. This campaign is targeted for two years and

> hopes to take in viewpoints from local Sierra Club chapters and other

> diverse voices from around the state before introducing the legislation

> in January 2004.

> Martin LeBlanc, the new California Youth and Wilderness Representative

> based here in Sacramento and Chris Taylor the new Youth Services

> Director in San Francisco will be responsible for implementing this

> campaign.

>

> 4. Ideas and announcements from those present. We need you to get

> involved to help plan the future agenda of the Sacramento Group

>