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SALT LAKE CITY, UT (KRCL) - What will it take to create genuine change in the world? Patrick Reinsborough, the co-founder of SmartMeme, believes that creating stories with meaning is the key for activists to make progress on major issues threatening our planet. Reinsborugh has been involved in campaigns for peace, the environment, and social justice for nearly twenty years. www.smartmeme.org. © Copyright 2010, krcl

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SALT LAKE CITY, UT (krcl) – As the BP oil spill inches closer to shore, activists are preparing for the worst. In the first half of the show, Ashley talks with marine biologist Rikki Ott, who worked to protect her fellow Alaskans from the political manuerving of Exxon after thier spill. She hopes what was learned from the Valdeez disaster will help residents of the Gulf Coast prepare to deal with BP. In the second half, Brinkley Hutchins, a Alabama native and Greenpeace Student Network Leader describes her flights over the spill and the organized efforts of local residents.

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Peaceful uprising is proud to welcome some of the nation’s very best trainers to Salt Lake City, Utah.

Direct Action Training and Workshop
with Scott Parkin and Joshua Kahn Russel
from the Rainforest Action Network

University of Utah Student Union Building [Map]

Friday, May 14 6:00 – 9:00 pm
Free Pizza and drinks!

“Direct action” is a loaded term. What does it mean, how is it used in the real world, and why is it necessary? We will be answering those questions Friday evening:

Joshua Kahn Russell is the Grassroots Actions Manager for energy and climate at Rainforest Action Network. He is also an action strategy trainer with the Ruckus Society.

Scott Parkin is a peace, environmental and global justice organizer and community college history instructor. Since 2006, he has worked as an organizer for the Rainforest Action Network – organizing campaigns against Bank of America, Citibank, TXU and Wells Fargo Bank.

By signing up with Peaceful Uprising’s Action Team, you join a group of individuals that want to use your time and skills to avert climate catastrophe in the most effective way possible. Direct Action is a time-honored skill and a proven method for expediting change. Please join us for a free, fun, and professional workshop dedicated to making you a direct-action machine.