Peaceful Uprising would like to offer our unwavering support and solidarity to the courageous citizens currently occupying the Governors’ office. You all rock.
kentuckyuprising.blogspot.com:
FRANKFORT – Fourteen protesters remain in the Governor’s Office of the Kentucky State Capitol on the third night of a sit-in that began Friday morning.
The group, known as Kentucky Rising, is there to demand that Gov. Steve Beshear (D) end his support of mountaintop removal, a destructive form of surface mining that has buried over 2,000 miles of Appalachian streams. They also insist that he withdraw from a lawsuit he filed against the Environmental Protection Agency in an alliance with the Kentucky Coal Association.
Read more, and follow live updates at kentuckyuprising.blogspot.com
HOW TO HELP (as described by the activists)
1. Come to I Love Mountains Day on Monday, February 14th!
The 14 biggest reasons every person in Kentucky (and the surrounding states) should come to I Love Mountains Day are spending the weekend in the Governor’s office. Their names are: Wendell, Bev, Teri, Rick, Stanley, Mickey, Chad, John, Herb, Doug, Lisa, Martin, Kevin and Tanya. Governor Beshear would not listen to their requests so we need your help during this critical time to show support for the Kentucky Rising group and for the mountains and people of Kentucky. Join us by bringing a friend and showing your love for clean water, healthy communities, safe jobs and sustainable economic development at the I Love Mountains Day rally. READ UPDATE FROM SILAS HOUSE BELOW.
2. Send a message to Governor Beshear.
We’ve heard his voicemail is full, so send the Governor an email letting him know your support is with the Kentuckians spending the weekend in his office.
Who are they?
Those remaining in the governor’s office include Wendell Berry, 76, the acclaimed writer who has been a leader in environmental issues for the past fifty years; Beverly May, 52, a nurse practitioner who was the subject of Deep Down, a documentary about MTR that was shown on PBS; Mickey McCoy, 55, former educator and mayor from Martin County, where more than 300 million gallons of toxic sludge were released into the water supply in 2000; and Stanley Sturgill, 65, a retired underground coal miner and former MSHA inspector.
Also in the office are Lisa Abbott, 40, a community organizer and mother of two; Chad Berry, 47, a writer and historian; Teri Blanton, 54, a grandmother of three and one of the most outspoken opponents of MTR; Doug Doerrfeld, 60, a concerned citizen; Kevin Pentz, 38, a community organizer; Herb E. Smith, 58, a documentary filmmaker; Rick Handshoe, 50, a retired Kentucky State Police employee; John Hennen, 59, a history professor at Morehead State University; Martin Mudd, 28, a grad student at the University of Kentucky, and Tanya Turner, 24, a community organizer.
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