April 14th Step it Up
We are organizing a global warming protest rally on April 14th here in Boulder. Our April 14th rally will be just one of hundreds of actions (642 total so far and counting) that will happen that day nationwide. The larger organizing effort is being spearheaded by Bill McKibben, writer and environmentalist, (see www.stepitup2007.org) with the express purpose of drawing attention to the global warming issue and to demand that carbon emissions are reduced by 80% from 1990 levels by 2050.
Walk for a Change
Stop Global Warming
April 14, 2007
Boulder, CO
Organizers: Scott Reuman and Bay Roberts with the sponsorship of the Rocky
Mountain Peace and Justice Center and the Natural Resource Defense Council.
Both Scott and Bay are citizens who deeply care about our planet.
RMPJC and NRDC have both offered kindly to support our effort on April 14, 2007.
Participants: We are going to send out notifications of this rally to the
following groups: Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center, BCNA, Sierra
Club, Audubon Society, Boulder Bird Club, Colorado Environment Group, PUMA,
targeted schools, CU Environmental Center, Clean Energy Action, BREEE, Wild Bird
Center, Mothers Acting Up, Boulder Valley Relocalization Group, Boulder Green Building Guild
and Cloud Ridge Naturalists. We will also try to obtain coverage in local newspapers with details of the event.
We hope to have a minimum of 250 walkers and possibly more.
Date: April 14, 2007 (11 am to 2 pm).
Rally Walking Route: People will gather initially at Scott Carpenter Park at
11 AM. We encourage everyone to arrive there by bus, foot or bicycle. We will walk in a
large group with banners and costumes down Boulder Creek Bike Path.
We will turn off the bike path and head west on the Pearl Street Mall on 13th street.
From the west end of the Pearl Street Mall, we will head south to the Boulder Public Library.
We will walk on the bike path to the Bandshell, where we will listen to a few statements and
speeches from designated scientists and politicians.
