[*BCM*] This Sat. 9/24: Moving Planet event in Boston

[Vanessa Rule]

*Hello Boston Critical Mass,*


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This Saturday, September 24th, hundreds of thousands across the globe will
come together to move beyond fossil fuels and create a watershed moment in
planetary history.  We hope you will join the Boston event!  Bike valet
parking by MassBike <http://www.massbike.org/>.


*In Boston: Rally @ 3:50pm, Christopher Columbus Park (Aquarium T)!*


Join the movement with Sustainable Hip Hop artist Tem
Blessed<http://www.temblessed.com/>,
Pedal-Powered Soul and Roll band Melodeego <http://melodeego.com/>, Living
on Earth's <http://loe.org/> Steve Curwood<http://www.loe.org/about/cast.html>,
inspiring students from Boston Latin School's Youth Climate Action
Network<http://www.blsyouthcan.org/BLS_Youth_C.A.N./Welcome.html>,
updates on national and local Tar Sands
Actions<http://www.tarsandsaction.org/>,
and opportunities to connect with others!


*1. You have the power to make Boston's event one of the biggest in the
U.S.!*

Together, we will send a loud, clear and inspiring message: we are creating
a healthy, just, and sustainable world for all, and expect our elected
officials and corporate executives to do the same.  Let's keep them
accountable for moving us beyond fossil fuels!

*2. Get Moving!*

Planet Movers will fill roads, trains, and waterways by bike, foot, canoe,
kayak, and ferry, T and commuter rail on their way to the Moving Planet: New
England Rally.  To join a group near you to travel together to the rally go
to http://moving-newengland.org/getting-there/*.
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*3. Spread the word! *


List your "move" on the International Moving
Planet<http://www.moving-planet.org/>site so people in your community
can easily find you<http://www.moving-planet.org/>.
Include a link to Moving-New England <http://moving-newengland.org/>
<http://moving-newengland.org/>and a description of how you'll get to
Boston, where to meet, and at what time.   Spread the word on Twitter
(@movingne) and
Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=177686722287305#%21/MovingPlanetNewEngland>through
your
status updates, and your profile picture to the Moving Planet
logo<http://moving-newengland.org/resources/>for the rest of the week.
 <http://moving-newengland.org/resources/>

<http://moving-newengland.org/resources/>
*4. Volunteer at the Event!*

Volunteer to orient and sign people in at the event -- please email Marla
Marcum at mmarcum at betterfutureproject.org or Sam Novey at snovey at gmail.com.



*Let's MOVE!*


Vanessa, Ben, Courtney, Craig, Elyssa, ET, Kate, Marla, Ninya, Wen


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*PARTICIPATING GROUPS (It's not too late to sign up!  Go to
http://moving-newengland.org/join/)*

350.org
Alaska Wilderness League
Architecture for Humanity Boston
Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream
Better Future Project
Bikes Not Bombs
Boston Climate Action Network (BostonCAN)
Boston Latin School YouthCAN
Cambridge Climate Emergency Action Group
Cambridge Green
Cambridge Quaker Earthcare Witness
Central Massachusetts is Moving
Clean Water Action
Climate Change Action Brookline
Commission for Mission and Justice, Massachusetts Conference, United Church
of Christ
Concord Climate Action Network
Democratic Socialists of America
Dorchester Environmental Health Coalition
Earth Emerson
East Coast Greenway Alliance
Emerald Necklace Conservancy
Endicott College Environmental Society
Harvard Environmental Action Committee
Environmental Justice Task Force of First Parish Cambridge Unitarian
Universalist
Environmental Ministries, Massachusetts Conference, United Church of Christ
Episcopalians Caring for Creation
First Church Cambridge UCC
First Church in Somerville, UCC
First Parish in Brookline - Social Action Committee
Framingham Sierra Club and Earthcare Framingham
Friends Meeting Cambridge (Quaker)
Friends of Alewife Reservation
Global Warming Education Network
Green Acton
Green Concord, New Hampshire
Green Medford
Green Needham
Green Streets Initiative
Green Trade Association
Green-Rainbow Party of Massachusetts
Greenpeace New England
Harvard Environmental Action Committee
HEET (Home Energy Efficiency Team)
JP Bikes
JP Greenhouse
Lexington Global Warming Action Coalition
Mass Energy
Massachusetts Climate Action Network (MCAN)
Massachusetts Council of Churches
Massachusetts Green Jobs Coalition (MAGJC)
Massachusetts Interfaith Power & Light
MassBike
MetroPedal Power
Mystic River Watershed Association
Ocean River Institute
Needham Bikes
Needham Community Farm
Newton Green Decade Coalition
New Hampshire Green Coalition
Oceana Massachusetts
Old Cambridge Baptist Church
Red Sun Press
Religious Witness for the Earth
Rhode Island Student Climate Coalition
Root Capital
Rozzie Bikes
Salem Alliance For the Environment (SAFE)
Save that Stuff
Sierra Club Worcester
Somerville Climate Action
Somerville Local First

South Church Andover

South Shore Mobility Inc.
Spiritual Restoration Center
Stop the Power
Students for a Just and Stable Future
Sustainable Arlington
Sustainable Braintree
Sustainable Business Network of Greater Boston
The First Baptist Church in Jamaica Plain
Thecology at the BU School of Theology

theMOVE
Town of Dedham
Transition Arlington
Transition Newburyport
Transition Wayland
Unitarian Universalist MA Action Network
Waltham move to Boston
Wellesley and Neighbors
West Roxbury Saves Energy
Worcester Barnraisers
Worcester County Sierra Club
Worcester Energy Barnraisers
Worcester Green Jobs Coalition
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Students for a Just and Stable Future
Worcester Transition


-- 
Coordinator, Moving Planet: New England <http://moving-newengland.org/>
http://youtu.be/VZaVY5SsZDo

Director of Community Outreach
Better Future Project
http://www.newenglandclimatesummer.org/
http://www.betterfutureproject.org/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZaVY5SsZDo&feature=player_embedded
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