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1Sky Rally on Federal Plaza Chicago for Energy Bill, 5 Million Green Jobs
Aug 26, 2009
Focus: Environment
Action Request: Volunteer
Location: Illinois, United States

1Sky Chicago Rally on Federal energy bill, Climate control and 5 Million Green Jobs on Federal Plaza Mon. Aug. 31 noon-1:30 p.m. Everyone invited, all ages. Nonpartisan Event.

Get on Board! Help us send our Senators on a train back to DC to pass strong climate legislation. Distribute widely.

Speakers confirmed: Alderman Joe Moore, 49th Ward Green Corps; William "Dock" Walls III, gubernatorial candidate, CEO, Committee For A Better Chicago; Howard Learner, CEO, Environmental Law and Policy Center; Veronica Kyle, Faith In Place,Illinois Interfaith Power and Light; Jim Slama, Family Farmed, former publisher of Conscious Choice Magazine; Dr. George Nassos, I.I.T. Stuart School of Business Center for Sustainable Enterprises, president Footprint Zero LLC; James Thindwa, Sustainable Chicago 2016

Performers: Confirmed: Recording artist Cornelius Clark, pastor Streator Community Church; Invited: Nora Dunn, Spheres of Influence, former Saturday Night Live performer.

Sponsors,Supporters: Environment Illinois, Streator Community Church; WOL Brink Architects; Sierra Club, SDS Inc Copying and Imaging, Footprint Zero LLC, Illinois PIRG, 49th Ward Green Corps, Stay Environmentally Focusd, Union of Concerned Scientists, Spheres of Influence Salon on Climate Change, Walls for Gov, Digital Developmnet Corp & Oversight Committee, Inc., Congressman Danny Davis "Green Jobs" Training Program, Green Think Tank for the Disability Community, BNICEH "be nicer" (Black Network In Children's Emotional Health), Natural Resources Defense Council, Chicago Jobs Council, Heritage House LLC/Community Male Empowerment Project (green builder)

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