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May 3, 2014, 5:25:11 PM5/3/14
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Just thought I’d forward this along in case anyone is interested in contacting Marla

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From: Marla Marcum <marla....@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [350ma-announce] We just met with Governor Patrick!
Date: May 2, 2014 at 4:27:24 PM EDT
To: Emily Kirkland <emilyrk...@gmail.com>

Hi, friends!

In addition to the individual Climate Legacy Campaign sign-on letter linked above, there is a sign-on letter for individual leaders within communities of faith (clergy and lay people) to register their support for the Climate Legacy Campaign from the perspective of their roles as faith leaders. If you occupy a leadership role within a faith community (not just a paid one), we encourage you to sign on to that letter and to share it broadly. You can read and sign the letter here (NOTE: the text of the letter is below the form on the linked page. Or you can read it and view the current list of signers here... to follow through and sign it, you'll have to use the link above.)

Finally, we have begun the work of developing an interfaith climate initiative. We are working with other faith-based climate groups, and we won't be in competition. By bringing our movement-building focus to climate justice work with people of faith, we hope to support the growth of a movement that is already afoot. Please be in touch with me if you would like to get involved with our emerging (still unnamed!) faith initiative, and feel free to share the news with others.

Many thanks for the work you are already doing!
-Marla

Marla Marcum, M.T.S.



On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 1:10 PM, Emily Kirkland <emilyrk...@gmail.com> wrote:
Craig Altemose, Carolyn Barthel and Christian Roselund from 350MA / Better Future Project and Alli Welton and Ben Thompson from Students for a Just and Stable Future just met with Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick to discuss the Climate Legacy campaign platform. 

Here's a message from Craig about the meeting:

"This meeting was only possible because of the relentless engagement of volunteer leaders who protested coal at Shut Down Brayton Point and championed wind at the Energy Exodus, who built up strong nodes across the state, who made countless phone calls and wrote countless e-mails to the Governor’s office, and who helped us show 400 beautiful faces in opposition to the proposed Salem Gas Plant.

Governor Patrick was receptive to some of our ideas and skeptical of others. But he clearly recognized the power of our grassroots movement, and there seemed to be a shared commitment from both sides to move forward on areas of agreement and make the best of the Governor’s remaining time in office. 

There will be much to be excited about; at the same time, we should expect that we will not achieve everything we set out to achieve in the campaign through this meeting. But that does not mean we will be giving up on anything, either.

We have been told to expect another meeting with the Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs within the next week and are going to begin moving forward on areas of agreement on the inside as we continue to build public support for our work on the outside. 

Among other things, we’ll need to keep a close eye - and a willingness to act - on Salem, where construction is expect to start soon on the proposed gas plant.

We could not have made it this far - and we will make it no farther – without you. Over 50 organizations have signed on to our letter to endorse the Climate Legacy Campaign. 

We’re hoping to have that number increase to 100 by the time we meet next with the Governor. Please sign on organizations or have them sign up through this form. (If you’d like to endorse the campaign as an individual, sign here.)

And thanks, everyone -- we’re making history!

Craig"

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