You're Needed in a Direct Action!
THIS WEDNESDAY, the 26th, SocialCoast is helping to organize a Red
Carpet extravaganza with Big Oil. There are 4 big events happening in
the next 6 days! Please, please, help us SHARE this news around.
Join us tonight to help organize this week's events, and / or make it out for the Roll Out the Red Carpet with Big Oil on Wednesday. And then, this Thursday, join us for the Kinder Surprise event!
Also, don't forget about this Sunday's event! It's the Bus Painting Party / Chef Survival Challenge.
New to SocialCoast? Let this be the first event of your long career as
an activist! Please, contact us if you have any free time in the next 48
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Roll Out the Red Carpet with Big Oil
Glamour and glitz galore! Let's roll out the Red Carpet for our most easily influenced elected officials!
The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (representing Encana,
BP, ExxonMobil, Syncrude, Shell, and more) is showing its generous side
at this year's gala event.
CAPP will be wining and dining 1000 city councilors and delegates from
all around BC at this year's UBCM convention. On Wednesday evening from
6-8pm, let's show them a warm welcome on the way up the Red Carpet!
If you would like to help organize, please contact us or join the Facebook Event.
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Disruption planned for “Big Oil” reception at UBCM
VICTORIA, BC – Critics of BC's pipeline expansion projects will be
disrupting a reception at the Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM)
convention on Wednesday at 6pm at the Royal BC Museum. The action, put
together by Victoria community organizations SocialCoast, Victoria
Voice, and UVic's Black Chalk Project, will take place at a reception
hosted by the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP), an
industry lobby group.
The organizers will roll out a red carpet and satirically welcome
delegates to the CAPP reception. Outside of the CAPP event, there will
be a space for delegates to interact with the public and discuss issues
around future pipeline projects in BC. Live music, face painting, and a
community photo booth will be arranged as a community-focused
alternative to the reception that will be happening inside.
“We want to invite UBCM delegates to join the public at our alternative
reception. This will be an opportunity for delegates to share ideas on
protecting the coast, rather than wining and dining with Big Oil
executives who threaten our communities,” says Eric Nordal, spokesperson
for SocialCoast. “This action is part of a larger movement in British
Columbia that is fighting to protect coastlines and interior waterways
from the expansion of pipelines and tanker traffic.”
There is a growing opposition to pipeline expansion projects happening
in British Columbia. "We expect a number of the UBCM delegates to join
our event rather than the Big Oil sponsored reception inside," says
Julie Anne, organizer of the Black Chalk Project at UVic.
“We encourage the community and environmentally responsible elected
officials to say no to pipeline expansions and its destructive agenda
for BC,” says Nordal. “Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend.”
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For further information, contact:
Eric Nordal, SocialCoast, 250-858-6014 | |
