They will be in Western Pennsylvania soon ...
Great March is Coming
TO CHANGE EVERYTHING IT TAKES EVERYONE!


PITTSBURGH EVENTS:
JOIN US SOMEWHERE OR EVERYWHERE!

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2014

FROM NORTH TO CITY/COUNTY BUILDING.

We will meet MARCHERS between 11:00 and 12:00 am

at the Allegheny Commons West Park, across from the Allegheny Unitarian Church,416 W North Avenue, 

and walk together to the City/County Building on Grant Avenue, for

a welcoming press conference as we encourage the City of Pittsburgh to Divest from Fossil Fuel. 

( see STATEMENT)

We will then accompany marchers and local activists to the County Courthouse to "Defend our Public Spaces" Rally where we will serenade our County Executive. 


 

TUESDAY EVENING, (Oct 14) JOIN SOME OF THE MARCHERS FOR 

"GREEN DRINKS" AT THE PORCH, 221 Schenley Dr, OAKLAND 


 

TUESDAY EVENING, (Oct 14) 

Building a More Resilient Pittsburgh: A Community Forum on Climate Challenges

and Opportunities


Rangos 2&3, Cohon University Center, Carnegie Mellon Campus

Resilient Flyer can be found HERE
 

Climate change poses serious challenges to achieving a resilient Pittsburgh. In 

response, we must seize opportunities to minimize future climate change by reducin 

greenhouse gas emissions.


 

You will engage with your neighbors in small-group discussions and 

a panel of climate and energy experts will respond to your questions. Your input

at the forum will provide guidance to public officials, policymakers, and your 

fellow residents as, together, we work to make our region more resilient through 

the actions we take to address the challenges and opportunities presented by climate change.


 

You can pre-register for the event via  

or register at the door on the day of the event.  

If you have questions or would like more information about the 

Forum please contact Erika Ninos,  

elninos@cmu.edu.


 

DOWNLOAD RESILIENT FLYER
for more information.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15 - 6 PM

At 6 pm we will host a Community Welcoming Potluck at 1st Unitarian Church, 605 Morewood Avenue, Oakland.  

 

 *RSVP HERE to attend spaghetti dinner.  Dinner will be within walking distance of Diamond Square and follow immediately after the rally.  Please put "Spaghetti dinner" in the Subject line and indicate how many will attend and whether you want meat balls or meatless spaghetti.
hosting
HELP NEEDED!!

 

  • We are looking for afternoon/dinner hosts for 3 or 4 marchers on Tuesday, October 14.
  • We are also looking for a few overnight hosts for both the night of October 14 and15 and are willing to take their guests to the Church of the Redeemer, Squirrel Hill, in the morning to join with the rest of the group..

Please contact Wanda Guthrie at environment@thomasmertoncenter.org or 412-661-1529.  

 

potluck

WE ARE THE HOSTS ... The whole climate justice community! Both Ann Feeney and Tom Hoffman will be our troubadours for the evening. We will hear from the marchers, listen to some great music,and promote determined solidarity

with those in our community who are doing a variety of things to address the human

causes of climate change and the social injustice caused world wide.

 

Schedule: WESTERN PA SCHEDULED EVENTS

 

The march will enter Pennsylvania on October 10,  with stops in Bessemer on where they will visit Maggie Henry's farm,
Beaver Falls Oct 11 [with an excursion that day for marchers to Butler, PA for a Global Frackdown Rally],

Beaver/Aliquippa (Oct 12) 

Ben Avon/Neville Island (Oct 13)
PITTSBURGH (Oct 14-15)

Monroeville (Oct 16)

South Greensburg (Oct 17)

Ligonier (Oct 18) and five other stops in PA before exiting to Maryland on October 25th.

 

What is it we can do to support the Great March and its mission?

If you are interested in helping this march amplify its impact as it comes through Pennsylvania then email Stephen Cleghorn, Paradise Gardens and Farm jstephencleghorn@yahoo.com or 814-932-6761, coordinator for the Western, PA events. He will try to connect you with events along the Pennsylvania route.


sponsors
Allegheny Group of the Sierra Club, Marcellus Outreach Butler (MOB), Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP),  Clean Water Action, Protect Our Parks, Marcellus Protest, Mothers Against Fracking, Pennsylvanians Against Fracking.

 


RSVP for Potluck 
When
Tuesday evening, October 15, 6pm  1st Unitarian Church, Morewood and Ellsworth Avenues, Pittsburgh
(See more below) 
Where
1st Unitarian Universalist Church, 605 Morewood Avenue, Oakland, 15213
What
Many awesome events that you won't want to miss out on!  
Important Links

ABOUT THE MARCH AND THE MARCHERS 


scheduleHosting 

Beginning October 10 Western PA SCHEDULE


Thomas Merton Center Statement 



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