<html><div>FYI...<br><br>Please note: forwarded message attached<br><br>From: Terry Wiggins <terry.wiggins50@gmail.com><br>To: Terry Wiggins <terry.wiggins50@gmail.com><br>Subject: LEAVE IT IN THE GROUND! -- Tell BLM, Mar. 17<br>Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2016 22:23:27 -0600<br><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><span><strong><em>PROTEST!</em></strong></span></span></div><div><strong style="font-size: 18px;"><span><span>Thur., March 17 10am</span></span></strong><strong> (St. Patrick's Day)</strong></div><div><strong> </strong></div><div><strong style="font-size: 18px;">Bureau of Land Management National Auction <br>of drilling and </strong><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>fracking rights </strong><strong>on Public Land.</strong></span></div><div><strong> </strong></div><div><strong style="font-size: 18px;">Milwaukee Federal Court House, 517 E. Wisconsin Ave.</strong></div><div><strong> </strong></div><div>The BLM is auctioning off parcels of public land located in Mississippi, Louisiana, Michigan, and Arkansas to fossil fuel companies on <span><span>March 17</span></span> in Milwaukee. These auctions are held in various sites around the country. National <a href="http://350.org/" target="_blank">350.org</a> has been helping organize local protests at these auctions. As a result, 7 of the past 10 auctions have been canceled or postponed and moved to different sites.</div><div><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>.  </strong></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>NOW IT IS OUR TURN to say LEAVE IT IN THE GROUND!</strong></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Please plan to be there on <span><span>March 17 at 10 am</span></span>.</strong></span></div></div></div></div></div>Here's a link to our Facebook event: <span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/696116803825008/?ref=3&ref_newsfeed_story_type=regular&feed_story_type=17&action_history=null" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/events/696116803825008/?ref=3&ref_newsfeed_story_type=regular&feed_story_type=17&action_history=null</a> </span></span></span><span style="background-color: #ffff00;">Please sign up and say you're going (not just "interested")</span>; the more attendance we expect, the more likely the BLM is to cancel the auction.<br><br><br>Dear friends:</div><div> </div><div>We have recently learned of a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) national auction for drilling and fracking rights on public land to take place in Milwaukee on <span><span><span><span>Thursday, March 17</span></span></span></span> at the Milwaukee Federal Court House, 517 E.Wisconsin Ave. The auction begins at <span><span><span><span>11am</span></span></span></span>, and the bidders arrive at <span><span><span><span>10am</span></span></span></span>. The land being auctioned is in Mississippi, Louisiana, Michigan, and Arkansas, and it appears it may be tribal land.</div><div><br>Protests at these BLM auctions to keep fossil fuels in the ground have been organized around the country by <a href="http://350.org" target="_blank">350.org</a> and 7 of the last 10 auctions have been canceled or postponed. The Milwaukee 350 chapter is organizing a big protest outside the Federal Courthouse on <span><span><span><span>March 17</span></span></span></span> along with Stevens Point Students 350,  350 Madison and national <a href="http://350.org" target="_blank">350.org</a>. WE NEED YOU TO JOIN US IN THIS PROTEST.</div><div> </div><div>If we can get lots of social media response on this in advance with people committed to attend the protest, the BLM may cancel the auction. If they continue the auction, we can try to get access to get inside as it is a public auction. Recently over 100 people got inside the auction in Utah and disrupted it with singing and chanting. If we cannot get inside we will protest outside and get media coverage. Plans are in process for some creative action.</div><div> </div><div>CAN WE COUNT ON YOUR ORGANIZATION TO  JOIN US? A weekday morning is not the best time for a lot of people to show up but if we all encourage people who are available to be there or to arrange to take off of work that morning we can get a good sized demonstration. We already have over sixty people committed to be there.</div><div> </div><div>THIS IS OUR CHANCE TO TELL THE BLM TO LEAVE THOSE FOSSIL FUELS IN THE GROUND, CURB GLOBAL WARMING, AND GIVE OUR CHILDREN A CHANCE FOR A LIVABLE PLANET.</div><div> </div><div>Please let me know if you will join us in this effort and get the word out to your constituents to make a piece of climate action history!</div><div> </div><div>With hope for our future,</div><div> </div><div>Terry Wiggins,  350 Milwaukee</div><div><br><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">Please forward this message to your friends and lists, post it on Facebook wherever you can, and post the attached flyer as you can.</span><br></strong></span></span></div></div><div><br><table style="border-top: 1px solid #aaabb6;"><tbody><tr><td style="width: 470px; padding-top: 20px; color: #41424e; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">This email has been sent from a virus-free computer protected by Avast. <br><a style="color: #4453ea;" href="https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail" target="_blank">www.avast.com</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></html>
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