FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 6, 2015
Contact: LuAnne Kozma, Committee to Ban Fracking in Michigan
(231) 944-8750 luanne@letsbanfracking.org
Winona LaDuke and Shane Davis to speak on fracking and pipelines at “Honor the Earth” events in Detroit and Bloomfield Hills
Charlevoix, Michigan – Internationally known activists and
environmentalists Winona LaDuke, of Honor the Earth and Shane Davis, who
founded the blog www.fractivist.org, will speak about fracking and pipelines at
two events in Bloomfield Hills and Detroit. On April 13 at Birmingham Unitarian
Church and on April 14 at Marygrove College, the Committee to Ban Fracking in
Michigan and seven other sponsors are hosting “Honor the Earth.”
Winona LaDuke-- Native American activist, environmentalist, economist, candidate
and writer, known for her work on tribal land claims and preservation, and
sustainable development with the non profit organization Honor the Earth
(honorearth.org), —and Shane Davis—biologist, data-miner, activist,
researcher, and founder of Fractivist.org, an investigative blog that
exposes the harm to the environment by government and the oil and gas industry,
empowering the nationwide anti-fracking movement—are also part of the Tar Sands
Resistance Tour sponsored by 350.org and Honor the Earth, with events here and
in other Midwest states. While in Michigan, Shane and Winona are presenting on
these two special nights in support of the Committee to Ban Fracking in
Michigan’s efforts to protect the Earth and ban fracking and frack wastes in
Michigan.
Event details
April 13, 7-9:30 PM
Birmingham Unitarian Church,
38651 Woodward, Bloomfield Hills 48304
Info: 248-390-3198
April 14, 3 to 5 PM
Marygrove College, Liberal Arts
Theatre
8425 McNichols, Detroit 48221
Info: (313) 717-6151
The complete list of sponsors:
American Indian Health and Family Services
Birmingham Unitarian Church
Committee to Ban Fracking in Michigan
Great Lakes Bioneers Detroit
IHM Justice, Peace and Sustainability Office
Marygrove College
Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation
Zero Waste Detroit
The Committee to Ban Fracking in Michigan is a ballot question
committee conducting a ballot initiative that collected over 70,000 signatures
in 2013 for a statewide ban on fracking and frack wastes. The group is working
on placing a ballot proposal on the next statewide ballot in 2016. The Committee’s
website is: www.letsbanfracking.org
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