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POWERVEG

September 21st, 2007

The West Virginia Energy Gathering will be held on September 28th, 29th and 30th at Glenville State College. Come for a weekend of sharing, learning, and strategizing around energy issues with other students and youth from across the state! Build solidarity among youth and community groups working to make energy in West Virginia both sustainable and just! PoWer-VEG can become the foundation for a youth environmental justice coalition in West Virginia!

A POWER VEG Organizer being escorted from the Governor's office protesting the situation at MFE. (Don't worry, no one will be going to jail at POWERVEG)

It is time to rethink every aspect of energy, from our own personal use of electricity, to coal power plants, global warming, and mountaintop removal. Coal companies are sacrificing West Virginia in the name of cheap and dirty energy for the rest of the country. Mountaintop removal coal mining is blasting away the southern part of the state. Cancer causing coal slurry is being injected ungrounded and coming out of people's faucets. The children at Marsh fork Elementary breathe coal dust while going to school. The coal mined from these mountains is fueling our pending climate chaos.

West Virginia needs a just transition to a clean and renewable energy future. We can halt injustices in the mountains and build a sustainable economy based on clean and safe jobs. Youth can come together and support this region wide struggle. PoWer-VEG is a point of convergence where young people can come be a part of this movement. This is a chance for students from across the state to find out what other schools are doing to address these problems and share their ideas. They will collaborate with some of the most active and creative youth working locally to begin making energy in West Virginia both sustainable and just! Will you join us?

MTR at Kayford Mountain.

This is not intended to be a summit of workshop after lecture after workshop. Instead it will be first and foremost a strategy session, a space for us to hash out just how we intend to make change on our campuses, in our communities, in our state, and in our world. Come share your vision and create a better future!

What To Bring:

Bring any information, videos, or pictures from your local campaigns to share!
Please bring a $10-20 registration fee if you can afford it. If you're broke please come anyway!
Bring your friends and family, just be sure to register them so we can cook for everyone.
Bring a cup, bowl, sleeping pad, blanket, pillow, and anything else you may need for the weekend.
If you play an instrument bring it along!

Ideas for Grassroots Funding:

make shirts, bags, pins, or stickers to sell
hold a benefit concert or open mike
host a donation dinner or cook out
show films and pass a hat

Directions to Glenville:

From Interstate 79 (there will be signs)

Take I-79 to the Burnsville Exit (Exit 79) off ramp. (exit 79 on I-79 is easy to remember!)
If you are coming from the north, turn right at the end of the ramp and you will be going toward Glenville on Route 5. If you are coming from the south, turn left at the end of the ramp and you will be going toward Glenville on Route 5.
After 15 miles on Route 5 you will pass a McDonalds and a Rite Aid on your right and you will come to a "T" intersection.
Turn Left onto Highway 33/119 towards Glenville State College.
Go up the hill past the North Entrance and continue down the hill to the (only) stoplight.
Turn Left at the stoplight onto East Main Street and go about a block.
Take the First Left onto Court Street and continue up a very steep hill.
At the top of the hill you will see Pickens Hall dorms to your right and the Wesley Foundation to your left, the Wesley Foundation is where you need to be.
You can park in the lot to your right just past the Pickens Hall dorms. Almost anywhere you park should be fine because the reserved parking spaces only ticket during the week. A detailed map and ariel photo is available on Mapquest if you want to check it out, but Glenville is just too small to get lost in. Look for the signs!

See you there!

Contacts:

Sarah (304)462-5066 saogsc@yahoo.com

Ivan (609)221-7768 enthusedbylife@hotmail.com

Please visit the PoWer-VEG website to register: www.poWerVEG.wvussc.org

Spread the word on Facebook, the event is called POWER West Virginia Energy Gathering

Posted by: Matt Noerpel

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