Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Millions Against Monsanto-Take Action-Truth In Labelling


Millions Against Monsanto

From the Link:

While the national Millions Against Monsanto campaign staff gears up for our October 2011 day of action, pledging to make it the biggest nationwide day of action on genetic engineering in US history, local Millions Against Monsanto activists are staging a demonstration at the White House this month, March 26, 2011, and they're urging activists around the country to "Rally for the Right to Know" locally. For more information, click here to e-mail the organizers.

The idea has spread like wildfire. Here's a small sample of events being organized for Saturday, March 26, 2011. (For the latest news, go to Rally for the Right to Know.):

■Washington, DC - March 26, 11:00am - 3:00pm, The White House Sidewalk, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
■Colorado Springs, CO - March 26, 11:00am - 1:30pm, Acacia Park

■Los Angeles, CA - March 26, 11:00am - 2:00pm, Los Angeles (Westwood) Federal Building, 11000 Wilshire Blvd.
■Milwaukee, WI - March 26, 11:00am - 2:00pm, Water and Wisconsin
■Indianapolis, IN - March 26, 12:00pm - 3:00pm, 200 W. Washington Street #220
■Nashville, TN - March 26, 10:00am - 1:00pm, Nashville Farmers Market, 900 Rosa Parks Boulevard (8th Avenue North)
■Tampa Bay, FL - March 26, 11:00am - 3:00pm, Honda Grand Prix and area farmers market
■Hollywood Beach, FL - March 26, 11:00am - 2:00pm, Johnson Street Theatre, Johnson Street/N. Ocean Drive/A1A
■Salem, OR - March 26, 12:00pm - 3:00pm, 900 Court St. NE, Salem, Oregon 97301
■Atlanta, GA - March 26, 11:00am - 4:00pm, Around Centennial Olympic Park across from the CNN Bldg
■Kansas City, MO - March 26, 11:00am - 3:00pm, The Plaza
■Montpelier, VT - March 26, 11:00am - 3:00pm, Outside City Hall
■Albuquerque, NM - March 26, 12:00pm - 3:00pm, UNM

Millions Against Monsanto Action Summits at the 2011 Green Festivals

Join Organic Consumers Association's political director, Alexis Baden-Mayer, and your fellow Millions Against Monsanto activists for regional summits at the 2011 Green Festivals. Let's meet face-to-face to brainstorm and solidify ideas for the Truth-in-Labeling campaign. Then, let's take Millions Against Monsanto out of the Green Festivals and into the streets at actions targeting grocery stores that sell unlabeled genetically engineered foods. Gather your family and friends, hatch your most ingenious schemes, bring costumes, music, instruments, noise-makers, props, signs, banners, leaflets & cameras, come for a long weekend, and be prepared to take action!

San Francisco - April 9-10, 2011
■Green Festival - April 9-10, Saturday, 10am-7pm and Sunday 11am-6pm - Click here to volunteer to staff the booth.
■Millions Against Monsanto Action Summit - April 9th, 10:30am-11:15am, in the Sustainable Home & Garden Pavilion.
■March to action at grocery stores that sell unlabeled GMO foods. Leave from MAM booth: 7pm Sat, 6pm Sun.
Chicago - May 14-15, 2011
■Green Festival - May 14-15, Saturday, 10am-7pm and Sunday 11am-6pm - Click here to volunteer to staff the booth.
■Millions Against Monsanto Action Summit - TBA .
■March to action at grocery stores that sell unlabeled GMO foods. Leave from MAM booth: 7pm Sat, 6pm Sun.
Seattle - May 21-22, 2011
■Green Festival - May 21-22, Saturday, 10am-7pm and Sunday 11am-6pm - Click here to volunteer to staff the booth.
■Millions Against Monsanto Action Summit - TBA .
■March to action at grocery stores that sell unlabeled GMO foods. Leave from MAM booth: 7pm Sat, 6pm Sun.
New York - October 1-2, 2011
■Green Festival - October 1-2, Saturday, 10am-7pm and Sunday 11am-6pm - Click here to volunteer to staff the booth.
■Millions Against Monsanto Action Summit - TBA .
■March to action at grocery stores that sell unlabeled GMO foods. Leave from MAM booth: 7pm Sat, 6pm Sun.
_______________

Americans will be mobilizing across the country to say NO to unlabelled foods that contain GMOs. It is our right to know what we are eating and we are taking action. The time is now to take control of our food and that means taking it to the grocers in your neighborhood. Substantial equivalence can no longer be used as a reason to keep rightful disclosure from consumers.

Corporate loopholes designed to safeguard profits rather than caring about health and environment have brought our healthcare system and environment to the abyss. We must stop this greed from taking us to the point of no return while there is still time. I will be participating on October 16, 2011, World Food Day and speaking out until then as well as boycotting GMOS.

Please join this fight to protect biodiversity and your right to know.

3 comments:

  1. Start your own 100% organic garden and refuse to buy your veggies even from farmers markets. It's the only way to be sure and is the best form of dissent, short of blowing up every monsanto office and headquarters.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Jan,
    Thanks for posting this. I am planning a retreat workshop schedule and would like to have someone talk about Monsanto/GMO. Can you, or someone you know of, speak to this topic? If not, can you suggest where I could look?

    ReplyDelete
  3. AWESOME BLOG. Please Join Us Here.
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GMOFreeUSA/links/

    ReplyDelete

Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.