Here’s the media advisory distributed to Alabama media outlets and select national news organizations.
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MEDIA ADVISORY
WHAT: Citizens Rally to Stop Mining of Alabama Oil Sands (Hartselle Sandstone)
DATE: Thursday, June 5, 2014
TIME: 4 p.m. until 8:30 p.m.
WHERE: Wilson Park, Downtown Florence, Alabama
Rain Location: First Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall, Tennessee Street, Downtown Florence (2 blocks south of Wilson Park)
ACTIVITIES: Drum Circle, Live Music, Speeches by Concerned Citizens, Information Booth, Candelight Vigil
SCHEDULE:
4 p.m. Music by David Walton
4:25 p.m. Comments by Summer McCreless, Lawrence County resident, concerned citizen
4:30 p.m. Music by Max and Kirk Russell
5:00 p.m. Comments by Adam Johnston, Alabama Rivers Alliance
5:10 p.m. Music by The Wildwood Ruminators
5:50 p.m. Comments by Sheree Martin, Shoals native, concerned citizen, attorney, professor
6:00 p.m. Music by Blind the Sky
6:30 p.m. Music by Susan Shann, singer/songwriter from Nashville
7:00 p.m. Comments by Janice Barrett and Mark Kolinski, Lawrence County residents
7:10 p.m. Music by russell mefford and friends:
- Donna Jean Godchaux, David Mackay, Bryan Farris, Daniel Ledford
8:00 p.m. Comments by Karen Thomas, Tennessee Riverkeeper
8:05 p.m. Candlelight vigil and drumming
SPONSORS: Alabama Rivers Alliance & Tennessee Riverkeeper
MEDIA CONTACTS: For more information or to schedule interviews with organizers, speakers and others, please contact:
- Nancy Muse: [Phone omitted for online privacy purposes)
- Summer McCreless: summer@motheringherbs.com
- Sheree Martin: SaveOurShoals@Gmail.com