Kick Coal and Oil Out of LA Rally @ City Hall

Hi all,

Wow. Where do I start?? Every single person that I am sending this email to was absolutely essential to making yesterday's event a success. It's hard to say how many people we had out there, but I am confident it reached our goal of a thousand attendees at one point or another!! The samba was great, the visuals were great, the rally was amazing, the speakers rocked it, and the BANNER kicked major ass!! People walked away inspired, motivated, and eager to do more to kick coal and oil outta our city!

And, still wondering HOW big of an impact our event had, or how instrumental it was in moving LA towards a coal-free future? Check out the Sierra Club's press release today announcing City Council President Eric Garcetti's support of getting LA off of coal-our event was a catalyst of his announcement! We created a perfect moment and opportunity for this to happen, and it couldn't have happened without you. This is HUGE. http://sierraclub.org/coal/ca/pr/pr2010-10-11.aspx?sms_ss=facebook&at_xt=4cb3a8921310fed1%2C0

If you haven't checked it out already, please see Greenpeace's photo stream on flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/greenpeaceusa09/?saved=1

The final result was: Nearly 1000 people attended, march and samba band led hundreds of people to the rally, 45 foot banner hung in front of City Hall with speakers on a stage in front of it, actors joined us to stand up for action on climate change, and City Council president came out in support of our campaign publicly.

Photos:
Ellen Page's Photo Album http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=232809&id=21679407448&ref=mf
Sierra Club photos www.labeyondcoal.org (main page)
Greenpeace - FLICKR photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/greenpeaceusa09/?saved=1
LAIST - Photos from event (including one with Crenshaw BBTO students) http://laist.com/2010/10/11/angelenos_say_no_to_coal_and_oil.php?gallery0Pic=2#gallery

Organizations that partnered
Organizers for the Los Angeles event include Greenpeace, the Sierra Club, The Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy, Coalition for Clean Air, Communities for a Better Environment, California Student Sustainability Coalition, KPFK Community Advisory Board, Physicians for Social Responsibility-Los Angeles, Grassroots Coalition, the Los Angeles Coffee Party

Special Guests and Speaker:
Actress Ellen Page (Inception and Juno) spoke at the event, and posted photos of the event to her facebook http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=232809&id=21679407448&ref=mf
And here is video of her speaking

Actress T’keyah Crystal Keymah (In living color, Cosby, That’s So Raven) spoke at the event and even asked to speak a second time at the end where she gave a shout out to all the young people (including Sierra Student Coalition students from Crenshaw High).

Bill Corcoran – Western Director of Beyond Coal Campaign
City Council President Eric Garcetti – Came out in support of getting LA off coal and joining the Sierra Club’s efforts (THIS WAS HUGE)
See Press Release for more info http://sierraclub.org/coal/ca/pr/pr2010-10-11.aspx

High School Student – Matt Dang spoke
Sophie Korn of ACE - MC’d the event
Jeffrey Richardson – Of Amani Energy, a local solar energy provider working to advocate for green jobs here in LA
Alicia Rivera – Spoke about Envionmental Justice and Prop 23
Patricia Mcpherson – Community Coalition

Visuals:
Coal Plant stacks with the words “no coal” written on them
Coal plant stacks carried in the crowd that said “no coal”
Signs passed out to the audience that said “no coal”, “green jobs” and “climate justice”
these were provided by powershift folks, if anyone needs these resources please let me know
45 foot banner that was nearly 2 stories tall with the words “LA Says No to Coal and Oil”

Media:
LA Times http://www.latimes.com/theguide/events-and-festivals/la-et-mckibben8-20101008,0,5188909.story

LA Progressive http://www.laprogressive.com/the-environment/fight-big-oil-big-coal-101010/

It's getting hot in here http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2010/10/07/smog-free-la-make-it-happen-on-101010/

Treehugger http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/10/protesting-coal-roof-painting-weatherization-barnraising-10-10-10-events.php

USC Beyond Coal Campaign Students http://dailytrojan.com/2010/10/07/group-calls-for-energy-without-coal/

LMU students and UCLA http://blog.nativefoods.com/nativefoods/2010/10/101010a-global-work-party-at-native-foods-cafe-in-westwood.html

KPCC http://www.scpr.org/blogs/mollyblog/2010/10/10/ellen-page-10-10-10//
Daily Bruin http://www.dailybruin.com/index.php/article/2010/10/student_group_e3_bikes_to_participate_in_the_get_coal_and_oil_out_of_la_rally
Green LA Girl http://greenlagirl.com/ciclavia-and-101010-from-l-a-city-hall-to-samo-beach/#more-25172
LAist http://laist.com/2010/10/11/angelenos_say_no_to_coal_and_oil.php?gallery0Pic=2#gallery

Buzz about the event thanks to 350.org (they linked to our website when talking about the LA event)

Current http://upcoming.current.com/search?q=Ellen+Page+joins+Los+Angeles+clean+energy+rally

http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/blogs/ellen-page-joins-los-angeles-clean-energy-rally

PSR website http://www.psr-la.org/october-10-rally-to-kick-coal-and-oil-out-of-los-angeles/

KPFK events calendar http://www.kpfk.org/index2.php?option=com_events&task=view_detail&agid=1570&year=&month=&day=&Itemid=87&pop=1

KPCC http://www.scpr.org/blogs/mollyblog/2010/10/05/sundays-ciclavia-will-have-angelenos-playing-stree/

http://www.greenrightnow.com/kabc/2010/10/06/thousands-plan-climate-action-events-for-10-10-10-work-party/

http://www.quedit.com/detail/on-10-10-10-a-global-party-against-global-warming-3212230.html

http://international.esan-today.com/101010-%E2%80%9Cglobal-work-party%E2%80%9D-against-global-warming.html

Links to our site http://www.reuters.com/article/idUS14505+09-Oct-2010+PRN20101009

Santa Monica Daily Press quotes our “rally to kick coal and oil out” language http://www.smdp.com/Articles-c-2010-10-11-70502.113116_Bees_the_new_canary_in_the_proverbial_coal_mine.html