{"id":1467,"date":"2010-06-24T19:50:20","date_gmt":"2010-06-24T19:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/?p=1467"},"modified":"2010-06-24T19:51:59","modified_gmt":"2010-06-24T19:51:59","slug":"hands-across-the-sand-media-advisory-massive-worldwide-mobilization-opposing-offshore-drilling-supporting-clean-energy-to-take-place-saturday-june-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/2010\/06\/24\/hands-across-the-sand-media-advisory-massive-worldwide-mobilization-opposing-offshore-drilling-supporting-clean-energy-to-take-place-saturday-june-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Hands Across the Sand Media Advisory: Massive Worldwide Mobilization Opposing Offshore Drilling, Supporting Clean Energy to Take Place Saturday, June 26"},"content":{"rendered":"

http:\/\/www.handsacrossthesand.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Don’t forget our Key West event at Smathers Beach between 11am–noon–see ya there!<\/em>\u00a0 DV
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\nContact:
\nDavid Raushkolb, drmail61@gmail.com<\/a>, 850-865-1061
\nFrank Jackalone, frank.jackalone@sierraclub.org<\/a>, 727-824-8813, x302
\nAlexis Henry, ahenry@surfrider.org<\/a>, 949-732-6413
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\nMore than 700 grassroots ‘Hands Across the Sand’ events will take place in communities across the country and around the world in response to Gulf drilling disaster
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\nTens of thousands of people who support clean energy and oppose offshore drilling are expected to participate in more than 700 Hands Across the Sand events across the country and around the world on Saturday, June 26. Events will take place in all 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, and more than 20 countries, beginning in Auckland, New Zealand and work its way across global time zones finishing on the North Shore of Kauai, Hawaii.
\nNOTE: A complete list of events, all of which begin at 11 a.m. Saturday, can be found here http:\/\/www.handsacrossthesand.org<\/a>. A list of key events the media may wish to cover follows at the end of this advisory.
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\nAt events taking place on beaches, near waterways, and in land-locked towns, participants will join hands to form symbolic barriers against spilling oil. The events will represent the largest-yet outpouring of grassroots activism in response to the disastrous April 20 explosion on the Deepwater Horizon rig and the subsequent, devastating oil damage in the Gulf of Mexico.
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\nThis simple, yet powerful human expression of unity will send a clear message to our leaders that more offshore drilling is not the answer and now is the time to create our clean energy future,” said event founder Dave Rauschkolb, a restaurant owner in Seaside, Florida.
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\nSome of the groups supporting Hands Across the Sand are: 350.org, 1Sky, Audubon, Alaska Wilderness League, Center for Biological Diversity, Clean Water Action, Defenders of Wildlife, Earth Day Network, Endangered Species Coalition, Energy Action Coalition, Environment America, Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace, MoveOn.org, Oceana, Ocean Conservancy, Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, and Surfrider Foundation.
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\nMembers of the public are invited to join the events, and all events are open to the media. All Hands Across the Sand events will begin at 11 a.m. local time, with participants joining hands at noon. Locations of and contact information for all 700+ events are posted at http:\/\/www.handsacrossthesand.org<\/a>.
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\nSHOWCASE EVENTS FOR MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA:
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\nDenver
\nRocky Mountain Lake Park — 3151 W 46th Ave, Denver, CO 80211 Interstate 25 to west bound Interstate 70. Exit I70 at Lowell Blvd. South on Lowell Blvd.
\nContact: Loraine Perkins, loraine.perkins@comcast.net<\/a>,
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\nLondon
\nSt James Park, Westminster Tube end, by the Lake — A walk will take place afterwards in the local area between the Houses of Parliament and BP headquarters.
\nContact: Charlotte Pulver at charlottepulver@yahoo.co.uk<\/a>
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\nMiami
\nSouth Beach, 5th Street and Ocean Drive
\nContact: Jonathan Ullman, jonathan.ullman@sierraclub.org<\/a>,
\nor Mike Gibaldi, Miami@surfrider.org<\/a>,
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\nNew York City
\nBrooklyn, Coney Island — Take the subway to Coney Island Stillwell Avenue Station and cross the street when you come out of the station
\nContact: Stephanie Massaux, islandhands@hotmail.com<\/a>
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\nSan Francisco
\nThe Beach at Crissy Field — located on the San Francisco Bay north of Mason Street and the Exploratorium with a great view of the Golden Gate Bridge.
\nContact: Jeramiah Dean, jeramiah.dean@sierraclub.org<\/a>,
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\nSanta Monica, California
\nTo the north of the Santa Monica Pier, on the beach (to the right of the pier facing the ocean)
\nContact: Stefanie Sekich-Quinn, Ssekich@surfrider.org<\/a>,
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\nSeaside, Florida — where Hands Across the Sand got started
\nOn the beach behind Bud & Alley’s Restaurant
\nContact: Dave Rauschkolb, drmail61@gmail.com<\/a>,
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\nTampa and St. Petersburg
\nSt. Pete Beach — Tradewinds Island Resort, 5500 Gulf Blvd.
\nContact: Cathy Harrelson, cathy_bam@earthlink.net<\/a>,
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\nVirginia Beach
\nOceanfront between 19th & 31st Streets
\nContact: Eileen Levandoski, Eileen.Levandoski@sierraclub.org<\/a>,
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\nWashington, D.C.
\nOn Pennsylvania Avenue NW, in front of the White House
\nContact: Whit Jones, whit@energyactioncoalition.org<\/a>,
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\n### Special thanks to Richard Charter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

http:\/\/www.handsacrossthesand.org Don’t forget our Key West event at Smathers Beach between 11am–noon–see ya there!\u00a0 DV \u00a0\u00a0 Contact: David Raushkolb, drmail61@gmail.com, 850-865-1061 Frank Jackalone, frank.jackalone@sierraclub.org, 727-824-8813, x302 Alexis Henry, ahenry@surfrider.org, 949-732-6413 \u00a0 \u00a0 More than 700 grassroots ‘Hands Across the Sand’ events will take place in communities across the country and around the world in response … Continue reading Hands Across the Sand Media Advisory: Massive Worldwide Mobilization Opposing Offshore Drilling, Supporting Clean Energy to Take Place Saturday, June 26<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1467"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1471,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1467\/revisions\/1471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/drilling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}