Initial Reportback from Crude Awakening Events on 1-month Anniversary of Spill

We are starting to get some initial reportbacks from Crude Awakening vigils, rallies and events around the country.  They are looking great!  Spreading a powerful message, and getting some great media.  Check out the photos below, and click on the links to read about the events!

There are still great events and actions planned.

  • Today, the Palmetto Environmental Coalition and young people across South Carolina will be at Senator Graham’s doorstep calling on him to renew his leadership on climate and energy.
  • And tomorrow, the YALL State Network (Youth Alliance for Louisiana Leaders) will be holding a vigil in Grande Isle, LA one of the southernmost points of Louisiana.

ST. PETERSBURG, FL

Tampa Tribune , MSNBC: St. Pete spill protesters implore, ‘Don’t Oil Me Bro’
WHNZ Radio, Fox News WFLA: Protesters Get ‘Crude Awakening:’ Downtown St. Pete rally marks one month anniversary of oil spill

ASHEVILLE, NC

Asheville’s Citizen Times: “Asheville victim puts focus on all victims of oil spill”

The events in St. Petersburg and Asheville were 2 of 45 Crude Awakening vigils and rallies centered around the 1-month anniversary of the BP Drilling Disaster.

2 Responses to “Initial Reportback from Crude Awakening Events on 1-month Anniversary of Spill”


  1. 1 The Bear Party May 23rd, 2010 at 9:01 am

  1. 1 BP taking heat from activists for oil rig disaster / Waging Nonviolence Trackback on May 24th, 2010 at 12:40 pm
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Whit is the Co-Field Director of Energy Action Coalition. He got his start in organizing at Carleton College in Northfield, MN. Whit helped organize the March to ReEnergize IA with the SSC, was a fellow for Power Shift 2007, and has been working with Energy Action Coalition ever since, focusing on field efforts for the Power Vote Campaign and Power Shift 2009. He's led youth delegations to the UN climate negotiations, and is interested in organizing from the local to international level. Follow him at http://twitter.com/whitjones

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