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#NoDAPL Rallies across the country today!

08 Wednesday Feb 2017

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Trump said yesterday that he hadn’t gotten a “single call” about the pipeline and that he didn’t think the project was “controversial.” Let’s show him exactly the opposite!!!!

Los Angeles
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WHEN: Wednesday, February 8 at 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM PST

WHERE: Los Angeles District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
915 Wilshire Blvd, Ste 1101, Los Angeles, California 90017

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https://www.democracynow.org/2017/1/25/thousands_take_part_in_emergency_protests

URGENT ACTION:
Ask Congress to Speak Out Against DAPL Greenlight
Please send a message to your representatives in the House and Senate that we, the people, do not accept the illegal fast-tracking of the Dakota Access Pipeline through sacred lands without diligent environmental oversight previously requested and promised.
PLEASE DO THIS NOW!

CONTACT by Email or Phone —
Senators: https://www.senate.gov 
Representatives: http://www.house.gov/representatives/

17 Banks are providing the money to build the Dakota Access Pipeline.
Addresses and phone numbers for all the banks are here: http://www.yesmagazine.org/people-power/how-to-contact-the-17-banks-funding-the-dakota-access-pipeline-20160929

Standing Rock Feeds, Videos and Links
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Tonight Jan 12: Mni Wiconi Pacifica is hosting “Water and Oil Do Not Mix”

12 Thursday Jan 2017

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WHEN: TONIGHT! Thursday, January 12th.
Doors open at 6:30 pm for meet and greet.
Program starts at 7 pm.

WHERE:  Unitarian-Universalist Church of Ventura,
5654 Ralston Ave, Ventura, 93003.
Fellowship hall; back parking lot.

WHO:  Presenters Kimberly Rivers, Executive Director for Citizens For Responsible Oil and Gas (CFROG), and
Tomás Morales Rebecchi, Ventura County Organizer for Food and Water Watch (FFW), Field Director/Co-Campaign Manager for Measure Z, a successful voter initiative to ban fracking in Monterey Co, and on CFROG’s Board.

Rivers will summarize a current project of CFROG, which involves monitoring the results of water testing being ordered by the State Water Resources Control Board near oil waste sump pits and waste injection wells and other actions to prevent and reduce negative oil and gas effects on our local water supply.

Rebecchi will talk about his experience in December at Standing Rock, North Dakota, supporting the resistance of indigenous people to the Dakota Access Pipeline being constructed on their sacred land and under the Missouri River, as well as county initiatives to ban fracking, cyclic steam injection, and acidizing of oil wells.

Mni Wiconi Pacifica is a new local organization inspired by the resistance of indigenous people at Standing Rock, North Dakota, to protect water from being polluted.

WHY: Burning fossil fuels causes climate disruption for hundreds of years. Water is calling for our protection, for Earth and all living beings. Indigenous people are demonstrating the power of prayerful, non-violent resistance to pollution of air and water.

The Standing Rock Water Protectors – In Person and On Film

05 Thursday Jan 2017

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Topanga Peace Alliance 
First Friday Film Night Presents:
“The Standing Rock Water Protectors – In Person and On Film” 


Friday, January 6th, at the Topanga Library

Snack Pot Luck at 7:15
Movie 7:30.

Water Protectors from the Standing Rock Camps and Recent Videos
The Topanga Peace Alliance will present a special evening with firsthand accounts of the situation at the Water Protector Camps in North Dakota as well as videos regarding the status of the Dakota Access Pipeline. We currently plan to have three speakers who have recently been at the camps in North Dakota. We will also be presenting recent videos showing the challenges of protecting the environmental at Standing Rock and throughout the world.

At The Topanga Library
122 N. Topanga Canyon Blvd, Topanga 90290

If you can, please bring a non-alcoholic beverage or vegetarian potluck snacks to share.

The event is ADA compliant with plenty of easy parking, elevator access and headphones for those who need a little extra volume.

A $10 donation is requested, but no one is turned away for lack of funds.

For further information please contact:
Julie at 310 455-9389

Friday Rhythm and Soul for CFROG

28 Wednesday Sep 2016

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Won’t you come Beat a Drum for Your Oil and Gas Watchdog Organization?

Date: Friday, September 30
7-9pm

Where: Patagonia
235 W Santa Clara St., Ventura, CA 93001

Cost: 
$40 per person
includes buffet style delicious food, beer, wine, beverages and a drum circle.
Kids 14 and under are FREE.

Tickets: Click here

The full ticket price goes to CFROG because all the delicious 
food and drinks and entertainment has been generously donated. We will outside in the fabulous Patagonia Courtyard.

We need your support to continue to keep our County agencies informed of threats to our drinking water.
*In October CFROG will release a brief on water well tests conducted in response to SB1281.

This is not your typical fundraiser – yes there is amazing wine and food – 
but you will also get to participate in a drum circle led by the fabulous John Lacques of Drumtime. 
Imagine a circle of 100 drums – all beating a rhythm together – building in tempo and volume, then in an instant stopping together. It is a unique and powerful experience – don’t miss out! Get your Tickets Today!

AND CFROG will be recognizing Senator Fran Pavley (Dist. 27) as an environmental Watchdog for her work over the past 16 years serving the people of California and writing and supporting  legislation to improve and protect our environment.

Thank you to Soulfete (providing all the food),  The Ojai Vineyard, and Topa Topa Brewery.

If you have been waiting for a good excuse to support CFROG this is the event you’ve been waiting for!

Get your tickets to Rhythm & Soul For CFROG now

It is grassroots community support that makes our work possible. CFROG is actively researching, monitoring, reporting and taking action when we see oil and gas activities that jeopardize our water, air, soil, local wildlife and oceans. CFROG is the only organization in Ventura County focused on oil and gas activities. For information on our current actions CLICK HERE.

Move to Amend Ojai presents “When Money Talks” author Derek Cressman

26 Thursday May 2016

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“When money talks, democracy walks.
Read this book to learn how We The People can take back
our elections.” — Robert Reich

You’re invited to join us at eitther one of these events, or both,
if you’re so inclined:

Public talk and Q&A- 2:00 to 4:00 pm
Bell Arts Factory 432 N. Ventura Ave., Ventura, CA 93001

Afterparty – 5:30 to 7:00
home of Kris and Joanne Young
407 Del Norte Road, Ojai, CA 93023

The movement to amend the Constitution to end the corrupting influence of money grows stronger every day. Now author/activist Derek Cressman has written a book called “When Money Talks – The High Price of ‘Free’ Speech and the Selling of Democracy,” outlining steps activists can take to make democratic reform a reality. Derek’s broad understanding of politics and his commitment to transformative change make his book a must-read, both for members of the general public seeking to better understand these issues and for organizers looking for the best path forward.

Move To Amend Ojai will host author Derek Cressman at 2 events on Sunday May 29th. Derek will speak at the Bell Arts Factory community center in Ventura at 2:00, then share food and conversation at the home of Kris and Joanne Young in Ojai at 5:30. Come to either event, or come to both!

Derek Cressman has worked professionally to strengthen campaign finance laws since 1995, as Director of the State PIRG’s Democracy Program, and as Vice President for States with Common Cause. He ran for California Secretary of State in the June 2014 primary, championing the cause of democratic reform during that run.