<div dir="ltr"><div>1. Last night the Urbana City Council agreed to put a resolution against the Dakota Access Pipeline on their agenda for next week. Please come out to the meeting Monday at 7pm if you can. Remember that 1) public participation is at the beginning of the meeting, you don't have to stay for the whole meeting if you don't want to/can't; and 2) if you don't particularly feel called to speak, you can fill out the yellow public participation paper and mark the boxes to say "I don't want to speak, but I want to be recorded in support." And that gets recorded and announced and reported in the media. So, for example, it says in the News-Gazette today that "The council was also asked by eight members of the public to formally oppose the Dakota Access Pipeline," and that's because eight people filled out the yellow slip of paper:</div><div><br></div><div>[...]</div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.2em;font-family:georgia,"times new roman",times,serif;font-size:17px;line-height:1.5em;color:rgb(51,51,51)">The council was also asked by eight members of the public to formally oppose the Dakota Access Pipeline, citing environmental concerns and disturbance to Native American communities.</p><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:georgia,"times new roman",times,serif;font-size:17px;line-height:1.5em">Mayor Laurel Prussing and Aldermen Charlie Smyth and [Alderman Eric] Jakobsson said they will draft a resolution regarding pipeline opposition, Native Americans and sustainability issues for the council to consider next week.</span> </div><div>[...]<br></div><div><a href="http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2016-09-13/urbana-council-approves-tif-district-downtown-redevelopment.html">http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2016-09-13/urbana-council-approves-tif-district-downtown-redevelopment.html</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Also:</div><div><br></div><div>Some Urbana Residents Want a Resolution Passed in Opposition to the Dakota Access Pipeline<br></div><div><a href="http://www.wandtv.com/story/33077626/some-urbana-residents-want-a-resolution-passed-in-opposition-to-the-dakota-access-pipeline">http://www.wandtv.com/story/33077626/some-urbana-residents-want-a-resolution-passed-in-opposition-to-the-dakota-access-pipeline</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>There was also a WILL-AM story this morning but I haven't been able to find it online. </div><div><br></div><div>You can still sign and share our MoveOn petition to the Council, we'll re-deliver it next week:</div><div><br></div><div>.@cityofurbana: Join @CityMinneapolis To Say #NoDAPL<br></div><div><a href="http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/cityofurbana-join-cityminnea?r_by=1135580">http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/cityofurbana-join-cityminnea?r_by=1135580</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>2. Lois Kain and others will be outside Strawberry Fields in Urbana over the lunch hour today, starting at 10:30, circulating the Food & Water Watch petition to President Obama against the pipeline.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://actionnetwork.org/events/food-and-water-watch-at-strawberry-fields">https://actionnetwork.org/events/food-and-water-watch-at-strawberry-fields</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>3. Tomorrow evening at Channing-Murray:</div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif">A Film Screening of “This Changes Everything”, Naomi Klein’s film about communities taking action on climate change<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif">Wednesday, September 14^th 6:30pm<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif">Channing-Murray Foundation, 1209 W. Oregon <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif">Free and open to the public/Refreshments will be served<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif">Followed by discussion & avenues for action</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/329641967375716/">https://www.facebook.com/events/329641967375716/</a></span></font><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><a href="http://thefilm.thischangeseverything.org/about/" target="_blank" style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:calibri,sans-serif">http://thefilm.<wbr>thischangeseverything.org/<wbr>about/</a><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif"><b style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px"><br></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px">4.</span><b style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px"> </b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px">Fri 9/16, 5-7pm, Scott Park, Champaign (between 2nd & 3rd Sts, between Springfield and Healey)</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px">    " In Solidarity with Standing Rock, the Earth, and all People, we will gather as Protectors in Peace at Scott Park in Champaign, IL"</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px">    Vigil/rally solidarity with the Standing Rock water protectors, peacefully opposing the Dakota Access Pipeline.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px">    Organized by local Native people.   Everyone is welcome.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px">    <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1787572761459012/">https://www.facebook.com/events/1787572761459012/</a></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri,sans-serif"><br></p></div><div>===</div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Robert Naiman<br>Policy Director<br>Just Foreign Policy<br><a href="http://www.justforeignpolicy.org" target="_blank">www.justforeignpolicy.org</a><br><a href="mailto:naiman@justforeignpolicy.org" target="_blank">naiman@justforeignpolicy.org</a><br><div><span style="text-align:left">(202) 448-2898 x1</span><br></div><div><span style="text-align:left"><br></span></div></div></div></div>
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