EQAT kicks off Green Your Money Initiative
Submitted by greenpnc on February 27, 2012 - 7:25pm
EARTH QUAKER ACTION TEAM
GREEN YOUR MONEY
KICKOFF!
Wednesday, Feb. 29
11:30 am – 1 pm
(Action at PNC Bank for those who can stay until 2 pm)
Rufus Jones Room,
Friends Center
1515 Cherry Street.
for info:
215-588-5417
What:
Getting PNC Bank out of the business of financing mountaintop removal coal mining.
Kicking off the Earth Quaker Action Team "Green Your Money" initiative.
Unveiling our new website: GreenPNC.org.
Announcing plans for our "Green Walk for Jobs and Justice."
A walk, departing Philadelphia on April 30
visiting PNC Banks, Quaker Meetings, and other sympathetic organizations,
ending at PNC National Headquarters in Pittsburgh on May 16th
Planned speakers include:
Chris Nicholson, grandson of the John E. Carter, Quaker co-founder in 1865 of Provident Life and Trust Company, which became Provident National Corporation and merged with Pittsburgh National to form PNC in 1982.
George Lakey, international human rights activist, inspiration of the "Green Walk for Jobs and Justice"
Laura Jackson, Emmy award-winning documentary producer and teacher
Pallavi Podapati, Appalachian resident, Penn Community Against Mountaintop Removal
For those who can stay until 2 pm:
A trip to PNC Bank to deliver our "Green Your Money" Pledge
The premier showing of our latest EQAT video.
Come support the movement, join the team, and take the energy back to your community.
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