Is the 7th and Locust area anywhere near the route of Bush's motorcade, or
where he will be speaking?  Or will this be another of those "free speech
zones" that other cities have set up--far from where Bush could see or
hear dissenters?

--BW





> Sierra Club members and other environmental activists: please CIRCULATE
> THIS
> WIDELY
>
> President Bush will be in Des Moines this Thursday morning speaking at at
> "Capitalizing on Rural America" conference. Join other Sierra Club members
> as we demonstrate to bring attention to this administration's assaults on
> our environment!
>
> Who:
> Sierra Club members (other organizations will probably also be
> demonstrating)
>
> What:
> Protest against the Bush Administration's rollbacks of the laws protecting
> Iowa's communities from air, water and toxic dump pollution.
>
> When:
> Thursday, April 15 (yes, this thursday) from 10:20 AM until about 11:30 AM
>
> Where:
> Meet up at 7th and Locust in downtown Des Moines. This is the designated
> 'public viewing area.'
> We'll have some signs and banners, but feel free to make your own reading
> "Stop putting Iowa's communities at risk" "Protect people, not polluters",
> "Enforce the clean air act" "Enforce the clean water act" "Energy
> efficiency
> means national security" etc. and write Sierra Club at the bottom if you
> can.
>
> Wear Sierra Club gear if you've got it!
>
> If you need more information, can't find us on thursday, etc. contact
> Tarah
> Heinzen on her cell phone at (515) 201-7429
>
>
> Tarah Heinzen
> Sierra Club Conservation Organizer
> 3839 Merle Hay Road, Suite 280
> Des Moines, IA 50310
> (515) 251-3995
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