Saturday - May 25th, 2013.

Around the world...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ifa33dLp6OA&list=HL1369763764&feature=mh_lolz


In Greenville...

 

 

 

 

Videos Worth Watching

 

GMO FOOD Alarm -- From Scientists

 

"This isn't a story about science. This is a story about knowledge, democracy, and freedom of Choice."

 

 

"Are you paying a dear price for you and your children's future?"

 

 

Sign Making

Mike Adams on GMOs.

Peaceful Protest and Show of Solidarity {not here to heckle the police}

• The police may ask you to identify yourself, and you must do so if asked. You are not required to answer any other questions, but can't refuse to identify yourself. 
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiibel_v._Sixth_Judicial_District_Court_of_Nevada

• It is illegal to wear a mask which covers your face in SC if you are over 16 years old.

SECTION 16-7-110. Wearing masks and the like.

No person over sixteen years of age shall appear or enter upon any lane, walk, alley, street, road, public way or highway of this State or upon the public property of the State or of any municipality or county in this State while wearing a mask or other device which conceals his identity. Nor shall any such person demand entrance or admission to or enter upon the premises or into the enclosure or house of any other person while wearing a mask or device which conceals his identity. Nor shall any such person, while wearing a mask or device which conceals his identity, participate in any meeting or demonstration upon the private property of another unless he shall have first obtained the written permission of the owner and the occupant of such property.

 

Official MAM Statement. Please read.  

We would like to remind everyone that MAM does not support violence or aggression towards property or people. Violence will only set us back.
Please be cl...ear this movement is non-violent. We want the world to hear us. We must behave like adults not stoop to the level of violence.

Our Marches are family events. We will have children, elderly, and disabled people present. Violence of any kind will not be acceptable.

Please be warned that often times Monsanto themselves will send in their own plants to try and incite or instigate aggression. Do not be fooled. They are trying to destroy our unity.

With that said, Please do not bring violence or abusive comments to our March or to our Event pages. Your comments will be deleted and if it continues you will be banned.

We encourage all organizers of the individual events to share this message.

Please be warned if you are an instigator you will not be tolerated at our march and we our organizers will ask you to stop or leave. If you continue we ourselves will politely and calmly ask a Police officer to remove you.

We encourage all organizers to be open and talk with your local police and make clear to them that these events are family events and we will cooperate and work with them to remove anyone who incites aggression.

Please understand, we are not trying to be authoritarian but that we have a responsibility to create a peaceful event for our children, parents, grandparents and all attending.

Remember the world will be watching and we have an example to set. Violence would be seized upon by the media and Monsanto. They would use this as propaganda to discredit the movement and label us as eco-terrorists. This is not a joke we are standing up against one of the most powerful corporations that ever existed.

This is why we reiterate no violence of any kind will be tolerated. We know most of you know this but for the few who did not you do now. For the instigators you are not welcome and we stand firm united in NON-Violence.

While we will be speaking up against the politicians and the cooperation’s we will not condone any comments or threats of aggression towards them. We will expose their crimes and demand justice and change of policy. We do not by any means condone any type of vigilantism . Our mission is to raise awareness, expose, and legally stop Monsanto, and their cronies, crimes against humanity. We would like to see GMOs Labeled and/or banned until they can without a doubt be proven safe. This far we have seen the opposite. GMOs are not safe. Monsanto is an unethical unmoral corporation and they have been committing crimes against humanity for decades.

This event is a platform to bring us together in Unity. From here we can work together to create a powerful base of grass roots activism . We encourage all to network together and continue to work towards supporting ballot initiatives that are in place to label GMOs or Ban then and create initiatives that have not yet been created. Continue working together to expose politicians that serve Monsanto and promote politicians that stand with the people. We encourage all to create mailing lists and or FB groups where you can continue working together after the march and until we have reached our goals. You may want to bring an ipad and have everyone who is interest type in their emails so you have a ready digital email list to bring people together for future efforts. This event has created powerful momentum and its in our best interest to brainstorm Ideas on how we can keep the ball rolling.

--From National MAM Organizers

The Rubber Hitting the Road

Some info about the upcoming week:

Thursday (May 23) @ 6:00pm - Final meeting at Swamp Rabbit Cafe. Sign making party and flash mob practice.

Friday (May 24) @ 9:00 pm - Pub Crawl Against Monsanto. See Sara Mucha for more details (or Sara, you can post them below).

Saturday (May 25) - 8:30 am final flash mob practice. If you are interested in participating in the Flash Mob, let Jess or Aaron Ba...yne know.

Saturday - 11:00 @ The Downtown Farmers Market - Flash Mob

Saturday 12:00 -1:00 @ County Square - begin meeting and organizing route lines

Saturday 1:00 - March will commence from County Square. We will have two route plans. Plan A for up to 100 participants. Plan B for more than 100 participants. Those routes will be posted closer to the march.

Saturday 3:00 - After Party at Swamp Rabbit Cafe and Grocery. You will be able to network and mingle while enjoying food and drink from The SWC. You can purchase beer and wine and drink it ouside on the property. It will be a great time to reflect on all we've done!

We will have a videographer and photographer there to document the entire event. If you do not wish your face to be captured, hide it whenever you see a camera.

Remember to wear red for the most part. If you did not order a shirt, you can make one. There are lots of neat ideas on the internet. Google Non GMO or Monsanto shirts and you'll find tons.

Signs - no bigger than 20X30, and no sharp edges or points on the post of the sign (handle). Remember to avoid violent references or "fear tatic" type of signs and clothing. (PLEASE read the announcement from our national oganizers about the expectations for non violent behavior).

March "rules" - MUST stay on the sidewalks and obey traffic signs (little red hand at crosswalks, etc). MUST keep moving unless you are waiting for traffic. MUST not block or impede business. These are city regulations and it is the responsiblity of the individual to follow them.

Remember there is no insurance or legal representation provided by MAM. There are organizers but no one individual is "in charge". Each person is responsible for him or her self.

I am so excited, and I cannot wait to see your faces!!

Crawl Against Monsanto

 

Pub Crawl Against Monsanto

 

 

 

Details:

Why: To get out on the town. Talk to people and invite them to the march or to learn more about Monsanto and GMOs.

When:  Friday, May 24 @ 9:00 pm (the night before the march)

Where: Start at Blueridge Brewery and ending at Chicora Alley at 12:00 am

 

Sport your MAM shirt and bring flyers!

Let's paint the town red to show our support for this global movement.

 

Parking Guide to Downtown Greenville

Click here:
Parking in Downtown Greenville

New Location

Well, everyone, what started out as maybe a few folks marching down Main St. and having a little rally at McPherson Park has turned in to a much bigger affair. So big that the city wont let us have our rally at McPherson Park at all. At first, this was really frustrating and, honestly, we didn't know what we were going to do. BUT, this has turned into a great thing! 

Our new location for the meeting point

 County Square 301 University Ridge Greenville, SC 29601

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Seeds of Death

http://video.cpt12.org/video/2342350115?starttime=1200000

Donate to March Against Monsanto Greenville

We will use this money to cover rental fees, insurance, and other "for the good of the group" items.

Jon Stewart on Monsanto

Dr. Mercola on GMO study

Next up? Media.

Beth finished the fliers today - so our official coming out will begin on Friday once we begin distributing them.

The next big push is to find speakers for the rally and get the media as involved as possible. Do you have ideas for a speaker? Do you have a connection to Greenville News, Greenville Tribune - Times, or any other city paper - TR Tribune, The Greer Citizen, The Pickens Sentinel, Simpsonville Patch, The Easley Progress. We also need sources at the local TV stations - got any connections at  WYFF4, FOX Carolina, WSPA - 7 On Your Side, WLOS News13?  Radio? Podcasters?

If you have any connections that could help us, please leave a comment on our fb page - https://www.facebook.com/#!/MarchAgainstMonsantoGreenvilleSC

 

GMO Free MAM Shirts.

Shirts can be ordered in groups (for a reduced rate) or individually. However you would like to order, the order needs to be in by May 1st.

The World According to Monsanto

Do we have a right to know?

Our GMO Journey: Who Said it Would be Easy? What is the Big Deal When You've Done Something Easy?

The whole reason

My name is Jess, and I am for labeling GMOs (I'd kinda like to see them all banned and/or burned, but, alas, baby steps). I am married to an awesome guy, Aaron  – another big supporter of this cause, and he’ll be helping out as a co-host. I am also a high school English teacher at a large virtual school here in SC. There are three little girls that are truly the reason why my husband and I find ourselves in this position today. This journey started for us when our first child began to eat solid foods. After buying the first jar of baby food, I stared at it, watched the “food” pour from the jar like some sci-fi experiment, and decided that I was not feeding that to my baby. At the time, baby superstores didn’t carry the “stuff” needed to make baby food at home, so I searched websites for supplies and instructions. It wasn’t a trend I was trying to follow; I did it as a gut reaction. However I still gave her formula because I had no idea about GMOs or the affect processed foods had on our bodies. I knew fast food was bad, but formula? Surely that was safe. Goodness, had I only known.

 Fast forward five years, and I found myself in a similar situation. Jamie Oliver has always been an inspiration for me – how brave to take on the school food system - and after watching his show and following his journey, I had pain about sending my, again, first child to school to eat school lunch and drink sugar infused milk. So I started researching, but this time on Pinterest for school lunch ideas that went beyond the pb&j. I found Lisa Leake of 100 Days of Real Food  and Vani Hari, the Food Babe and had my reality blown to pieces. I became insatiable – I had to know more and more. It became about so much more than what I would send her for lunch. I felt like it was becoming about life or death for my family and everyone I knew (and didn’t know). The connections from processed foods and GMOs to the assault on our health and environment became ever clearer as I read and watched and learned.

 I sat up in bed one night, looked at my husband and said, “We have to try. We have to cut out all the crap. Because we are killing them [our children].” He simply said, “Okay,” and we jumped into a hole from which there is no return. Since that simple conversation, everything has changed for us. We’ve become “those people” to many of our friends and family members - those wacko birds that drink that green stuff and never let their children eat candy (which, by the way is not true ). But that is okay, because along the way, we have made a big impact on some of them.

 We are still learning and changing as we find more information and others who know more than we do. As a teacher, my life philosophy is to never stop being a student - never stop learning and growing. Never stop asking questions. On a wall in my office is a motto that I’ve tried to impress upon my students and children, and it is something I try to remember every day: “Who said it would be Easy? What is the BIG deal when you’ve done something Easy?”
We know this will not be easy. But it has to be done anyway.

 I look forward to working with all of you over the coming months (and beyond depending on where this adventure takes us).

What is your GMO story?

First Official Meeting

April 11, 2013 @ 6:00 pm - The Swamp Rabbit Cafe and Grocery

    We had our first official meeting tonight - over a dozen upstaters met at the Swamp Rabbit Cafe and Grocery. We nailed down the route and time and discussed what we needed to accomplish. Topics included:  media, local farmers and farmers markets, location, community relations, permits, marketing, and shirts. There is much work to be done, but with everyone pitching in, we will pull it off - no doubt. Huge THANKS to the folks at Swamp Rabbit Cafe and Grocery for your support and for the space. :)

First Meeting Attendees:


David, Missy, Alex, Gary, David
Jess, Sarah, Kalindi, Lucy
Sarah Sue, Tammy
 

Location and Route:

May 25, 2013 1:00 - 3:00; March 1:15 – 2:00 / Rally 2:15 – 3:00
Route and Time line: Meet at McPherson Park @ 1:00.  1:15 – March up  Main st.; turn right onto W Broad st; turn right onto River St.; turn left onto W. McBee Ave; turn right on S. Academy St; turn right onto College St.; turn left onto N. Main St and back to McPherson Park. Two miles total.  Rain or Shine (Monsanto never stops - neither can we!)

Link to Google Map: http://goo.gl/maps/lrBs7


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Why Do We March?

On May 25, activists around the world will unite to March Against Monsanto.

  Why do we march?

 ■Research studies have shown that Monsanto’s genetically-modified foods can lead to serious health conditions such as the development of cancer tumors, infertility and birth defects.
■In the United States, the FDA, the agency tasked with ensuring food safety for the population, is steered by ex-Monsanto executives, and we feel that’s a questionable conflict of interests and explains the lack of government-lead research on the long-term effects of GMO products.
■Recently, the U.S. Congress and president collectively passed the nicknamed “Monsanto Protection Act” that, among other things, bans courts from halting the sale of Monsanto’s genetically-modified seeds.
■For too long, Monsanto has been the benefactor of corporate subsidies and political favoritism. Organic and small farmers suffer losses while Monsanto continues to forge its monopoly over the world’s food supply, including exclusive patenting rights over seeds and genetic makeup.
■Monsanto's GMO seeds are harmful to the environment; for example, scientists have indicated they have caused colony collapse among the world's bee population.
 

 What are solutions we advocate?
 

 ■Voting with your dollar by buying organic and boycotting Monsanto-owned companies that use GMOs in their products.
■Labeling of GMOs so that consumers can make those informed decisions easier.
■Repealing relevant provisions of the US's "Monsanto Protection Act."
■Calling for further scientific research on the health effects of GMOs.
■Holding Monsanto-supporting politicians accountable through direct communication, grassroots journalism, social media, etc.
■Continuing to inform the public about Monsanto's secrets.
■Taking to the streets to show the world and Monsanto that we won't take these injustices quietly.



We will not stand for cronyism. We will not stand for poison. That’s why we March Against Monsanto.



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