[SCE] California Rivers Day

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Please join us on May 11th BE THE VOICE OF YOUR RIVER & CELEBRATE OUR TREASURES!

Friends of the River is organizing the California Rivers Day on Monday, May 11th to promote sustainable water solutions to the drought that protect our rivers and we need you!  Twenty-five river groups are coming in from across the state to give rivers a strong voice in the state capitol and you can participate by signing up to meet with your legislator that day, volunteering for the event, or just showing up on the West Steps of the Capitol just before noon for the main program and press conference. 
Sign up to visit your legislator on Monday, May 11th   Appointments can occur anytime between 9am and 4pm. We will match you up with your legislator and provide training calls where we’ll brief participants on the issues and get you set up and ready to go.
Volunteer to help with the California Rivers Day May 11th   Shifts from 8am to 4pm. Email us with the times you would like to help. We need volunteers to table, run messages, help move displays, and more.
Participating organizations include:
Friends of the River, Foothill Conservancy, the California Hydropower Reform Coalition, South Yuba River Citizens League, the Southern California Watershed Alliance, the Sacramento River Preservation Trust, All Outdoors, the San Joaquin River Parkway and Conservancy Trust, California Sport Fishing Protection Alliance, Restore the Delta, Tuleyome, Adventure Connection, American Whitewater, American Rivers, the American River Conservancy, Delta Kayaking Adventures, the Tuolumne River Trust, the American River Conservancy, Paddle with Purpose, the Buena Vista Rancheria of Miwok Indians, Protect American River Canyons, the Winnemen Wintu Tribe, the Effie Yeaw Nature Center, and The American River Natural History Association.
Join us on Monday, May 11th at the State Capitol for the 2015 California Rivers Day!
 
Dams, dams, dams everywhere,
but not a drop of water to spare? 
Politicians and their dam supporters say 
build them, build them, and build them anywhere. 
But you and nature know, dams don’t make it rain.
even the facts say to build any more is truly in vain.
Will we let billions be spent for pointless cement?
Or will we stand up and never relent?
We will speak for our rivers - will you?
Will you be the voice of your river? 
Will you speak for the treasures that have no voice?
 
 www.friendsoftheriver.org	 
For more information, or if you have any questions, please email us at: info at friendsoftheriver.org