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Looking For help LEAP: No Gas Plants in Pictou County
Thanks to the incredible work across this community and support from our allies, LEAP is growing with momentum! To support this evolution and ensure success in our mission, we are reaching out to you, our community members, in search of people who can take ownership of strategic initiatives including:
- Website Admin - Wordpress Admin needed for website updates
- Fundraiser - Specific 'No Gas Plants' T-Shirt fundraiser for August/September and other fundraisers moving forward.
- Social Media/Content Creator
If you are interested in taking on a leadership role in one of the above, know someone who would be a great fit OR can contribute to an initiative that is not listed here, please reach out to us via email with the subject line: Strategic Initiatives Support.
Here are some LEAP highlights from the last 2 weeks:
- See links(below) to the media coverage from the peaceful protest outside of Tim Houston’s State of the Province luncheon on July 29th. Please watch for and share NEW social media videos, from the event, which we will post over the coming weeks.
- The streams near the proposed sites continue to be monitored, checking several parameters frequently over the summer. One of the core group, spent an afternoon with a person from the Pictou County Rivers Association and experienced firsthand the efforts of this important nonprofit group to understand how they work to protect, monitor and restore the watersheds of our County.
- A judge has approval a delay in our standing session which will now be sometime in the fall with our legal counsel present.
- Happy to announce the successful bidder of our silent auction Cyndi Park, who took home the beautiful painting of the Marshdale watershed, created and donated by Sherry Groves. All proceeds will support the legal team's case against the provincial government over flawed environmental assessments for these two projects. Thank you to everyone who placed a bid and shared the information about the fundraiser!
In the Press: Members of our community showed up for a peaceful protest outside of Tim Houston’s State of the Province luncheon on July 29th. Shout out to those who were present and asked questions of our Premier.
Here's a list of news clips and articles:
Hfx Examiner (must be a subscriber)
**Media attention is building for our concerns and efforts.We're working on staying up to date by linking articles (some are behind paywall) and you'll find our press releases here, too. Shout out to everyone who has been willing to do an interview (or several!).
List of upcoming events:
- August 9: Hopewell Ceilidh - LEAP pamphlets being distributed (TODAY!)
- August 28: 2-10pm Music Relay Fundraiser for LEAP, St George Round Church, Halifax - improvised music open to all genres. If you want to be involved (or know someone who would!) email samwilsonmusiq@gmail.com (see poster attached and FB event here - please share!)
- September fundraiser concert in Pictou County - TBC - hope to have an update on that in the next newsletter!
Take action today to continue to support LEAP and our opposition to gas plants in our watersheds:
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Watch and share (FAR AND WIDE!) the rally video that filmmaker Aube Giroux created for us here: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1Bv2ye5AjT/
instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reels/DaKh6W2BqTV/ -
Please like and share our page and posts on social media so we can continue to reach more people: on Facebook LEAP: No Gas Plants in Pictou County / on Instagram: @leappictou
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Please get in touch with Premier Tim Houston, and leave or send a respectful, honest message on how you feel about gas plants in watersheds and in rural communities without proper consultation with Indigenous leaders or folks who will be most affected. premier@novascotia.ca 902-424-6600 (A template letter can be found here: https://www.leappictou.org/calls-to-action/)
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LEGAL FUNDRAISER - GoFundMe (keep sharing, please!) https://www.gofundme.com/f/dont-lock-nova-scotia-into-a-fossil-fuel-future
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Resources available at leappictou.org and twinpeakers.com please share and encourage people to join the mailing list at https://www.leappictou.org/contact/ for weekly updates on our opposition campaign.
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LEAP pamphlet for downloading and printing: https://www.leappictou.org/resources-and-reports/
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Original Awareness Facebook Group: AWARENESS of Pictou County Natural Gas Plants (this group was started by Wanda and Lynda 10 weeks ago, is packed with so much important info and has up to 1000 members!!)
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Join us on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/nogasplantspictoucounty
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Join us on Instagram: @leappictou
Amy for LEAP
Living Ecosystems And Power
OUR MISSION: To stop the Pictou County gas plants; uphold Mi’kmaq Treaty Rights; protect salmon, ecosystems, people, and the water that sustains them; and seize the opportunity for clean energy to meet Nova Scotia’s power needs.