Hey folks,
Today is I Love Mountains Day in Frankfort. Go show your support for coalfield families and ecosystems that have been hurt, damaged or destroyed entirely by mountaintop removal coal mining. Or just get a peek at Ashley Judd.
Here’s today’s schedule:
11 a.m. KFTC members and supporters will gather at the Kentucky River where Capitol Ave crosses the River and intersects with Route 60.
11: 15 Speaking at Ky. River
11:30 March up Capitol Avenue begins
12-1 Gather on the front steps of the Capitol building for rally
RALLY SPEAKERS
- coalfield residents Randy Wilson, Willa Johnson and author Silas House
- actress Ashley Judd
- student representative Emily Gillespie
- U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth
- MUSIC by the Reel World String Band, Public Outcry, Daniel Martin Moore and Ben Sollee (selected by National Public Radio as one of the nation’s top ten unknown artists in 2007)