JOIN THE FRANKENFOOD DAYS OF ACTION! - October 28-31

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JOIN THE FRANKENFOOD DAYS OF ACTION! - October 28-31

FRANKENFOOD DAYS OF ACTION are coming to a town near you!
Actions will occur across the Maritimes, and the country.
Action locations include Halifax, Charlottetown, Sackville, Fredericton,
and Moncton.

The Halifax action is being organized by CEAGE, CoC, Sierra, SYC, CUSO,
YEA, and NSPIRG.
For info contact Cass <au361@chebucto.ns.ca> 543-8531 

For information or contacts in other towns, see contact information below.

Have fun!
~Aaron

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JOIN THE FRANKENFOOD DAYS OF ACTION! - October 28-31

	Sierra Youth Coalition (SYC) is organizing "Frankenfood Days of Action"
across Canada, from October 28-31, 1999, to alert the public, government,
media, and corporations to the fact that citizens find genetically
engineered (GE) food very scary indeed!
	
	In the days leading up to Halloween, SYC will be holding actions,
including Eco-caroling (GE songs courtesy of the Raging Grannies) in public
places, from supermarkets to farmers' markets, from government offices to
corporate headquarters, from town squares to shopping malls. Participants
will hand out information on the issue, many wearing costumes representing
GE foods, carrying placards with creative slogans, performing street
theatre, and marching through the streets.

	The Council of Canadians is also organizing GE Days of Action (Oct.28-30)
and holding information pickets at supermarkets across the country. Their
goal is to further their call on Loblaws/Superstores to remove GE foods
from their shelves. Activists will be distributing postcards, flyers and
factsheets, educating shoppers on the issue, and encouraging them to share
their concerns with their grocery store managers.

	Sierra Youth Coalition will be teaming up with the Council of Canadians
and other groups across the country including the Raging Grannies, Sierra
Club, Oxfam, CUSO, Public Interest Research Groups, Canadian Environment
Network affiliates, and many others.

	Contact Sierra Youth Coalition <aaronk@isn.net> for a copy of our "Don't
FORCE- FEED Us!" (GE/WTO) pamphlet, or GE songs, sticker ideas, costume
ideas, sign ideas, info- picket tips, sample letters, or addresses of
politicians and supermarkets.

	If you or any person or groups you know would be interested in
participating, please contact us right away. GE action ideas and websites
are listed below.

	The Council of Canadians can provide local groups with handbills,
postcards, factsheets, and petitions. To receive these materials, contact
Valerie Bernard <vbernard@canadians.org> (1-800-387-7177 ext. 229) right
away so they can get your co-ordinates and mail them out. 

	***Contrary to rumors floating around, the SYC "Trade Train" is still
scheduled to head to Seattle for the WTO meetings. It will leave Halifax on
November 20th (not 30th - another rumor). After the Frankenfood Days of
Action, SYC will continue our GE/WTO campaign. If you'd like to come with
us on the train, find out about chartered planes, get some resources for
local WTO teach-ins and actions, spend November crossing Canada in an RV
with CUPW and others, or otherwise become involved in the campaign, please
contact us.

Yours,
Aaron Koleszar <aaronk@isn.net>
SYC GE / WTO National Campaign Coordinator


PS. SYC is compiling a growing list of ideas and tips for actions,
stickers, costumes, and signs, as well as addresses, phone numbers, and
emails for food companies. If you have something to add to our list, email
<aaronk@isn.net>.

Some Action Ideas

* Singing GE songs
* Leafleting
* Information picket
* Big banners
* Protest
* Sit-ins/Occupations
* Street Theatre, Lively Shopping
* March of lost souls
* Have a well-known speaker
* Hand out GE stickers
* Make and wear costumes
* Trick-or-treating
* Hold a press conference
* Hold a public screening of a film on genetic engineering
* Put up posters
* Go have a chat with: Managers of grocery stores, Politicians, Health
Officials, people who eat
* Write a letter to: Government, Food corps, local Grocery store
* Write letters to the editor
* Outreach to other groups

Places for Action

* Supermarkets
* Corporate headquarters
* Government offices
* On the Street
* Farmers' markets
* Town squares
* Shopping malls
* School cafeterias
* Door-to-door
* Any public place
* Contact MEDIA

Some GE Websites

*The Council of Canadians - www.canadians.org
*The Ecologist Magazine - www.gn.apc.org/ecologist/SeptOct/ 
*Campaign for Food Safety - www.purefood.org
*Greenpeace International - www.greenpeace.org/~geneng/
*Third World Network - www.twnside.org.sg
*Rural Advancement Foundation International (RAFI) - www.rafi.ca
*Bioengineering Action Network - http://www.tao.ca/~ban
*Monsanto Unethical Investment Page -
http://www.ethicalinvesting.com/monsanto/news/
*Ten Reasons why farmers should think twice before growing GE crops 
http://www.oac.uoguelph.ca/www/CRSC/faculty/eac/10reasons.htm

**********************************************************
Aaron Koleszar <aaronk@isn.net>
GE / WTO National Campaign Coordinator
Sierra Youth Coalition
1200-1 Nicholas St., Ottawa, ON  K1N 7B7
1-888-790-7393, 902-659-2570 (PEI)
www.sierrayouthcoalition.org (under construction)

JOIN THE FRANKENFOOD DAYS OF ACTION! - October 28-31

***Get on board SYC's "Trade Train" to the World Trade Organization's
Millennium Round Conference in Seattle (November 29 to December 3)! It
leaves Halifax on Nov.20, crosses Canada, and arrives in BC on the 26th,
picking up people, and doing teach-ins and media events along the way.

"Science is not bad, but there is bad science. Genetic Engineering is bad
science working with big business for quick profit against the public good."
-Dr. Mae-Wan Ho, UK Open University



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