November 3rd, 2007 will be the second national Step It Up 2007 event in the US, designed to bring climate change to the attention of our elected officials.  Step It Up 1, which was held last spring, marked the most successful day of anti-global warming action this country has seen so far; Step It Up 2 should be just as much of a hit, with actions being organized all across the United States.  And for the November Step It Up, the Cool Washington County campaign will be holding an event outside the Washington County Administrative Building, asking the Board of Commissioners to pass the Cool Counties Declaration.  Stop by on November 3rd, and add your voice to the movement!

Also, if you haven't already, please SIGN THE PETITION TO THE BOARD, asking them to pass the Cool Counties Declaration!

This may well be the first anti-global warming demonstration ever to hit the streets of Downtown Hillsboro.  I myself, and other student activists at Pacific University, Forest Grove, are organizing the event, and will be outside the County Administrative Building from 11:00am to 2:00pm on November, with home-made signs and a banner or two asking for 80% reductions in greenhouse emissions by the year 2050.  The event will be peaceful, and absolutely legal.  It will be a Saturday, so the commissioners will not actually be in their offices, but they will be invited to stop by and talk to us about how they plan to move forward on a comprehensive emissions-reduction plan.  And whether or not any of the commissioners show up, there should be plenty of WA County citizens on Main Street, Hillsboro, early on a Saturday afternoon.  Our message will be heard, regardless of whether anyone from the Board of Commissioners chooses to attend.

If you want to be part of this event, please RSVP by leaving a response on this blog, or by clicking on the "contact me" link to the right.  I need to know how many people are coming, so that I can let the City of Hillsboro know; remember, we're doing everything legally, here.

Note: the picture used on this post comes from the Step It Up website, at http://stepitup2007.org/

-Nick