Here's an email I just received:
Subject: Come see Al Gore on Global Warming in Portland.
Dear MoveOn members near Portland,
A great group of Portland community leaders and environmental organizations are hosting a speech and multimedia presentation by Vice President Al Gore at the Oregon convention center, this coming Tuesday the 6th at 6pm. See the details below.
We strongly recommend this show. Al Gore has created an incredibly compelling presentation that's really shifting the discussion on climate change, and it's a great joy to see a prominent national leader pursue such a truly crucial cause with such intelligence and passion.
Hope you can make it,
-Wes Boyd
co-founder, MoveOn.org
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Come watch the most unique One Man Show you will ever see...
Straight Talk - A real look at Global Warming
starring Vice President AL GORE
Tuesday September 6
Oregon Convention Center -- Ballroom (rooms 201 and 202)
777 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.
Portland, Oregon 97232
For directions to the convention center, go to: www.oregoncc.org
Free Admission, No Tickets Required
Please arrive at 6 p.m.
Event runs 6:30-8:00
This powerful and compelling multimedia presentation on global warming and the environment will teach, enlighten, inform and entertain.
Doors to the ballroom (rooms 201 and 202) at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland will open at 6:00. Admission is free, and tickets are not required.
Don't miss this exciting opportunity to see Al Gore present on an issue of vital local, national, and international importance.
Please take a moment now and click here to let us know if you can attend:
http://ospirg.org/OR.asp?id=446&id3=OR&id4=ES&Then forward this email to your friends and family inviting them to come.
If you have questions please call OLCV at 503-224-4011 or email at olcv@olcv.org
Background:
Throughout his nearly twenty-five years in public service, former Vice President Al Gore has been an outspoken environmental advocate. His thoughts on a wide range of environmental issues, especially global warming, were outlined in his bestselling book "Earth in the Balance: Ecology and the Human Spirit." In Congress and the White House, he was the leader of a wide range of environmental
initiatives.
Global warming is affecting the world we live in, including here in Oregon, where sea levels on the coast are rising and snow pack in the Cascades has declined by 50 percent. Vice President Gore is traveling the world delivering a powerful and compelling multimedia presentation on the global environmental crisis and issuing a ringing call to action.
On Tuesday September 6th 6:30 Vice President Al Gore will be delivering his riveting multimedia presentation on global warming and the environment at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland.
This powerful and compelling multimedia presentation on global warming and the environment will teach, enlighten, inform and entertain.
Doors to the ballroom (rooms 201 and 202) at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland will open at 6:00. Admission is free, and tickets are not required.
Don't miss this exciting opportunity to see Al Gore present on an issue of vital local, national, and international importance.
Please take a moment now and click here to let us know if you can attend:
http://ospirg.org/OR.asp?id=446&id3=OR&id4=ES&Then forward this email to your friends and family inviting them to come.
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