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STOP BLACKWATER WEST
October 6 and 7, 2007
Two day Educational Encampment
and Walk to Stop Blackwater in Potrero
This will be a full weekend of activities,
culminating in the Walk on Sunday.
Join us for part or all!
--SAY NO TO THE DESTRUCTION OF OUR ENVIRONMENT
--SAY NO TO WAR PROFITEERS
--SAY YES TO KEEPING POTRERO A SAFE, LIVABLE COMMUNITY
Blackwater USA plans to build a training facility, “Blackwater West,” in Potrero, California, a small community in San Diego County 45 miles east of the City of San Diego. The environmental impacts will be enormous and have long-lasting effects, including loss of sensitive habitat, depletion of an already fragile and shrinking water table, groundwater pollution and more. People living in Potrero will also be exposed to noise, traffic and disruption of their quiet way of life. Blackwater is one of the most powerful and secretive forces to emerge from the U.S. military-industrial complex and one of the greatest beneficiaries of the “global war on terror.” Destroying communities for profit at the expense of the environment must stop. Profiting from war and human suffering must stop!
ENCAMPMENT: Join our camp at Potrero Regional Park. Activities begin on Saturday, but camping can begin on Friday night. See details for being a part of the camp-out below
Day visitors on Saturday and Sunday: See info below
EDUCATION DAY, Saturday, October 6
9 a.m. Sierra Club Event: Easy Walking Tour of Hauser Wilderness – details below.
2-5 p.m. Educational Workshops and displays on the environment, Blackwater
West impacts on Potrero and the San Diego region, Potrero-area
Wildlife and more (Potrero Regional Park)
7 -9 p.m. Music and spoken word gathering celebrating peace, the
environment and safe, livable communities (location directions below.
WALK TO KEEP POTRERO, SAN DIEGO COUNTY AND CALIFORNIA BlACKWATER-FREE SAFE, LIVABLE COMMUNITIES, Sunday, October 7
1 p.m. Rally and One Mile Walk to gates of proposed Blackwater site
(Gather on private property at the corner for Round Potrero Road & Yerba Santa)
Note: Parking is limited at the location for the rally and start of the one mile walk; please carpool. If there is interest we will arrange for buses from San Diego to the site.
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CAMPING INFORMATION:
1. To reserve a campsite for Saturday night, go to the San Diego County Parks and Recreation website www.sdparks.org and book your site online. Our encampment hub will be sites 1-9, so book sites near us! We’d also like to know that you’re coming, so please e-mail us at info@prcsd.org!
2. How to get to Potrero Regional Park: From San Diego, 42 miles East on Highway 94 to the town of Potrero; Turn north on Potrero Valley Road; Turn right at Potrero Park Road, go one mile east to Park Entrance.
3. Water is available at the camping ground; please bring your own food and supplies, including camp chairs. Please respect all park rules.
SIERRA CLUB EVENT: EASY WALKING TOUR OF HAUSER WILDERNESS: Leader: Ellen Shively 619-479-3412. The Hauser Wilderness additions proposed by Senator Barbara Boxer in her California Wild Heritage Act of 2007 (S.493) would expand the existing Hauser Canyon Wilderness to include additional USDA Forest Service and USDI Bureau of Land Management lands in Hauser Canyon and adjoining Hauser Mountain. This easy morning day hike will survey the proposed wilderness additions in the context of serious threats posed by the proposed Blackwater USA Christian Mercenary Military Training Camp, and a proposed Sempra Energy power line -- both of which would significantly damage the pristine ecosystem in this region. Join us for an informative walk with wilderness expert Geoffrey Smith in this beautiful and diverse ecosystem which has been the subject of significant land acquisition effort on both sides of the international border. We'll return to the County Park by 2:00 pm to join the educational "Stop Blackwater West" Encampment. Meet at Potrero County Park to form carpools to the trail head at 9:00 am. Take SR 94 to Potrero Valley Road, two miles past the SR188 exit to Tecate. Follow the signs to the County park. Call Geoffry Smith at 858-442-1425 to learn more about federal wilderness proposals in our county. More at www.wilderness4all.org There is a .00 day use fee for cars parked at Potrero Regional Park.
WORKSHOP LOCATIONS: Potrero Regional Park. From San Diego, 42 miles East on Highway 94 to the town of Potrero; Turn north on Potrero Valley Road; Turn right at Potrero Park Road, go one mile east to Park Entrance. Day parking passes .00.
MUSIC AND SPOKEN WORD GATHERING: Will be held on private property located at 23975 Yerba Santa Road (corner of Round Potrero Rd. and Yerba Santa). Parking is available on the property. Once in Potrero, from I-94 go north on Potrero Valley Road, go left onto Round Potrero Road and continue to location. Please bring flashlights, camp chairs and water; please NO fires, candles, kerosene lanterns, etc. due to fire hazard.
RALLY AND WALK TO BLACKWATER GATE: The rally will be held on private property located at 23975 Yerba Santa Road (corner of Round Potrero Rd. and Yerba Santa). Parking is available on the property. Once in Potrero, from I-94 go north on Potrero Valley Road, make a left onto Round Potrero Road and continue to Rally/Walk site).
Contributions are needed to help with this effort! Checks can be sent to The Peace Resource Center of San Diego, 3850 Westgate Place, San Diego, CA 92105. Makes checks payable to the Peace Resource Center and indicate it’s for Stop Blackwater work. Donations can also be made online at Click here. Under "who would you like to donate to, click on "Stop Blackwater West work."
Sponsored by the Peace Resource Center of San Diego, the San Diego Coalition for Peace & Justice, Citizens Oversight, San Diego Veterans for Peace, Code Pink, Activist San Diego, San Diego SUN, San Diego Puppet Insurgency, Border Angels, San Diego Renters Union
To endorse this event, contact the Peace Resource Center, 619-263-9301 or info@prcsd.org
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