PRESS CONFERENCE / FILM SCREENING: “Stories from the Gulf: Living with the Oil Disaster”

Kindra Arnesen

http://www.facebook.com/note.php?created&&note_id=178160642233313#!/notes/kindra-arnesen/dc/178160642233313

DC

 I land in DC tommorrow, will be meeting with several different offices Monday & Tuesday. This has been put together by NRDC partnered with Storycorps. This is giving me the chance to speak directly to the men & women who need to hear what we are dealing... with. PRESS CONFERENCE / FILM SCREENING: “Stories from the Gulf: Living with the Oil Disaster”   A year after the worst oil spill in America, people whose livelihoods depend on a clean, vibrant Gulf of Mexico continue to suffer.   To tell their stories, the Natural Resources Defense Council invites you to a special screening of “Stories from the Gulf: Living with the Oil Disaster” on Tuesday, April 12. The 22-minute film will make its worldwide debut on Discovery Communications’ Planet Green on April 23. At Tuesday’s sneak preview, you will also have the opportunity to meet and speak with Gulf residents who are still reeling from the disaster. WHO: Frances Beinecke, NRDC president & member of the national oil spill commission Ryan Lambert, president of Cajun Fishing Adventures and vice-president of the Louisiana Charter Boat Association Kindra Arnesen, commercial fisherwoman turned community activist after the BP Gulf oil disaster WHEN:          Tuesday, April 12, 2011 TIME:            10 a.m.-11 a.m.   WHERE:Room 430, Dirksen Senate Office Building 1st and C Street NE, Washington DC     To view trailers of the film, please see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8BYBjsWvAk   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87oYOXgT6YM   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBytM0DxQ-QSee More

By: Kindra Arnesen