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Please join us for this important dialogue, below, or share with friends and contacts. This issue is truly a question of faith: how can we let mountaintop removal mining continue destroying Appalachia if we truly strive for a world where justice reigns?<div><br></div><div>Erik<br><div><div>--</div><div>Erik Hoffner</div><div>Orion Grassroots Network</div><div>888-909-6568</div><div><a href="http://www.oriongrassroots.org">http://www.oriongrassroots.org</a></div><div><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><div>The Orion Grassroots Network provides services and support to grassroots organizations engaged in ecological, social, and cultural change. </div><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <!--Copyright (c) 1996-2009 Constant Contact. All rights reserved. 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Like climate change, this is a devastating environmental and social ill, one which we all should take action to end. <br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">To join the call on May 13:</span><br><ul><li>Dial 712-432-1000 at 2 pm Eastern time (usual long distance charges apply)</li><li>Enter conference code 581688569#</li></ul>If you find that line is busy or full:<br><ul><li>Dial 712-432-1001</li><li>Enter conference code 452001681#</li></ul> Please forward this message along to others who may want to join us. The call's leaders are very inspiring and we promise that it will be a rich dialogue.<br><br>If you can't join us, the audio of this conversation (and all the calls that preceded it) will be available for listening any time in the <a track="on" href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102570356820&s=14321&e=001b7mwQ_9l9CJE2lx6Opr_ojhdSp3epK8kmA7ZSs7044dtAOHP9RuHJJ6ERiSCxrckHpgQm4dYT25YhGvQy7PLLL3mYFX0pm-LspRMbjSVZLonyk1OdQY1TnMj3iZiuMGrMAXqEJ-BGmHhQr3sAaQNZg==" linktype="link" target="_blank">conference calls</a> archive after the 13th.<br><br>Best wishes,<br><br>Erik & Scott<br>Orion Grassroots Network Team<br></td> </tr> </tbody></table></td> <td style="padding-top:15px;background-color:#FFFFFF;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top" width="425" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center"> <a name="LETTER.BLOCK4"><table style="background-color:#999966;margin-bottom:5px;" bgcolor="#999966" border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="1" id="content_LETTER.BLOCK4"> <tbody><tr> <td style="color:#FFFFFF;font-family:Trebuchet MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;" styleclass="style_TOCText" rowspan="1" align="center" colspan="1"><font color="#FFFFFF" size="2" face="Trebuchet MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif" style="color:#FFFFFF;font-family:Trebuchet MS,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Links to Services</span><br></font></td> </tr> <tr style="font-weight: bold;"> <td style="background-color:#CCCC99;color:#990000;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-decoration:none;font-size:10pt;" bgcolor="#CCCC99" styleclass="style_QuickBG TOCLink" rowspan="1" align="center" colspan="1"><font color="#990000" size="2" face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" style="color:#990000;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a track="on" href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102570356820&s=14321&e=001b7mwQ_9l9CKZLeZhxSzva-zaHjTrcLjncBGVj9FB4M7s7zEHYde1pOU3zlgC6OsU7SSlw3FrJS69Lon8gHt-cUsRSeXKNzcaowBghWi_iK7jMmsQwUTqmPNr0R2FD2An" linktype="link" target="_blank">Post Job/Internship</a></span><br></font></td> </tr> <tr style="font-weight: bold;"> <td style="background-color:#CCCC99;color:#990000;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-decoration:none;font-size:10pt;" bgcolor="#CCCC99" styleclass="style_QuickBG TOCLink" rowspan="1" align="center" colspan="1"><font color="#990000" size="2" face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" style="color:#990000;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><a track="on" href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102570356820&s=14321&e=001b7mwQ_9l9CL7lCdhFNb0Ne0XlsF3jfSNAMxUGtqan2eOhMBu_qAwN_Ud6M39D9RuN0a0zTevjbWqAqYIegQzT4O7DTyTZoU_mUlhZ1lwK-JcPPsymiHMEqXiHQLOqnqdupVl8Up61qY=" linktype="link" target="_blank">OGN Forums</a><br></font></td> </tr> <tr style="font-weight: bold;"> <td style="background-color:#CCCC99;color:#990000;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-decoration:none;font-size:10pt;" bgcolor="#CCCC99" styleclass="style_QuickBG TOCLink" rowspan="1" align="center" colspan="1"><font color="#990000" size="2" face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" style="color:#990000;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><span style="text-decoration: underline; 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