Feb. 28, Stevens Point: ‘Protecting the Waters of the Penokee Hills’ with Frank Koehn

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From Occupy Stevens Point:

Come learn about the Proposed Penokee Mining struggle and what it means for wildlife, water, the fish, jobs, public health and the future of Northern Wisconsin and Lake Superior- and also learn about things YOU can do to raise resistance to it. Frank Koehn (www.savethewatersedge.com) will be in town to give a presentation followed by a Q&A discussion!

Frank Koehn is a prominent activist in Northern Wisconsin. He is most notable for being the first Green Party candidate to be elected to office in the United States when he was elected Bayfield County supervisor on the Lake Superior Greens ticket in 1986. Koehn’s 12 years on the Board of Supervisors (1986–1998) is one of the longest tenures in elected office for any Green Party member, and the second longest among Wisconsin Greens. Koehn has also been active in environmental, treaty rights and human rights causes including opposition to the Crandon and White Pine mines, support of Ojibwe treaty rights, and support for the proposed Seventh-Generation Amendment to the US Constitution. Koehn has paid particular efforts to preserving Lake Superior. In many of these causes, Koehn worked closely with Walter Bresette. Koehn was also a schoolteacher in the South Shore Schools in Port Wing, Wisconsin until recently.

Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012, 7 p.m.

The DUC Theater (Inside the Lee Dreyfus University Center)
1015 Reserve Street
Stevens Point, WI 54481

For directions call 608-445-4145 (Casey)

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