February 6 2008
Minneapolis celebrated for Thinking Outside the Bottle
Mayor Thanked for Supporting Public Water
When: Wednesday, Feb. 6th, 2008 at 2:30pm
Where: Office of Mayor Rybak (Minneapolis City Hall, Rm 331)
What: Corporate Accountability International commends the City of Minneapolis and Mayor R.T. Rybak for Thinking Outside the Bottle and taking concrete steps to protect public water in the area. At the event, we will present an award to Mayor Rybak for his leadership and will call on more Minnesota mayors to join Mayor Rybak and become national leaders on this issue.
Click here for the press release
Think Outside the Bottle Pledge Launch 2007
Click here for the press release
Think Outside the Bottle held a national press call on the morning of October 9. Click here for the sound file.
Speakers that were on the press call :
Ross C. "Rocky" Anderson, Mayor, Salt Lake City, UT Gigi Kellett, Campaign Director, Think Outside the Bottle Sister Sharon Dillon, Former Executive Director, Franciscan Federation Katherine Mainzer, CEO, Bella Luna Restaurant and The Milky Way Lounge and Lanes Richard Girard, Researcher, Polaris Institute
Transcript available upon request.
Launch Day events
On October 10 there were events across the country to launch the Think Outside the Bottle Pledge, calling on local officials to choose tap over bottled water and support strong public water systems. For details on the press events that took place visit our events page.
Click here for the Austin Press Release
Click here for the Chicago Press Release
Click here for the Oakland Press Release
Click here for the Canada Press Release
For all media inquiries, please contact:
Nick Guroff
office: 617.695.2525
cell: 617.784.4753
email: nguroff@stopcorporateabuse.org
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