UPDATE: We received a response from the Governor's office. It's the same form letter rejection we got to our initial meeting request. It's time to turn up the pressure on Shapiro, so we're picking the date and inviting him. The town hall will be on May 13th from 7 - 9 p.m. We're delivering a 4' engraved invitation to his office a week earlier on May 5th. See images of the cover and inside left below. Individual signers will be added to the inside right and rear.
If you signed the letter, please use the fields below to let us know if you do not want to add your name to the invitation. If you're a new individual or organizational signer, please use the form below to add your signature!
By the way, if you already know you want to speak at the town hall, please sign up here (sorry for another form!) https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfDGAMwCEG2EWdZqfAGIzA6MzywE2rQ-eBqdWJY-GdklgwBug/viewform
List of organizational signers as of 4/16
Better Path Coalition
No False Climate Solutions PA
350Hawaii
ACCAN
Advocates for Behavioral Change
ALLEGHENY COUNTY CLEAN AIR NOW
Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments
Aquashicola/Pohopoco Watershed Conservancy
Berks Gas Truth
Between the Waters
Brandywine Regeneration Project
Breathe Easy Susquehanna County
Bucks Environmental Action
Center for oil and gas organizing
Cherokee Concerned Citizens
Chester County Marching Forward Social Justice (CCMF-SJ)
Chester Residents Concerned for Quality Living
Civic.Citi
Clean Air Council
Climate Justice Alliance
Climate Reality Project Lehigh Valley PA
Climate Reality Project: Pittsburgh & SWPA Chapter
Coalition to Protect Cumberland County, PA from Data Centers
Community Partners in Asthma Care
Concerned Citizens of Montour County
Concerned Health Professionals of Pennsylvania
Concerned Residents of Western PA
Damascus Citizens for Sustainability
Delaware Riverkeeper Network
Food & Water Watch
Green Amendments For The Generations
Greenfirecoalition Writers' Forum
Indivisible Montgomery County PA & Friends
Intertwined faith community
Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper Association
Luzerne County Community Action Coalition
McKean County Green Party
Montgomery community watch
Mountain Top Area Coalition
Mountain Watershed Association
Move Past Plastic (MPP)
National Coalition Against Cryptomining (and AI Data Centers)
NEPA Green Coalition
North Pocono Citizens for Responsible Growth
Patriots From The Oil And Gas Shales
Pennsylvania Action on Climate
Pennsylvania Renewable Energy Caucus
People Over Petro Coalition
Physicians for Social Responsibility PA
Prevent East Vincent Data Center Development
Project CoffeeHouse
Protect Elizabeth Township
Protect PT
Save Carbon County
Seneca Lake Guardian
Simetra Sanctuary
Sunrise Movement Pittsburgh
Three Rivers Waterkeeper
Upper Bucks United, Indivisible
Waterkeepers Chesapeake
Yough CC
Zero Waste Ithaca
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ORIGINAL INTRODUCTION:
Organizations and individuals are invited to sign the letter to Governor Shapiro regarding a statewide virtual town hall the Better Path Coalition and No False Climate Solutions PA are organizing. We believe that the people of Pennsylvania deserve a chance to make statements to and ask questions of Governor Shapiro. We will also invite our state legislators to attend. We will ask people to register in advance to speak so we can take them in the order they signed up.
Our request for available dates was rejected. We were told that the schedulers don’t provide such lists. On Tuesday, February 17, we submitted a new request, this time listing every date in March and asking them to pick one. We are circulating this letter that we hope will pressure Governor Shapiro to agree to participate.
We didn’t set a deadline to sign, but we’re nearing the end of February, so we’d like to submit it within the next week or so. We intend to keep pressuring Governor Shapiro. We’re starting with the invitation for a March town hall. If he refuses to participate, we will decide whether to keep pressuring him for dates or schedule a town hall for a date of our choosing and invite him to attend. If he still doesn’t attend, we will display his head on the Zoom screen so people can direct their comments and questions at him. We will send a transcript and a recording of the session to him with a request for responses to any questions asked.
