Victoria’s
Secret Victory
and Birthday Party
for Wetlands Activism
Collective
On
Saturday, March 24, at 7:30 PM, Wetlands Activism Collective, in conjunction
with Times Up!, will hold a party to commemorate Victoria’s Secret’s recent
commitment to phase out the use of paper pulp from endangered forests and
increase use of recycled paper in its catalogs and to announce an upcoming
National Day of Protest, April 21,
targetting catalog companies that have yet to institute significant
reforms. Victoria’s Secret’s
announcement comes at the heels of 2 years of protests, street theater, and
civil disobedience by Wetlands Activism Collective, ForestEthics, and other
environmental groups. The party will
also commemorate Wetlands Activism Collective’s 18th birthday. Founded as the social justice and
environmental arm of the late, lamented Wetlands Preserve nightclub, Wetlands
Activism Collective has devoted almost two decades to successful advocacy
campaigns on issues like forest defense, anti-consumerism, animal rights,
anti-globalization, indigenous people’s rights, resource waste, and labor
rights.
The
party will feature music with DJ Thadeaus and surprise guests, free food
(prepared by Freegan.info; a project of Wetlands Activism Collective); music,
updates on forest defense campaigns featuring activists from Wetlands Activism
Collective, Rainforest Relief, and ForestEthics, environmental films; and
slideshows of exciting images from forest defense protests and direct actions.
No
RSVP is required. Admission is free,
but donations are welcome. The party
will be held at Times Up! environmental space at 49
East Houston Street between Mott and Mulberry.
Take the B, D, F, or V to Broadway-Lafayette, 6 to Bleeker Street, or
the N/R to Prince Street. For more
information, call Wetlands Activism Collective at (201) 928-2831 or email activism@wetlands-preserve.org.
