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Subject: The Longest Walk-2

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Date Posted: 02:26:54 11/04/07 Sun

From another site:San Francsico's Historic Fillmore Auditorium To Host the... San Francisco, CA (Vocus) October 15, 2007 -- Actors Dennis Banks, Floyd Red Crow Westerman, Kris Kristofferson and Peter Coyote will participate in a benefit concert, Music for Mother Earth, on November 3, 2007 at the historic Fillmore Auditorium. The event will bring together Native American leaders and high-profile celebrities alike with the aim to raise funds and awareness for the Longest Walk 2: a walk across America for the environment taking place in 2008. The Longest Walk 2 is a 4,400 journey that will commemorate the 30th anniversary of the original Longest Walk which took place in 1978 and work to bring attention to today's critical environmental issues. The Longest Walk 2 will begin in San Francisco in February 2008 and end in Washington D.C. in July 2008. Music for Mother Earth benefit concert participants include Native American leaders and artists, including: Dennis Banks (Last of the Mohicans) & Floyd Red Crow Westerman (Dances with Wolves) - with Kris Kristofferson, Taj Mahal, Kitaro, Peter Coyote, Wes Studi (Geronimo, Dances With Wolves, Last of the Mohicans), David Amram, Martha Redbone, Charlie Hill (comedian), SF Taiko Dojo, Koiichi Tomano (Buto dancer). The November 3rd concert will take place at The Fillmore Auditorium located at 1805 Geary Boulevard in San Francisco. Doors open at 6 p.m. The show starts at 7 p.m. Advanced tickets can be purchased for $80 at: www.ticketmaster.com or www.thefillmore.com Tickets will also be available at the door the night of the concert for $100. Additionally, there are a limited amount of VIP Tickets that can be purchased for $250. VIP Tickets include: A pre-concert Meet & Greet with the artists, a catered buffet and seating in the Fillmore balcony. VIP tickets available at www.redhotpromotions.com Proceeds will be distributed to The Nowa Cumig Institute, a nonprofit 501(C3) organization, for The Longest Walk 2. About the Longest Walk Longest Walk participants will embark on a 5 month journey across America walking over 4,400 miles to Washington, D.C. arriving on July 11, 2008. The Longest Walk 2 is being led by American Indian Movement co-founder Dennis J. Banks who is commemorating The Longest Walk of 1978 which successfully brought attention to eleven legislative bills introduced in the 95th U.S. Congress that would have abrogated Native Treaties protecting remaining Native sovereignty. All eleven bills were defeated in Congress. Similar to 1978, The Longest Walk 2 is a peaceful, spiritual effort to engage with the public about the disharmony of our environment by leading an effort to clean up our communities. The Clean Up America Campaign is a national effort taken up by the Longest Walk participants to clean up our country's highways and roads by collecting debris found along the Longest Walk route. This monumental task will engage Walkers in a global effort at a grassroots level to promote harmony with our delicate environment. Longest Walk participants will carry specially marked trash bags to separate the collected refuse into trash bins and recycling bins. A rotating team of walkers will pick up trash along the way with trash pokers leaving a health trail of earth in their path. The 4,400 mile Walk is an extraordinary grassroots effort to recognize the success of the 1978 Longest Walk that which successfully halted legislation might have had devastating effects on the tribes'sovereignty while Cleaning Up America mile by mile, village to village, state to state, shore to shore en route to Washington, D.C. For information on The Longest Walk 2 please visit: www.longestwalk.org For further concert & artist info please visit: www.redhotpromotions.com Note to media: High-resolution images and interviews with spokespeople available upon request. Media Contact:Allison Neves415-948-1200 * Original PRWeb article: San Francsico's Historic Fillmore Auditorium To Host the... [Read the original story] http://prweb.com/releases/Longest_Walk/Environment/prweb560768.htm

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Re: The Longest Walk-2	Oropan	13:38:03 11/06/07 Tue
Re: The Longest Walk-2 -- L., 18:30:18 11/06/07 Tue