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Teak Week Actions Sprouting Up All



Subject:       Teak Week Actions Sprouting Up All Over

************ TO ALL BURMA ACTIVISTS *******

Numerous demonstrations against resellers of Burmese teak furniture are 
planned for the upcoming International Teak Week of Action, July 1-7, 
part of the ongoing Teak is Torture campaign.

Rainforest Relief chapters are organizing demonstrations in New York 
City, Maryland and Portland, Oregon.

EarthCulture is organizing a BIG demonstration around one of the 
largest Teak (torture) importers in the country in North Carolina. 
Knowing EarthCulture's effectiveness at organizing demos, it should 
be WILD!

Seattle Rainforest Action Group is targeting Scan, a Teak (torture)
furniture retailer.

Rainforest Action of Delaware Valley is working on two retailers in 
the Philadelphia area along with activists from the University of 
Pennsylvania.

The New England Burma Roundtable may target a retailer in the Boston 
area (how about it, Simon?).

The Bay Area (San Francisco) Burma Roundtable has a hunch they will 
hold an action (How about it, Jane?).

Other groups have shown interest in Kentucky, San Francisco, Los 
Angeles, London, Japan and Thailand.

Join in the FUN! Let's make this big, Big, BIG !!

Pick a Teak (torture) furniture store near you and call, fax or email 
Rainforest Relief for flyer originals (don't forget to include a 
postal address).

Each separate action will MULTIPLY the effect of the message sent 
to the Danish furniture association that markets Burmese Teak 
(torture) here and in Europe.

This is the most heat the Teak (torture) resellers will have EVER 
felt.

All it takes is a few people and a few hours. 

Please spread this announcement far and wide. If you can't 
participate in an action yourself, you probably know someone who can!

For Earth and self-determination in Burma,
Tim Keating
Rainforest Relief