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Next door to the Bay Area, there's the fight of a lifetime going down. San Benito County is battling to ban fracking, and it's up against some steep odds. Big Oil has pumped millions (yes millions) of dollars into this little county to defeat Measure J, a grassroots intiative banning practices known to contaminate water, cause earthquakes, and sharply augment drought.

But we have people power, and together, the Bay Area can help San Benito pass Measure J. That's why for the Global Frackdown, the Center for Biological Diversity is bringing people down to San Benito get out the vote.

Ride with us on Sat. Oct. 11 down to San Benito to activate people on Measure J and win this historic vote.

Measure J will ban fracking, cyclic steam injection and matrix acidizing in San Benito County, which has the highest percentage of organic agriculture of any county in California and the nation's newest National Park -- Pinnacles -- home of the endangered California condor.

The battle against fracking is at a pivotal moment. If we win Measure J, we amass critical power and a statewide ban comes into our reach. If we lose, we’ll be treading water, and a ban in California could be lost until the next decade.

Join us on October 11th to volunteer for Measure J and prove that people power can defeat Big Oil.

Let me know if you have any questions before the event at alauth@biologicaldiversity.org.

Important info to know:

• We will provide transportation and will leave the Millbrae BART Station at 9AM SHARP.

• Please bring a brownbag lunch.

• Once we arrive in Hollister, we’ll provide a thorough canvass training at 11am.

• The canvass itself lasts 12-3pm.

• We’ll leave directly after and should be home by 5:30pm.

• We will leave the Millbrae BART Station at 9AM SHARP.