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Philip Morris sponsorship bumped from another international concert!
Posted by: hollyaprea August 29, 2008Here's the latest update on Philip Morris sponsorship being dropped from an Eraserheads tour in the Philippines. Check out this excerpt from the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids statement:"For the second time in a month,... »MORE
Catalyst Staff Holly and Andy crush a Triathlon
Posted by: andyberndt August 20, 2008So our boss challenged us to a triathlon, Holly and I jumped at the chance. It was the Brewhouse Triathlon in Duluth, MN. It was 1/3 mile swim, 10 mile bike, and 2.5 mile run.... »MORE
Navajo Nation passes Commercial Tobacco Free Act of 2008
Posted by: hollyaprea August 06, 2008On Friday, July 25th, the last day of the Navajo Nation Tribal Council Summer session, the Tribal Council passed the Navajo Nation Commercial Tobacco Free Act of 2008 by a vote of 42:7. ... »MORE
Catalyst Block Party BBQ
Posted by: NicBuron August 06, 2008<!--StartFragment--> Last night at Boom Island Park, Catalyst got together for some fun, food, water balloons, and of course education. The idea of the BBQ was to reconnect with some regulars, and some friends we... »MORE
Tobacco-Free Pharmacies in San Francisco!
Posted by: hollyaprea August 06, 2008Last week San Francisco banned the sale of all tobacco products in pharmacies - the council voted 8 to 3 in favor of the new policy! The policy was ultimately based on the idea that... »MORE
Chad Bullock wins DoSomething.org Teen Choice Award!
Posted by: hollyaprea August 06, 2008It has been a big week! The Catalyst Block Party on Tuesday night (blog post coming soon), and our friend Chad Bullock winning a Teen Choice award on Monday night! He won this fabulous... »MORE
Philip Morris International Dropped from Alicia Keys Indonesia Tour
Posted by: hollyaprea August 01, 2008More exciting news this week! Yesterday Alicia Keys played a concert in Jakarta, Indonesia. Up until earlier this week Philip Morris International's "A Mild" brand had been sponsoring and heavily advertising the tour and the... »MORE
Come recruit and see the Minnesota Lynx for FREE with Catalyst! Sat. Aug . 30
Posted by: andyberndt August 01, 2008Come to the Catalyst B-Ball Bash! 3 different organizations around Minnesota are coming together to go to the Minnesota Lynx game to recruit new Catalyst members and share some knowledge about the tobacco industry. Everyone... »MORE
U.S. House of Representatives passes FDA bill!!!
Posted by: hollyaprea July 31, 2008All right everybody, this is crazy exciting news! Last night the U.S. House of Representatives voted with overwhelming support to pass a bill allowing the Food and Drug Administration to regulate tobacco products.The vote was... »MORE
Respect my Ride Marketing Contest - Win $100!
Posted by: andyberndt July 31, 2008Hey guys, so there is this killer group called Respect My Ride, they promote people to keep their cars and homes smokefree. They have a wicked contest, check it out! WHAT: We need... »MORE
Block Party BBQ (Aug 5th) Boom Island Park
Posted by: NicBuron July 29, 2008August 5th marks the 1st Annual Catalyst Block Party BBQ. We will be getting loco at the Boom Island Park from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. There will be lots of yummy BBQ, music, activism,... »MORE
SNUS - What is that?
Posted by: NicBuron July 21, 2008As more and more states and cities in the U.S. go smoke-free more and more people are giving-up cigarettes - and this has the industry scrambling. They’re looking for new customers, or trying to find... »MORE
Hang out with Catalyst at the Dakota County Fair
Posted by: andyberndt July 21, 2008Catalyst staff member Diane Tran will be at the Dakota County Fair and would love some Catalyst members to come and volunteer with her giving out info, and cheering on the Tractor Pull! Email here... »MORE
Cina dishes about the RODEO
Posted by: NicBuron July 18, 2008The Catalyst took a road trip to Thief River Falls to show Big Tobacco that we didn't want them in our rodeos and the people in Thief River Falls didn't want them in the rodeo... »MORE
Block Party - SAVE THE DATE (Aug 5th)
Posted by: NicBuron July 18, 2008Save the date for the Catalyst 1st Annual block party. The party is a Tuesday night, and is part of National Night Out. There will be live music, activism, food, tons of awesome people, and all... »MORE
Shhhh . . . Don't wake the sleeping giant!
Posted by: hollyaprea July 17, 2008Check out some of the killer quotes behind the study published yesterday about Polonium-210 in tobacco and tobacco smoke. For example, an internal handwritten note from Philip Morris' docuements mentions reluctance to release research about... »MORE
Radioactive tobacco?! Yep, and Big Tobacco knew all about it . . .
Posted by: hollyaprea July 16, 2008A study to be published online Wednesday, July 16, in the American Journal of Public Health found that for over four decades, tobacco companies have known that polonium (PO-210), a radioactive substance, is present in... »MORE
Catalyst Rodeo Road Trip Photos!
Posted by: hollyaprea July 15, 2008Thanks to Tamara for the AWESOME blog post about the Catalyst Rodeo Road Trip! Here are a handful of photos from the weekend. And thanks to all of the Catalyst members and partners who... »MORE
The Rodeo - a post from Tamara
Posted by: NicBuron July 14, 2008The weekend at Thief River Falls So, you all know that Catalyst headed up north to try to halt Big Tobacco's sponsorship of rodeos. One of Catalyst's awesome activists breaks-down our action-packed weekend. Read Tamara's... »MORE
All 1,134 Catalyst Summit '08 Photos Now Online
Posted by: andyberndt July 10, 2008Now you can look through our extensive catalog of photo's on Flickr! Check out all the albums here. Check out the Day One photos here Check out Day Two Photos here Check... »MORE
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