Gulf Coast residents will meet on Pensacola Beach to "draw a line in the sand," voicing their opposition to offshore drilling and to embrace clean energy solution by gathering on Pensacola’s Casino Beach May 18. At noon, participants will join hands for 15 minutes to form a line along the beach.

Hands Across the Sand is an annual gathering of people all over the world who come together to express their opposition to dirty fossil fuels and to champion a new era of clean, renewable energy and a sustainable planet. At this year's event, hosted by 350 Pensacola, local citizens will be joined by the folk music duo Sassafrass at 11:30 a.m.

On the local, national and global level, joining hands sends a powerful visual message of human solidarity to our world leaders and decision makers. We are unified in the defense of the air we breathe, the water we drink and the food we consume from dangerous, dirty energy sources.

Location: Casino Beach, 41 Fort Pickens Rd. For more information, call Elaine Sargent at 850-572-7230, email [email protected] or visit HandsAcrossTheSand.com.