[mgj-discuss] July 9th global justice teach-in for tonight's meeting agenda

[Ethan X]

Hey all,

This is an email to ask y'all to please discuss the July 9th teach-in /
spokescouncil / benefit concert (kicking off the Gr8 Days of Resistance
against the G8) at MGJ meeting tonight! In addition to what I wrote further
below to Amina (who will help outreach) here's the most important info:

Ryme says that our cost to use the space from 12 to 6 pm should be $400.
Ideally we'll get co-sponsoring organizations to cover some or all of this
-- and could MGJ help nail down co-sponsors?

My proposal is to have 3 workshops on climate justice; mountain justice; and
fusing anti-war / global justice. I think the latter could be an interesting
discussion that leads into joint strategy & tactics for direct action -- and
could MGJ help facilitate it? Also there would be three concurrent trainings
for affinity groups & individuals forming AGs ( i.e. legal, direct action
tactics, medical) that MGJ could also help with...

Also there's the spokescouncil which would need solid facilitation, and if
anyone has ideas about or would want to help put together the benefit
concert, that would be awesome...

Otherwise, I just wanna say that I hope MGJ consenses to strongly support
this event in all ways possible & especially outreach for it :-)

Finally, there's definitely lots of other stuff regarding the G8 events that
we all should be discussing. If anyone who's attending the meeting tonight
is free to brainstorm quickly this afternoon via phone and can tell me your
#  that would be sweet... ;-)

solidarities from asheville! ~ ethan

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Ethan X <olivetrii at gmail.com >
Date: Jun 7, 2006 1:16 AM
Subject: Re: Re: collaborate re: July Free School at Al-Fishawy?
To: amina baird <aminaalthea at yahoo.com>
Cc: wbixclass at yahoo.com


Hi Amina,

Here's the basic info.

- Ethan Genauer. Education is an integral part of my activism; I recently
coordinated a conference in DC, and worked as an English writing tutor
throughout my undergraduate studies.
- A daylong teach-in connecting energy, climate and global justice issues
with international protests against the 2008 G8 Summit happening July 15-17
in St. Petersburg, Russia. Three issue-based workshops (on climate justice,
mountain justice, and anti war / global justice) from 12 to 6 pm plus three
concurrent trainings ( i.e. legal, medical, & direct action tactics /
strategy) for individuals and affinity groups. Followed by spokescouncil
meeting and benefit concert.
- Over 100 people of all ages (but lots of youth!)
- DVD film player & projection / possibly powerpoint capability. Food. Sound
system for benefit concert.
- This event will be publicized heavily to environmental & global justice /
anti war activists. We'll have co-sponsoring organizations, but DC Anti-War
Network and Mobilization for Global Justice will bottom-line the outreach.

I'm trying to think of a good name for the event -- I'll sleep on it & let
you know tomorrow! Thanks for helping, and looking forward to telling you
more about the mountain justice struggle!

solidarities ~ ethan


On 6/6/06, amina baird <aminaalthea at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>  Hey!
> Yeah that sounds totally sweet! I will put you on the calendar (that i am
> putting together tonight/tommrow) but do you think you could fill out this
> little question/info thing for participants to read about the event? Its
> really amazing when a space exists that can connect two things like this.
> Also, i'd like to learn more about mountain justice summer...I've been
> reading alot more about mining and feeling really enraged AND uninformed
> about it.
> Solidarity
> Amina
>
> -Your name and brief background for why you want to
> teach
> -A brief description of class/event
> -The ideal date, time, length, number of classes
> -Optimal number and age of students
> -Special needs for venue
> -Any materials/resources you'd need
> -How you would gather participants (I will do a ton of
> flyering with the whole calendar including media stuff
> and youth outreach but it will be up to You to really
> fill your individual classes. Just let me know if you
> need help.)
>
>
>
> *Ethan X <olivetrii at gmail.com>* wrote:
>
>
> oops, i meant sunday july 9th is the day of the event i'm organizing!
>
> On 6/6/06, Ethan X < olivetrii at gmail.com > wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hi  Amina,
> >
> >  I wasn't at the last MGJ meeting, but I saw in the meeting notes that
> > you're planning a series of free educational/skill-sharing events in
> > July
> > at Al-Fishawy...
> >
> > Coincidentally, I'm also planning a daylong teach-in / skillshare event
> > that will be at Al-Fishawy on Saturday July 9th!
> >
> > This will be a global justice teach-in with particular focus on climate
> > and
> > energy issues, and will also include trainings about local issues,
> > affinity
> > groups, non-violent direct action, etc...
> >
> > Would you like to make this part of your series, and help each other
> > in any ways possible to organize some great events?
> >
> > I'm based in Asheville, NC for the next 3 weeks working to set up a
> > media
> > center for www.mountainjusticesummer.org but I'll be back in DC
> > later this month, and hope we can talk soon about making this happen!
> >
> > sincerely ~ ethan, mobilization for global justice
> >
> >  On 6/4/06, basav at igc.org < basav at igc.org > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > MGJ meeting minutes – 5/31/2006
> > > >
> > > > NEXT MEETING: Wednesday June 7, 7 pm., St. Stephen's Church, 16th &
> > > Newton
> > > > St. NW (Columbia Heights Metro)
> > > >
> > > > A. National Immigrant Solidarity Conference
> > > >
> > > > Jesse White of the National Immigrant Solidarity Network came to the
> > > > meeting to talk about the National Grassroots Immigrant Strategy
> > > > Conference
> > > > (July 28-30, American University). The purpose of the conference is
> > > to
> > > > strategize about where to go next with the movement, as a followup
> > > to
> > > > racist legislation passed by both the House and Senate, and to the
> > > awesome
> > > > organizing of the last few months. Check out
> > > www.immigrantsolidarity.org
> > > > for more details.
> > > >
> > > > NISN would like MGJ to assist and participate. Specific asks are:
> > > > •       Provide leads on housing (St. Stephen's and other churches).
> > > > •       Connect our website to the conference housing board.
> > > > •       Help spread the word about the conference through e-mail,
> > > website
> > > > posts,
> > > > etc.
> > > > •       Identify delegates to attend the conference. (It costs $45 a
> > > > person, so
> > > > not everyone can go. We need to talk at one of our next meetings
> > > about if
> > > > we can pay for one person to go.)
> > > > •       Come up with a workshop proposal on how to make the
> > > > neoliberalism-immigration connection for popular education and
> > > organizing.
> > > > (Given the thrust of the conference, as well as the level of
> > > analysis of
> > > > those expected to attend, Jesse pointed out that, rather than
> > > presenting
> > > > analysis of the neoliberalism-immigration connection, it would be
> > > more
> > > > appropriate to propose a discussion about how one does popular
> > > education
> > > > around the issue, and uses this analysis as a starting point for
> > > > organizing.)
> > > >
> > > > We reached a general sense of supporting this conference, including
> > > > providing leads on housing and doing outreach. However, we need to
> > > reach a
> > > > consensus at a subsequent meeting about specifics such as delegates
> > > and a
> > > > workshop proposal.
> > > >
> > > > B. U.S.-Korea FTA
> > > >
> > > > Quick report: the march and rally on Sunday June 4 was AWESOME!!!
> > > There
> > > > was
> > > > a 15-person MGJ contingent there, with our banner and a very
> > > appropriate
> > > > puppet.
> > > >
> > > > Upcoming events:
> > > >
> > > > MGJers, please come out for as many of these as you can!
> > > >
> > > > Monday 6/5, 7:30 pm.
> > > > Candlelight vigil at Lafayette Park (White House), 16th and H St.
> > > NW.
> > > >
> > > > Tuesday 6/6, 12:45 pm.
> > > > Meet at McPherson Square (Metro: McPherson Square on Blue/Orange,
> > > Farragut
> > > > North on Red) to protest at offices of corporations lobbying for the
> > > FTA.
> > > >
> > > > Tuesday 6/6, 4:00 pm - 6:00pm.
> > > > Deepening Solidarity: Afternoon of Parallel Discussions. Small group
> > > > discussion on various aspects of the FTA and people's resistance.
> > > New York
> > > > Ave. Presbyterian Church, New York Ave. and H St. NW (Metro: Metro
> > > Center)
> > > >
> > > > Friday 6/9 morning.
> > > > Closing rally at Lafayette Park.
> > > >
> > > > C. Tollbooth action
> > > > Postponed because of potential bad weather. Will be announced later.
> > >
> > > >
> > > > D. July Free School
> > > > A local activist is planning a series of free
> > > educational/skill-sharing
> > > > events in July, that are free and open to the public. She approached
> > > MGJ
> > > > asking us to participate. Some background about the series:
> > > > •       Could be a one-time event or a series.
> > > > •       Most events likely to be at Al-Fishawy.
> > > > •       In addition to the outreach for the series as a whole, it
> > > would
> > > > help if
> > > > we did some of our own.
> > > >
> > > > We decided to do a one-time educational event on local-global
> > > connections,
> > > > Saturday July 22 morning. We have already submitted our proposal,
> > > drawing
> > > > upon the 3-4 local-global teachins and workshops we've done over the
> > > last
> > > > two years.
> > > >
> > > > E. Next meeting facilitator: Basav
> >
> >
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