[mgj-discuss] for MGJ agenda: Climate,
Energy & Global Justice teach-in July 9th
Ethan X
olivetrii at gmail.com
Wed Jun 7 14:00:11 PDT 2006
Here's some basic draft text for the July 9th teach-in! I've started sending
it out to some
potential sponsors but I won't start circulating the public announcement
until next week. As part of the MGJ meeting tonight, please discuss this and
decide whether or not MGJ will put energy into organizing this...
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*** Reclaim our Fate! Climate, Energy and Global Justice ***
* Teach-In at the People's Media Center in Washington DC *
Sunday July 9th, 12 to 6 pm
12 to 1:45 - Climate Science 101 and Strategies for Climate Justice Action
2 to 3:45 - Energy Alternatives and the Mountain Justice Struggle to Save
Appalachia's Mountains from Mountaintop Removal
Coal-Mining
4 to 5:45 - Against War, For Global Justice: Linking Our Movements!
(Plus concurrent workshops for affinity groups and individuals forming
affinity
groups -- i.e. legal, medical, and tactical trainings for direct action)
Followed by action spokescouncil meeting (6:30 - 8:00) and benefit concert
Organized by DC Anti-War Network,
Mobilization for Global Justice &
Rising Tide North America
WE NEED TEACH-IN SPONSORS! A few sponsors at $150-200 each would
enable us to cover the venue rental cost of the teach-in from 12 to 6 pm...
(see below for more background info)
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Reclaim The Commons < reclaimthecommons at gmail.com>
Date: Jun 7, 2006 1:22 PM
Subject: list intro / July 9th Teach-In to kick off Gr8 Days
To: gr8days at lists <gr8days at lists.riseup.net>
Hey all,
So -- so far the only folks who are subscribed to this list are the ones who
attended the last couple meetings in DC ... y'all know who you are! If you
encounter other trustworthy activists who want to help organize, they're
welcome and encouraged to join this list too...
The rest of this email is about the July 9th teach-in / spokescouncil /
benefit concert at People's Media Center / Al-Fishawy Cafe, which is
definitely gonna happen to kick off the Gr8 Days of Resistance. But
organizing help is needed! In addition to what I wrote further below to
Amina (who will help with outreach) here's the most important info:
Ryme from People's Media Center says that our cost to use the space from 12
to 6 pm will be $400. Ideally we'll get co-sponsoring organizations to cover
some or all of this -- and can anyone volunteer to 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. Also
there would be three concurrent trainings for affinity groups & individuals
forming AGs ( i.e. legal, direct action tactics, medical)...
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...
Finally, there's definitely lots of other stuff regarding the G8 events that
we all should be discussing. If anyone wants to brainstorm quickly via phone
soon 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?<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.
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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