Save the Date! Summer Gatherings
Submitted by Dana on Sat, 2008-04-12 17:27.
I'm excited about a lot -- this fall's upcoming plans for Power Vote which involves bird-dogging every candidate we can (Presidential, City Council, Student Government) till they go to sleep and see "Stop" on one eyelid and "Global Warming" on the other, and dream all night about stopping coal and the potential for Green Jobs to revitalize our economy.
And the PowerShift 2009 conference next winter which will involved 10,000 young people gathering on Capitol Hill to scare the pants off our newly elected reps and president, as well as build a powerful grassroots network that can the uproot systems of oppression that cause environmental injustice with its right hand while stopping global warming with its left.
But first, lets get ourselves sharpened up, inspired, and connected with other amazing, amazing Environmental Justice Activists! We have a lot of work to do, if we're going to like, save the mountains and the planet and stuff.
Mountain Justice Summer Visit www.mountainjusticesummer.org to learn about Mountain Justice Summer May 17-23 in Harlan County KY!
SEAC/RAN/RYSE are going to be hosting two really amazing regional gatherings this spring and summer, and we really hope you can attend! The first one will take place this May 29-June 1, in the San Francisco Bay Area. In Mid-August (dates to be determined soon), there will be a second gathering in the Midwest.
So, if you're interested in building the RAN/RYSE/SEAC community, building your organizing skills, and building a movement, save the date!
Energy Action Coalition and Ruckus Society Mega Direct Action Camp focusing on skill building, climate justice and election protection in Minnesota July 2-9 Stay tuned at www.ruckus.org
Energy Action Coalition Mega Election and Organizing Camp!
Learn how to run Power Vote www.powervote.org and organize for clean energy, green jobs initiatives and no more fossil fuels. August 11-17 and location TBA
www.powervote.org
SPROGS Our friends with the Sierra Student Coalition with some help from SEN are hosting Summer Programs -- SPROGS -- all summer, all over the US (and in Puerto Rico !!) there are 300 slots available for these incredible weeks of training. Check it -- www.ssc.org/sprog
Climate Convergences http://www.climateconvergence.org/ These week long action training camps in the Northeast, in Virginia and in Washington state (and in the UK!) They still need help (lots!) planning the Southeast Climate Convergence in central VA, email risingtide@mountainrebel.net to get involved in that.
GreenPeace Change It! http://www.changeit08.org/ In Boston July 16-21 and Seattle, July 26-31 Led by GreenPeace, sponsored by Seventh Generation cleaning products.
Citizens Direct Action Training Camp against Global Warming in Montana June 6-11th This camp will focus on direct action skills especially for campaigns against tar sands and new coal. Get more info here: jr@globalwarmingsolution.org
And of course, all of the summer internship possibilities with SEAC and SEAC's partners in the coalfields of Appalachia.
More Summer training camps will be developing in the next month, There are more trainings coming up in the Midwest and elsewhere. but this is the most up to date info. To receive more info, hop onto SEAC's mailing list - -see below.
To be added to SEAC's mailing list (3-4 emails a month) just visit www.seac.org/getinvolved/join
If you would like to help plan MJSB 2009 (you know it!) We can add you to the planning collective list and you will receive periodic updates all summer about how to plug into MJSB 2009.
