Southeast Convergence for Climate Action: July 30 - August 5th

Southeast Convergence for Climate Action

July 30 - August 5 Central VA

This summer, join people of all ages and backgrounds from throughout the
southeast and beyond for the second annual Southeast Convergence for
Climate Action. After the resounding success of last year's convergence we
are excited to continue the struggle for climate justice in the southeast
with an engaging week of workshops, strategizing, and direct action! This
year's convergence will be hosted in Virginia where communities are
fighting uranium mining, nuclear power, mountaintop removal coal mining,
and new (as well as old) coal plants. Once again we will unite to fight
the coal industry's stranglehold on our region while rejecting the deadly
nuke industry's attempt to position themselves as the solution to the
climate crisis.

The convergence is a place to strengthen our movement, network with new
allies, and take action against dirty energy while working to build a
sustainable world. Workshops will include: community organizing, direct
action 101, debunking false solutions to climate change, blockades,
sustainable living systems, media, disaster response, fighting nukes and
coal, and much more. The convergence will culminate in an empowering
action to show that the southeast is serious about tackling climate
change.

In Virginia where the Climate Convergence will be held, Dominion Power is trying to expand a nuclear power plant near Richmond and construct a new dirty coal plant in the southwestern part of the state. Citizen action is amping up to fight Dominion's deadly plans on both fronts and the timing couldn't be better for you to join us! Check out this video from a recent action in which Blue Ridge Earth First! blockaded the company's corporate headquarters.

For more information check out: www.climateconvergence.org
Email: risingtide@mountainrebel.net

-Anti-oppression policy

The organizers of the Convergence for Climate Action believe that
anti-oppression work is vital to community organizing and to building a
movement to eliminate the exploitation of people and the planet. The
Convergence for Climate Action will have anti-oppression workshops and
participants will be strongly encouraged to participate.
In order to create a safe and productive environment for activism and
community, we will not be tolerating behavior that demeans, marginalizes,
or threatens people. Examples are offensive remarks about person's gender,
age, sexual orientation, race, mental health, culture, general
appearances, income status, being a parent or a child, employed or
unemployed, level of experience in activism, etc....
Any type of sexual, verbal, or physical assault will be taken especially
seriously by the convergence organizers. On account of the short nature of
the event and limited resources, convergence participants may be asked to
immediately leave the event should they be accused of oppressive behavior.
We thank everyone for helping to make the convergence a safe, comfortable,
productive and super fun environment!

-Dirty Energy Policy

The Convergence for Climate Action is committed to Earth-centered,
community-based solutions to the climate crisis that foster local autonomy
and self-sufficiency. We see corporate led, business friendly "solutions"
to the climate crisis as inherently opposed to this vision. We do not
accept alternative energy sources that externalize their costs onto human
and natural communities in the name of reducing carbon emissions. This
includes but is not limited to nuclear power, "clean" coal, large scale
ethanol and biofuels, carbon sequestration, trading, or offsets, and large
dams. These technologies have social and environmental costs that far
outweigh any benefits they provide in regards to fighting climate change.
We firmly believe that any conversation on alternative energy must address
the issue of consumption. No future form of energy can be considered
sustainable without drastic reductions in our energy and resource
consumption.