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SCHEDULE

MONDAY, JULY 28TH
Set-up

TUESDAY, JULY 29TH
10:30a-12:30p
The Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act
Solar Set Up
Solar Access
Being the Media - Interviewing
PDX Street Medics

2-4p
Know Your Rights
Creative Resistance & Costumemaking
Grassroots Community Radio
Basketry & Containers from Local Materials
PDX Street Medics

WEDNESDAY, JULY 30TH
10:30a-12:30p
Feminism In Action
Planning for MAJOR ACTIONS During the UN meetings in 2009/Copenhagen
No Olympics on Stolen Land!
Campus Campaigning 101

2-4p
Engaging a Community in Renewable Energy (NICE project)
Shale Oil in the American West
General Outdoor Camping/ Survival Skills
International Forest Issues: A Summary of all Forests Left on Earth
Street Theater

THURSDAY, JULY 31ST
10:30a-12:30p
General Outdoor Camping/ Survival Skills
Forests & Climate Change
The History of Neo-liberalism and the Security and Prosperity Partnership (Global Elites Grand Master Plan for North America)
Introduction to Liquefied Natural Gas proposals in Oregon
Internet Organizing

2-4p
Greenscare Workshop
Taking Down Corporations
Climate Change Science
Western Oregon Plan Revision
Consensus, Co-ops, & Climate Change

Keynote:
Jorge Vargas: Energy Issues & Justice in Mexico

FRIDAY, AUGUST 1ST
10:30a-12:30p
Non-Violent Direct Action
Global Impacts of LNG
Place-based Organizing and Campaigning
Losing Your Activist Ego
Living Electricity Free

2-4p
Environmental Impacts of Animal Agriculture
Preparing for Climate Change
Womyn’s/Trans’ Climb Training
Sharing the Story of Change
Natural Gas Industry

Keynote:
Jane Williams, California Communities Against Toxics: Strategies to Stop Natural Gas Development

SATURDAY, AUGUST 2ND
10:30a-12:30p
Place-based Organizing and Campaigning
Tripod, Bipod, and Mono Pools
Transforming Suburbia
Non-Violent Direct Action
Supporting Resistance- Black Mesa Indigenous Solidarity

2-4p
Resisting Political Repression
Alliance Building
Non-Violent Direct Action (con’d)
Native Ecosystems and the Magic of Birding
Fundraising for Grassroots Groups

Keynote:
Louise Benally, Black Mesa Indigenous Resistance

SUNDAY, AUGUST 3RD
10:30a-12:30p
Consensus, Climate Change, Co-ops
Direct Action: Lockdowns
PDX Street Medics
Strategic Campaign Planning
Reaching Mainstream & Alternative Media

2-4p
Rule of Property/Property Rights & Climate Impact
Radical Eco-Feminism and Environmental Ethics
DIY Bio-Methanol

Keynote:
Jeri Williams: Environmental Justice & the I-5 expansion (Columbia River Crossing)

Last year’s West Coast Convergence for Climate Action was a great success and we are trying to build on its momentum. Over 400 people came out to rural SW Washington to participate in over 100 workshops, learn about different community-based struggles & solutions and ended the week by taking action against Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) development and PacifiCorp’s consistent disregard of their dams’ impact on surrounding cultures and the environment. The West Coast Convergence for Climate Action was held in conjunction with climate gatherings in the UK which focused on airport expansion and in the southeast US focusing on the coal and nuclear industries.

For more info on last year’s WC Climate Convergence, click here.

We are part of an international grassroots movement that plans to work with and support communities on the front lines of the climate struggle and take direct action against the fossil fuel empire. The West Coast Convergence For Climate Action will be held in conjunction with at least 7 other climate action gatherings across the world. There are plans to have camps in the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, Australia, New Zealand and 2 others in the southeast and northeast United States.

To find out more about these other Climate Action Camps go to http://www.climateconvergence.org/ and click on the event you are interested in.

Locally and regionally the resistance to Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) development has grown a lot due to grassroots efforts by communities across Oregon. Now is the time to join together in Solidarity with one another against the Fossil Fuel Empire which is the greatest contributor to climate change and worldwide injustice.

Remember it’s the last week of July, first weekend in August.
July 28th - August 4th

Check back soon for more details. We will try and update the site with fliers, shuttle information, a “donations needed” list and more info on the struggle as often as possible.

If you are an individual or organization who would like to get involved in some way please contact westcoast(at)climateconvergence.org