Note: The People’s Climate March on September 21st is not the only activity going in NYC around the UN climate meeting. A website is being developed, Beyond the March, that will be a hub for direct action being planned during the week of the UN Climate Summit. We’re pleased to see this aspect of planning because direct action, especially on the days of the summit, is an essential ingredient for the movement combating the UN’s sell-out to corporate interests on climate. Below is information on how this is developing and how you can get involved. The website will grow as plans develop. Also planned during the UN meetings is the Global Climate Convergence which seeks to bring people together on September 19-20 to continue to build a united movement for action on climate change as well as an agenda for which the movement should advocate.
The direct action support hub connects working groups in the areas of media, medical, legal, research, art, outreach, and tactical coordination to action groups performing direct actions during the week of action around the UN Climate Summit in NYC. This allows for action groups, from both in and out of town, to plug into a larger structure to get support for their actions—allowing them to be coordinated in a way that makes the subsequent actions bigger than the sum of them individually. The support hub is a broad space for movement-wide networking, skill sharing and collaboration and is open to all individuals and groups. The direct action support hub is not a coalition, and as such does not require groups to agree upon any messaging, tactics, or any other decisions. It is a space out of which many autonomous coalitions with more specific agreements may grow, but itself is simply a space for coordination and inspiration.
WHAT:
A weekly meeting of groups planning or supporting direct action on climate change.
WHY:
In response to Climate Justice Alliance’s call to “take direct action for climate justice” in the week leading up to the United Nations Climate Summit in New York, September 23, 2014
WHEN:
Meetings are every Thursday from Aug 28 – Sept 18 at 7:00pm
WHERE:
Be Electric Studio – 1298 Willoughby Avenue, Bushwick, Brooklyn 11237