What:
a dynamic and inspiring training on non-violent direct action (NVDA) for climate protectors. There are many roles needed to support direct actions, many of which do not involve risking arrest.
Where:
First Parish in Concord, 20 Lexington Road, Concord, MA 01742
When:
Sunday, July 30, 2023, 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
More Info:
Across New England, growing numbers of inspired citizens are engaged in courageous actions to protect our climate and natural systems from the consequences of unrestrained carbon emissions.
Join us as we build a newly energized community of people who reject the highly polluting systems that are accelerating our rapidly heating atmosphere and oceans. We will not sit on the sidelines as fires, floods, and deadly heat ravage our only shared home.
Among the latest projects designed to hasten the climate emergency is the massive expansion of private luxury jet facilities at Hanscom Field.
On Sunday, July 30, we will offer a dynamic and inspiring training on non-violent direct action (NVDA) for climate protectors. There are many roles needed to support direct actions, many of which do not involve risking arrest.
Outcomes of this training will include:
- Information/experiential practice about direct action and supporting others to do so
- Deepening our connections to one another
- Understanding the movement shoulders we stand on
- Legal and practical information about direct action and civil disobedience
- Creating strategies and messaging which embody our issues
Please REGISTER for the event by clicking here. After you register you will receive a confirmation email with further explanation of what will happen at the training. If you have questions https://www.stopprivatejetexpansion.org/contact-us.
Our trainer: Committed to nonviolence as the antidote to our culture of separation and understanding the power of Civil Disobedience awareness for taking action, Cathy Hoffman has been a Nonviolence Civil Disobedience/Direct Action (NVDA) trainer for many decades most recently with Third Act, Extinction Rebellion, Immigrant Justice, UU Mass Action and the Resist the Pipeline effort