August 19 – August 21
The Golden Chapter of The Council of Canadians has hired the California based Ruckus Society to offer a two and a half day series of workshops to help you expand your Direct Action toolbox.
The two and a half days will cover a variety of different areas. The Direct Action sessions will focus on the rural resistance of Ruin-of-the-River IPP hydro projects in the Kootenays but will also include workshops on topics ranging from non-violent direct action, blockades 101, environmental justice, media, art and activism, campaign planning and more. The camp will provide useful tools in any social justice campaign including but not limited to; Peace initiatives, union organizing and strikes, health care activism, feminist action, indigenous rights, environmental activism, human & animal rights, social equality, eliminating poverty, or food security initiatives.
August 19 will be open to the public at Jita’s Café from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. with some speech’s from the trainers Jess Bell & Harjap Grewal and a meet and greet function. The guts of the event will be all day on Saturday and Sunday and registration is necessary to attend.
There is something for everyone and the two and a half day camp is a great way for new activists to learn a bunch of skills and meet a lot of other activists from the Kootenays and for the veteran activist to hone old skills and learn some new ones. Let’s change history together.
Activists from outside of Golden are invited and welcome and limited billeting is also available for out of town folks.
Suggested donation for the weekend is $20 but no one will be turned away due to lack of funds.
To register for the Council of Canadians Direct Action camp or to find out more contact Trevor Hamre at thamre@hotmail.com or call 250-344-4668 or 250-344-6633.
“Not only is another world possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.”
-Arundhati Roy
Trevor Hamre
Golden
