Birmingham Stop Rosebank Day of Action

Stop Rosebank – Birmingham event info

Join Greenpeace Birmingham and other climate-concerned groups and individuals in

support of the Stop Rosebank National Day of Action in Birmingham City Centre on

Sat 6th September from 12:00 - 14:00. Meet at Victoria Square in front of the Council

building. We hope to engage with passers-by by handing out leaflets about Rosebank,

asking them to sign the petition using the QR code linked to the action, will help people

to draft a short, simple letter to their MP (we will search for their MP on the spot and will

send their letters for them if they wish), discuss other related climate issues (e.g. major

Banks and Insurance companies underpinning fossil fuel expansion) and encourage

volunteering in local green groups and actions.

It would be good to have some small stands to show materials relating to the Fossil Fuel

problem but we have not applied to the Council for permission to do this. So if groups

want to bring a table/stand, I suggest it will need to be small, easy & quick to pull down

and mobile, in case we are moved on!! I understand that groups have often had small

stalls in this location without asking permission and they have not had a problem. So if

individual groups want to bring one, they would need to accept responsibility for this - I

assume if confronted, we would just dismantle them. We encourage people to bring their

own easy to hold and carry placards and banners linked to Rosebank and fossil fuels.

There will be some materials from the organisers but bring your own home made

placards too if possible.

We are likely to split our time between Victoria Square and Centenary Square to capture

people at both sites (starting with Victoria). Depending on the number of

protestors/supporters on the day, we may decide to split ourselves into 2 groups.

One of the main objectives of the protest is to also blitz social media platforms and tag

people with photos of the protest including Kier Starmer, relevant MPs and the Fossil

Fuel sites including Equinor & Ithaca - Rosebank's potential developers. We will want to

take photos in both of the squares as they are good landmarks and maybe at the end, by

the Bull at the Bull Ring shopping centre.

Greenpeace will arrange a zoom meeting in the next week to discuss coordination,

practicalities and issues raised. So please send your email addresses.

Look forward to seeing as many people as possible.

Sian

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BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom