XR-Los Angeles Climate Camp
Start: Monday, April 15, 2019• 9:00 AM
Here in Los Angeles, we're planning a Climate Camp inspired by the German climate movement. We'll have delicious meals, seminars from organizers on the front lines of climate justice, creative team building events, and lots of opportunities for direct action! We can't wait to see you there! There's tons of preparation to be done to prepare for the Climate Camp and if you have any capacity for contributing please reach out!
XR-LA 2019 CLIMATE CAMP SCHEDULE:
---Monday April 15: NONVIOLENT DIRECT ACTION--
9:00A-9:30A: Light Breakfast
9:30A-10:00A: Introductions/Intro Questions/Meditation
10:00A-12:30P: Set Up (banners, schedules, food storage etc)
12:30P-1:30P: Lunch
1:30P-4:00P: Wheat-Paste Tutorial-Possible Chalking
4:00-5:00 Nonviolent Direct Action Training
5:00-6:00P- hang out/wrap up/clean up
LATE: PAINT THE STREETS --wheat-pasting, chalking
---Tuesday April 16: LOCAL SOLIDARITY---
9:00A-9:30A: Light Breakfast
9:30A-TBD: STAND-LA solidarity
Times TBD: LUNCH (transportable)
TIMES TBD: PAINT THE STREETS (chalking, wheat pasting) -- folks who don’t want to be on the streets can be making flags at base-camp
---Wednesday April 17: RADICAL AGENCY---
9:00A-9:30A: Light Breakfast
9:30A-10:00A: Introductions/Intro Questions/Meditation
10:00A-10:30A-debrief about Monday/Tuesday
10:00A-12:30P: Seminar from forest protectors
12:30P-1:30P: Lunch
1:30P-2:30P: Creative/fun/community-building exercise/Discussion of April 22 Escalated Action
2:30P-3:00P: Travel to action
3:00P-5:00P: Action (blockading/swarming)
5:00P- wrap up/clean up (probably optional pay-for-yourself dinner)
---Thursday April 18: REGENERATIVE CULTURE---
9:00A-9:30A: Light Breakfast
9:30A-10:00A: Introductions/Intro Questions/Meditation
10:00A-10:30A-debrief about Wednesday
10:00A-12:30P: “Banner-making/dropping 101” Workshop/”Projecting-Images” workshop
12:30P-1:30P: Lunch
1:30P-2:30P: Creative/fun/community-building exercise/Discussion of April 22 Escalated Action
2:30P-3:00P: Travel to movie
3:00P-5:00P: screening of a movie with discussion
5:00P- wrap up/clean up (probably optional pay for yourself dinner)
---Friday April 19 : YOUTH ORGANIZERS---
9:00A-9:30A: Light Breakfast
9:30A-10:00A: Introductions/Intro Questions/Meditation
10:00A-10:30A-debrief about thursday
10:00A-12:30P: Youth-led discussion and planning
12:30P-1:30P: Lunch
1:30P-2:30P: Creative/fun/community-building exercise/Discussion of April 22 Escalated Action
2:30P-3:00P: Travel to Action
3:00P-5:00P: Action (Possibly die-in)
5:00P- wrap up/clean up (probably optional pay for yourself dinner)
---Saturday April 20: HEALTHY COALITION---
9:00A-9:30A: Light Breakfast
9:30A-10:00A: Introductions/Intro Questions/Meditation
10:00A-10:30A-debrief about Friday
10:00A-12:30P: Seminar/presentation from AIM/summary of “accomplices not allies”
12:30P-1:30P: Lunch
1:30P-2:30P: The River Project presentation (Melanie Winter)
2:30P-3:00P: Travel to action
3:00P-5:00P: set up for Road Party!
5:00P-TBD: Music, dancing, drinks, food!
---Sunday April 21: PREPARATION---
Debrief of week
All preparation for Big Day of Action on 4/22
Art making party
Press-preparation
Community cooked meal!
Fun!
Music!
Camp fire?
Poems!
---Monday April 22: DAY OF ESCALATED ACTION---
Please note the following:
At Climate Camp
-no violence
-no weapons
-no illegal drugs
-this is a safe place for people of marginalized identities and all gender expressions free of judgment or harm