MUST ATTEND CONFERENCE! Deep Green Resistance Training

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MUST ATTEND CONFERENCE! Deep Green Resistance Training - March 26th - 28th!

Derrick Jensen's Deep Green Resistance Training - Edmonton March 26-28th - REGISTER NOW and please forward on to others!

Hi Good People,

Derrick Jensen and co-facilitating friends are coming to Edmonton, Alberta on March 26-28th to do a 3 day intensive workshop called Deep Green Resistance. This 3-day workshop is particularly relevant to those of us who have been resisting the industrial developments of more tar sands, nuclear power and other environmental destructive projects. By bringing this conference to the prairies we will be building on the grassroots community that is already coming together, building on our network and strengthening our skills to bring about the changes we need to see.

The Deep Green Resistance training is a three-day workshop for activists, change-makers, and other concerned or inspired folks who are interested in delving into some critical reflection on the state of the world and our role in fixing it. We live in the most destructive culture to ever exist, yet does our activism reflect that? If we really accept the seriousness of the situation, what would that mean for our strategy and tactics? How do we build up a culture of resistance? These are some of the deep questions that will be explored over the weekend, while we build on our skills to continue doing good works.

The Deep Green Resistence is facilitated by Lierre Keith (http://www.lierrekeith.com/), Aric MacBay (http://www.inthewake.org/), and Derrick Jensen (www.derrickjensen.org) and promises to be an experience that you don't want to miss!!

COST

The thing is, the total cost for the training will be around $12 000 to bring to Edmonton. Currently, the idea is that if we can get 50 people registered, at a sliding scale of $200-$450 each for the weekend (with some APIRG subsidies available), by March 1st, the training will go ahead.

SO SIGN UP NOW!!

Billets are available, as well as carpools for folks coming from out of town to further cut down on your costs!!

WE REALLY WANT YOU HERE!

REGISTER NOW!

E-mail lierrekeith@yahoo.com and let her know your name, address and phone number. You can pay via paypal made out to derrick@derrickjensen.org or e-mail lierre to make other arrangements (lierrekeith@yahoo.com)

SPONSORSHIP/SUBSIDIZING?

Event organizers are still looking for people or organizations who can donate money free and clear of this however, so that we can either go ahead with less participants, or offer lowered fees. Right now $200 is the lowest we can afford as the workshop cannot take more than 50 participants. Can you or your organization provide some funding to support the training? Whether through direct donation or subsidized assistance for attendees? Check out the link here: http://www.rageedm.com/wordpress/

REGISTER AND SPREAD THE WORD

Pass this email on to all folks and lists you think would be interested in attending or supporting this rad training, building the grassroots for a clean, green and just planet future!!

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How will how this conference benefit people from rural communities?

According to Sheila Muxlow:

1. This conference is based off of 10 premises which directly point out how destructive the status quo economic and social systems are. Because of this, the discourse in the conference goes a lot deeper with discussion about how to effectively confront the struggles we are dealing with. Thus I would say that people who attend this conference, will definitely be exposed to conversations and ideas about resistance that they don't usually get to discuss.

2. This conference is geared towards building a culture of resistance. This means looking at the diversity of roles needed to be effective as a resisting community. Thus I see this conference, as a space for folks to build on their confidence as participants in resistance activities. Meaning folks will build on the appreciation for all the roles done by folks, like cooking the food, and doing media as well as those who do legal challenges and lock down on property.

3. By being in Edmonton, this conference creates a space for prairie activists to come together and build on individual connections and trust between communities. Meaning there are going to be some great folks coming together with passion and idealism that we will make good change happen! Those who attend this conference won't be disappointed!

This is NOT an anti-nuclear conference. This meeting will be bringing together committed citizens from across the prairies who are dealing with the full range of issues affecting their communities. People of all ages and backgrounds will be there.

A similar conference held two years ago by the same people was by far the best one I’ve ever attended. It was amazing to watch the twenty-year-old SPOC Youth interact with 80-year-old ranchers who were trying to protect their land from various developments.

This is an excellent opportunity for rural and urban prairie dwellers to get together to find common ground and realize they are not alone in their struggles. In the immortal words of Canadian “philosopher” Red Green: “We’re all in this together”.

If you have any questions, send Sheila an e-mail at: sheila.muxlow@gmail.com

Respond ASAP.

Hope to see you there.

Pat

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Derrick Jensen (California) is the author of The Culture of Make Believe. His book “Endgame” is well-known. He drew a large audience to the Broadway Theatre here for a video-conference discussion, about a year ago.

Derrick is now scheduled to be co-leading a weekend workshop in Edmonton at the end of March!

It looks like a great opportunity for people to work with Derrick!

Having long laid waste our own sanity, and having long forgotten what it feels like to be free, most of us too have no idea what it’s like to live in the real world. Seeing four salmon spawn causes me to burst into tears. I have never seen a river full of fish. I have never seen a sky darkened for days by a single flock of birds. (I have, however, seen skies perpetually darkened by smog.)

As with freedom, so too the extraordinary beauty and fecundity of the world itself:
It’s hard to love something you’ve never known. It’s hard to convince yourself to fight for something you may not believe has ever existed.
--from Endgame, Volume I

“Derrick Jensen is a force for the common good. His books are mandatory reading in the study of culture and social change. Derrick Jensen is a contemporary philosopher with his feet firmly on the ground.” —Terry Tempest Williams

“A rare and original voice of sanity in a chaotic world. He has wisdom and wit, grace and style, and is a wonderful guide to a good life beautifully lived.” —Howard Zinn