Block-Aid: A prep party for climate pirates

Campaign planning & activities
Gadigal Country/Sydney

When

2:00pm Sunday 10 November

Where

Mothership Studios
18 Sydney St
Marrickville NSW
Australia

Why

Join Rising Tide and other grassroots activists to prepare for the People's Blockade.

 

If you do just one thing before attending the Blockade - make sure it's this!

https://www.risingtide.org.au/block-aid

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Program includes:

2-5pm - Workshops and crafts.

 

> Non-violent Direct Action training featuring Greens MLC Sue Higginson,
> Banner painting and screen printing,
> Affinity Group and relational organising training,
> and many other piratical activities!

5-6:30pm - Crisis simulation in Spokes Council

 

> What happens when the unexpected happens? Practice collective decision-making in a crisis and in Affinity Groups.
> This training is critical to participate in direct democracy at the Blockade!

 

6:30-9pm - Debrief, dinner, and dancing!

 

> Break bread together and meet others heading up to Newcastle,
> Draw the Rising Tide Sydney raffle,
> Practise the Blockade's very own sea shanty,
> Get your groove on in preparation for the biggest gig of the year!

 

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Kids are welcome - and encouraged to attend!

 

Please RSVP here: https://www.risingtide.org.au/block-aid

We look forward to seeing you there and block-aiding together!

This event will be held on Wangal and Gadigal Country, and we pay our respects to Indigenous people everywhere, whose struggle for justice remains integrally tied to land rights and environmental protection.

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