Southeast Convergence for Climate Action
August 5-11 Louisa County, VA
The past year has no doubt seen a tipping point in attitudes towards
climate change in the US. All of the presidential candidates are talking
about it, banks are touting their “Carbon Principles”, college campuses
are claiming to be carbon neutral. And yet the climate crisis escalates.
They promise us alternative fuels and instead we get bread lines and food
riots around the world. They promise us clean energy and give us “clean”
coal and nuclear waste instead. They call for regulations on greenhouse
gases, then fight tooth and nail against even the weakest, most inadequate
climate legislation that is proposed. They tell us the markets will take
care of it, and then try to privatize the very air we breathe. It has
become abundantly clear that the governments and corporations of the world
will not solve the climate crisis, they are after all, part of the
problem. Instead it is up to us to build a powerful grassroots movement to
create the world we want. Fortunately, this movement is growing.
This summer, join people of all ages and backgrounds from throughout the
southeast and beyond for the second annual Southeast Convergence for
Climate Action. After the resounding success of last year’s convergence we
are excited to continue the struggle for climate justice in the southeast
with an engaging week of workshops, strategizing, and direct action! This
year’s convergence will be hosted in Virginia where communities are
fighting uranium mining, nuclear power, mountaintop removal coal mining,
and new (as well as old) coal plants. Once again we will unite to fight
the coal industry’s stranglehold on our region while rejecting the deadly
nuke industry’s attempt to position themselves as the solution to the
climate crisis.
The convergence is a place to strengthen our movement, network with new
allies, and take action against dirty energy while working to build a
sustainable world. Workshops will include: community organizing, direct
action 101, debunking false solutions to climate change, blockades,
sustainable living systems, media, disaster response, fighting nukes and
coal, and much more. The convergence will culminate in an empowering
action to show that the southeast is serious about tackling climate
change.
For more information check out: www.climateconvergence.org
Email: risingtide@mountainrebel.net
