It’s been a minute since I blogged last and I have lots to catch up on. Keep posted for updates on the Southeast Climate Convergence coming up August 5-11th in Louisa County, VA. And also on the recent Dominion civil disobedience action, in which myself and eleven others from Mountain Justice and Blue Ridge Earth First! were arrested for blocking the road into Dominion’s headquarters in Richmond. Our action was in response to the permit granted the week prior which puts them one step closer to building the monstrocity of a climate killer. More on these stories later…….
I’ve been in Harrisonburg now for about a month and a half and I’m settling in nicely. My organizing work has increased, especially since being hired with SEAC (the Student Environmental Action Coalition). I am the National Council Coordinator, and I’m looking forward to my job very much! The gardens are producing lots of greens and squashes and the tomatoes are ripening as we speak! There is an amazing group of folks here in town who have started the Harrisonburg Permaculture Urban Guild and we’re learning and sharing together our experiences with growing food and building more sustainable systems in our communities. I’m looking forward to lots of potlucks and work parties in the coming months. James Madison University is also in town, and there is sooo much student energy there dedicated to organizing and raising a ruckus for collective liberation. The E.A.R.T.H Club is rockin’ and Students for a Democratic Society also have a chapter. Blue Ridge Earth First! is in town, pushing the radical analysis and standing on the frontlines of the environmental justice movement, while a new Women’s Health Collective is taking root. The Little Grill is a local worker-owned collective dedicated to running a democratic restaurant and Westover Park is just asking for a soccer or ultimate frisbee game! Oh, I’ve found a little slice of heaven! I have so much to be thankful for here in Harrisonburg, nestled between the Shenandoah National Park and George Washington National Forest. It’s a great town with tons of potential yet to be seen. Keep checking back, as I hope to write a blog on each one of these
