Hope the new year finds you well. 2009 was an exciting year for activists working to protect their communities from exploitative drilling in the Marcellus Shale. Still, one thing that has come up time and again in our work is: “How can we do community organizing in rural areas?”
Continue reading Jan. 10 – Rural Organizing: Listening Project Training January Series
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Hope the new year finds you well. 2009 was an exciting year for activists working to protect their communities from exploitative drilling in the Marcellus Shale. Still, one thing that has come up time and again in our work is: “How can we do community organizing in rural areas?” Hope the new year finds you well. 2009 was an exciting year for activists working to protect their communities from exploitative drilling in the Marcellus Shale. Still, one thing that has come up time and again in our work is: “How can we do community organizing in rural areas?” Hope the new year finds you well. 2009 was an exciting year for activists working to protect their communities from exploitative drilling in the Marcellus Shale. Still, one thing that has come up time and again in our work is: “How can we do community organizing in rural areas?” The Ruckus Society (www.ruckus.org) – one of America’s most respected organizations for the development of grassroots activism – is coming to lead a weekend workshop for folks involved with natural gas issues in Central New York. This workshop will provide us with training in media outreach; coalition building; direct action tactics; and community organizing. Application Deadline: November 16th, 2009 If you want to strengthen your media outreach and communication skills, create more effective strategies for presenting your concerns, learn tactics for direct action, and work on building coalitions – both with other activists and in your home community – then please join us! This is an amazing opportunity to hone the skills we need to protect our land, water, and rights. Important information: All participants must be committed to attending all three days of the workshop. Childcare and housing assistance (for folks coming from far away) will be available. Contact us if you can help out with either! If you are interested in participating, please email: ethan@destratify.com to get an application form – fill it out asap, and return it to ethan@destratify.com or mail to: Shaleshock, 115 The Commons, Ithaca, NY 14850. The application deadline is Nov. 16th, and all participants will be notified of their acceptance into the workshop by November 20th. If you have any further questions, please visit www.ruckus.org, or contact Claire at ruckusworkinggroup@gmail.com. Click here for application RuckusApplication The Shaleshock Citizens Action Alliance Newsletter reaches people with photos, stories, interviews and reports about the Shaleshock Movement. Newsletters are distributed by members and volunteers, in neighborhoods and events, at outreach tabling and to drop-ins at the office. Write for the Newsletter! As an individual: submit an article or story. Get your voice heard! As a working group: What have you been up to? How can people get more involved in what you’re doing? As an artist/photographer: Give us photos, comics, drawings, etc… to help with layout and what not. —– Send us your submissions by October 5th. Send to clover56@riseup.net Questions? Call or e-mail me anytime. Thanks! Shaleshock members Laurie and Ryan are going to try for a booth at the Farmer’s Market in Ithaca this Sunday. We have impressive photos and schematics as well as a lot of pamphlets and other literature to hand out. Laurie will be calling the Market early in the morning on Sunday to see if there is an empty booth we could use from 10am to 2pm. Laurie is wondering if anyone else would like to do some tabling; we could do two shifts of two hours, if two more people wanted to help. If you are interested, please email your phone number to roelaur at gmail dot com so Laurie can reach you on Sunday morning. This is an important way to help spread the word about natural gas drilling in our community – please help if you can! |
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