October 14 - 2015 - Mark it down, JOIN the People's Climate Movement Day of ACTION [View all]

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TO CHANGE EVERYTHING, WE NEED EVERYONE, EVERYWHERE.

Join us in a national day of action around the United States on October 14, 2015


http://peoplesclimate.org/#second

Don't see an event in a city near you on the map linked below? Create one!! Some great ideas are listed below.

http://peoplesclimate.org/actions/map/

THE PEOPLE’S CLIMATE MOVEMENT ORGANIZING PRINCIPLES

On October 14, 2015, in cities and towns around the nation, people will be engaging in a National Day of Action to once again call attention to the urgent need for bold steps to be taken to address the global climate crisis. Initiated by the People’s Climate Movement (PCM), these actions are being organized by local groups and organizations from the wide range of diverse constituencies and communities.

Local Organizing Tables

The organizations that have stepped up to anchor local Oct. 14th activities have been asked to do the following:

Organize a local table of partner organizations, some of which might co-anchor.
Ensure that local tables include core PCM constituencies – people of color, working people, frontline communities, environmental and climate change groups, faith-based organizations, students/youth, labor unions, and community-based organizations – and that core constituencies are in leadership roles.
Help to drive turn out to the event.
Work with the PCM National Communications team on media, etc.
Commit staff time to pulling off the event.
Engage in a debrief and next steps conversation with PCM after October 14th .

Participating Organizations

Many additional organizations around the country that are not able to serve as either an anchor group or as part of a local organizing table, are asked to:

Endorse the PCM National Day of Action on Oct. 14th.
Help with turn out to local events.
Publicize local events.
Help with/promote digital action/social media on October 14th .

Every organization involved in this effort is asked to read and agree to the Jemez Principles for Democratic Organizing which came out of the Environmental Justice Movement several years ago and has been a foundation piece for the People’s Climate Movement.

Individual Efforts

In some instances your situation might not lend itself to pulling together an organizing table and taking all of the steps outlined above. But that should not stop you…everyone has something to contribute to this movement and to the success of the National Day of Action! Here are suggestions for how you, as an individual, might proceed:

Call together friends, co-workers, neighbors, family and others. Talk about what you might like to do on Oct. 14th.
Once you have an idea, think about any organizations or groups in your area that you might reach out to and ask them to help build the action.
Don’t be shy about being in the public’s eye even with a few people.
Hand our leaflets in a busy part of town.
Set up a literature table where people go shopping.
Show a film or have a speaker on the climate crisis.
Do a small vigil in front of the offices of someone who could play a better role in supporting our demands for climate justice.
Or be even more creative: do a street theater skit, bring along some puppets or other visuals, get a soap box and make a speech!!

The more we all do on October 14th the better, and remember…there is no such thing as too small an action.

Be sure to list your activity or event on our website.
Let your local media know about your activity. Sometimes even a few people at the right place at the right time can draw media attention.

OCTOBER 14TH ACTIONS AND ACTIVITIES

The People’s Climate Movement hopes local organizers will develop creative, inspirational events that call attention to the urgent need for immediate action on the climate crisis while highlighting the range of communities and constituencies involved in this new movement for climate justice. Where possible, we encourage local events that highlight and challenge those people/institutions/agencies that are either still denying climate change or are simply lying about the seriousness of the problems. Where it makes sense to use these local events to strengthen ongoing campaigns and projects, or to initiate new initiatives locally, we encourage that as well.

Everyone is asked to tie their local efforts to the nationwide movement we are all part of, as well as the global movement. This means posting your activities on the PCM website, it means making this connection when doing local media work, it means participating in nationally coordinated social media work, etc.

In the run-up to the People’s Climate March on 9/21/14, we adopted guidelines for that march all participating organizations were asked to agree to. We have slightly modified those and again ask the local organizing tables to discuss these and adopt them for your events and actions on October 14th.

Guidelines for Local Actions

To encourage the broadest and most diverse involvement possible, to respect our many communities and the important issues we are supporting, to help create activities that people from diverse constituencies will feel comfortable in, and to help ensure the safety of all participants, we expect everyone taking part in the People’s Climate Movement National Day of Action on October 14, 2015 to respect the following:

We will use no violence (physical or verbal) towards any person.
We will not destroy or damage property.
We will promote a tone of respect, honesty, transparency, and accountability in our actions.
We will not carry anything that can be construed as a weapon, nor possess (or consume) any alcohol or drugs.
We will all hold each other accountable to respecting these agreements.

http://peoplesclimate.org/guiding-principles/

Be The Change You wish to see in the world! OCTOBER 14

From a March to a Movement: Mobilizing More Than Greens for Climate Action (Bill Moyers)



In September 2014, something monumental happened. Around the world, people took to the streets. In New York City alone, 400,000 people of faith, communities of color and indigenous communities, labor unions, youth groups and other organizations marched to demand action on climate. But that public outpouring of support was only the beginning. In the months since, we’ve been quietly but concertedly building on the success of the People’s Climate March.

Now we’re taking the organizing muscle that brought half a million people around the globe to the streets and ramping up the ongoing efforts to involve local communities while doubling down on the effort to bring in even more of the groups who don’t traditionally work on environmental issues. The People’s Climate Movement is organizing to mobilize people from all walks of life for a National Day of Action on October 14.

By going to PeoplesClimate.org, you can sign up to lead an event in your community like a rally or march, or see how you can join an event already planned in your community. And because Congress will be in their home districts that week, it’s a perfect time to meet with your elected officials.

Because, to show politicians we’re serious, we need more than a march — we need a movement. We don’t need one group or one constituency; we need many groups, many people, and many voices. Movement building is never over, and what we’ve built to date is strong and growing. There’s room for everyone in the People’s Climate Movement....

Read more~
http://billmoyers.com/2015/08/25/from-a-march-to-a-movement-mobilizing-more-than-greens-for-climate-action/