Acting Up #7: Jobs vs. Environment?
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We're fighting to solve the climate crisis and create millions of green jobs and build a clean energy economy. But what happens when our protest directly disrupts the jobs of people who work at the coal plant?
Deepa, Amanda and I run a training for the Greenpeace Organizing Term students to prepare them for the Capitol Climate Action (CCA) - the largest demonstration to solve the climate crisis in history. While our message is national and not about this specific power plant, thousands will be engaging in civil disobedience, disrupting the coal plant that powers Congress for the afternoon, which does mean we will inconvenience people who work there.
We help train students to respect workers, de-escalate confrontation, and recognize that many of the participants in the action work in the coal industry. We're on the side of the workers, and fighting for a cleaner future together, so we need to make sure that we do a good job of treating people well.
www.capitolclimateaction.org
Deepa, Amanda and I run a training for the Greenpeace Organizing Term students to prepare them for the Capitol Climate Action (CCA) - the largest demonstration to solve the climate crisis in history. While our message is national and not about this specific power plant, thousands will be engaging in civil disobedience, disrupting the coal plant that powers Congress for the afternoon, which does mean we will inconvenience people who work there.
We help train students to respect workers, de-escalate confrontation, and recognize that many of the participants in the action work in the coal industry. We're on the side of the workers, and fighting for a cleaner future together, so we need to make sure that we do a good job of treating people well.
www.capitolclimateaction.org
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