SAVE THE DATE: PARTY WITH MG! Friday Nov 5th

The Justice and Ecology Project is turning 3!

Friday November 5th
6-8pm: Dinner and Program
8pm-Midnight: Party

Tickets on Sale September 7th
Live Performances with: Invincible, Seasunz and J.Bless, and Los Nadies

After three years of groundbreaking work we’re ready to have some fun and we’d like you to be there!

Be a part of our first ever community celebration: join us as we gather to break bread, dance, reflect, and keep building the path toward earth democracy.

MG’s Eco-Justice Track at the U.S. Social Forum!

Another World is Possible; A Healthier Relationship to the Planet is Necessary!

As over 20,000 people converge in Detroit over the next week, MG will be participating in a range of important meetings, actions, assemblies and workshops at the USSF from June 22 through June 26.

Download a full schedule of the amazing Eco-Justice events taking place in Detroit.

You won’t want to miss two of our star eco-justice visionaries speaking on the evening plenaries:

-    MG’s Carla Perez will feature on the Wednesday, June 23 evening plenary

-    Jihan Gearon from the Indigenous Environmental Network will feature on the Friday, June 25 evening plenary

Our inspiring track of eco-justice work at the USSF culminates with an Ecological Justice People’s Movement Assembly the afternoon of Friday, July 25. This is a historic moment in which immigrant rights, economic justice, housing rights, water justice, food sovereignty, and many more forces are coming together to demand justice for our human communities and the Rights of Mother Earth. Together, we are building a Movement of Movements that can win a transformed world. If you will be in Detroit, join us in this important strategy space.

Download the flyer for the Eco Justice Ecological Justice People’s Movement Assembly.

Application deadline for MG Retreats is July 9th!

How is Ecology Relevant to Urban Organizing Struggles?

Get an intensive overview on the state of our planet by joining MG’s retreats:
Retreat I – September 14-16
Retreat II – October 22-24

MG’s two three-day retreats take place at the Occidental Arts and Ecology Center in Sonoma County (www.oaec.org). The first retreat focuses on literacy and analysis of local and global ecology. The second focuses on strategy and the implications for organizing in urban communities. The retreats are the flagship program of MG and are a truly transformative experience for participants.

Target participants for MG’s Strategic Retreats are:  Staff & member-leaders from base-building racial, economic and environmental justice organizations.  Accepted applicants commit to participating in both retreats.  Retreats run all-day for 3 consecutive days.

To request an application, send an email to: info@movementgeneration.org

For those of you paying attention – We have changed the dates of Retreat I.  They no longer will happen on Aug 27-29.  The September dates are the new, confirmed dates!

The deadline to apply is July 9, 2010.

Save the Date: MG’s 1st Annual Party!

Join us as we celebrate three years since the inception of MG’s Justice & Ecology Project:

Movement Generation’s 1st Annual Party!

November 5, 2010
6-10 pm
at Humanist Hall (390  27th St., Oakland, CA)

JASON NEGRÓN-GONZALES: From Bolivia

cross posted from Organizing Upgrade
June 1, 2010

Last month in Cochabamba, the Bolivian government and social movements convened the World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth (CMPCC).  The conference was ground-breaking, bringing together governments, NGO’s, indigenous communities, and social movements.  The goal of the conference was to re-ground and cohere the global forces that are working for climate justice in order to impact global climate negotiations.
Whether we work on environmental, social, or economic issues, what happened in Cochabamba is relevant to our work as Left organizers in the United States.  To help make the conferences’ relevance for our work as clear as possible, I’m going to talk about Copenhagen and the back story to Cochabamba, lay out some of the developments at the CMPCC, and explore how it all relates to the next phase of building a powerful climate justice movement.

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