[SMRT.risingtide] Skype Presentation

[K Morrison]

That's awesome..you'll do great Rory..and yes if you need any help or moral
support let us/me know..i should be free wed daytime

k


On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 4:14 PM, Fiona Balazsi <balazsi.f at gmail.com> wrote:

> Unfortunately, regardless of whether the singularly mighty one wants me
> there (it was intentionally hierarchic - yess i love this word), i have
> wage labour and institutional propagandizing (otherwise known as "school")
> that day.
>
> but yeah rory if you'd like support you should say so and perhaps someone
> else would be down! could be fun.
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 4:12 PM, Jacquelyn Proctor <
> jacquelynproctor at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Not off base at all!
>>
>> Fucking awesome!!
>>
>> But really, singularly mighty? Sounds like leadership to me. hehe
>>
>> But hey, honest question ror, would you want someone else to be there. I
>> am not sure if anyone else can be? But I often think that by having another
>> human it does emphasize collectivity and detracts from 'idols'. Also,
>> its nice to have different perspectives and such. And it kind of seems like
>> Fiona might be a really rad co-speaker...
>>
>> hahahaha.
>>
>> Sorry if I am de-railing, this is something I kind of feel, but also
>> don't want to step on any toes.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 4:05 PM, Fiona Balazsi <balazsi.f at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> A
>>> awesome!  thanks for doing this!
>>>
>>> B
>>> I suppose highlighting the things particular to rising tide (not like
>>> you need to be like "rising tide is soooo different and better," just since
>>> they probably mostly hear about mainstream big green stuff) as in:
>>> organizing with an anti-capitalist/anti-colonial perspective and an
>>> analysis of the interconnections of oppression and climate injustice.
>>> direct action and diversity of tactics, why particular tactics are useful
>>> in particular instances and why we as a group do things a little
>>> differently than others. i always think that with high-school kids it's
>>> great to get some anti-authoritarian stuff mixed in there (like saying we
>>> don't have people in charge of the actions, meetings, or any of it).
>>> and i already kind of mentioned it but i think particularly in all "BC"
>>> schools you gotta mention colonialism big time, and how environmental
>>> destruction is both symptom and cause.
>>> and like... encouragement for them to participate in the changes they
>>> hope for, that there's no wrong place to start.
>>> hmm also this might all be off base. maybe my secret desire is just to
>>> teach anarchy 101 with highschool students.
>>>
>>> C
>>> jac you are wrong. he is Singularly Mighty and Responsible for
>>> Truth-telling
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 3:51 PM, Jacquelyn Proctor <
>>> jacquelynproctor at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hey look! We have a mailing list.
>>>>
>>>> (Is everyone actually on here, I didn't know that when I added you all
>>>> it actually worked).
>>>>
>>>> I am down, maybe on Monday we can talk about it if there are things we
>>>> especially want to have talked about? Or will you have prepared before then
>>>> (In which case folks could shoot ideas over the list now).
>>>>
>>>> Is there anything you want from us as far as support goes? (Like, help
>>>> preparing what you'll say, another human with you, outlines of past
>>>> workshops we've done on organizing, etc?).
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for taking this on. You're so SMRT. (Simple Minded and Really
>>>> Trying) ahahhahaa
>>>>
>>>> Love jac
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 3:35 PM, rory breasail <rbreasail at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hey everybody, a friend of mine who teaches a social justice class to
>>>>> high school students is doing a unit about climate justice and has asked me
>>>>> to skype in to his class on Wednesday. I wanted to *A* - check in
>>>>> that it's alright for me to have taken the initiative to do so and *B
>>>>> *- wanted to know if there were any specific things you wanted to
>>>>> make sure I talk about.
>>>>>
>>>>> From what I understand he has done a lot of the background stuff
>>>>> ranging from the effects of fracking to talking about the Unist'ot'en camp
>>>>> so the focus of the talk will be more on organizing itself.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thoughts?
>>>>>
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