07/09/2022
💥 Save the date 💥 for a political education event in solidarity with Stop Cop City / Defend the Atlanta Forest , a campaign against the construction of a massive police training compound in Atlanta in what is currently 300 acres of forest
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For over a year, police abolitionists and people struggling against climate and environmental injustice have been resisting through a diversity of tactics - from showing up at decision makers' homes, to canvassing, to disabling construction machinery, and establishing resistance camps to defend the forest.
In a time of increased police militarization against Black and brown people & those who resist state power and a shrinking period of time to prevent ecological collapse, what can we learn from Defend the Atlanta Forest + how can we support? How does the Atlanta struggle connect to local and global struggles for abolition and climate + environmental justice?
Come on out for:
⚡Art making
⚡ Tabling for Chicago and IL- area abolitionist & climate justice campaigns
⚡Sessions on the struggle in Atlanta and abolitionist & climate justice fights going on locally right now, with a focus on mobilizing one another to action in these movements
⚡ Food and drink
⚡A Screening of Riotsville USA
Stay tuned for more details as the event date approaches and reach out to [email protected] with any questions or to collaborate.
IMAGE DESCRIPTIONS:
Slide 1: White text on a purple, black and green glitchy background reading: Save the Date! Abolitionist Climate Justice from ATL to CHI, Saturday July 23, time TBD, Hyde Park @ Iowa Building (an outdoor pavilion). A Political Education event in solidarity with the STOP COP CITY/ DEFEND THE ATLANTA FOREST Week of Action.
Slide 2: White text on a purple, black and green glitchy background reading: Featuring - SESSIONS on Stop Cop City / Defend the Atlanta Forest AND local abolition & climate justice campaigns; ART BUILD & TABLING with local campaigns; ACTION STEPS to find your role in the struggle; FOOD & DRINKS!! ; MOVIE NIGHT after dark, Riotsville USA, a documentary on mock-cities where US police forces practiced urban warfare in the 1960s.