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Introducing Praxis Groups
This year, the Climate Disobedience Center has launched a new experiment – and invites you to join us. Collectively, we have come to understand the need for morally imaginative, strategic, and decisive climate disobedience. Yet, within our own selves and our work as climate activists – we also hear the call for deep connection, community,
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Another Climate Trial Today!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Climate Necessity Defense Moves Ahead in Duluth Wells Fargo Lockdown Trial Duluth, MN, October 18, 2018 — The trial of Scot Bol, Ernesto Burbank, and Michael Niemi — the three people who performed an act of civil disobedience last January 12 at the downtown Duluth branch of Wells Fargo — will take
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Minnesota Valve Turners #ClimateTrial begins
The climate trial we’ve been waiting for begins this morning in Bagley, Minnesota. If you need a refresher on what this trial is about, check out Wen Stephenson’s analysis in The Nation. As our friends, Annette and Emily (Valve Turners) and Ben (support team) head to court, they are surrounded by supporters, and they are ready to
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Webinar: Holding It Together
Bringing together Kazu Haga, Michelle Fournier and the Climate Disobedience Center’s Marla Marcum and Tim DeChristopher.
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Resist Spectra Trial
I’m writing today to make sure you’ve heard the news about a necessity defense climate trial in Cortlandt, New York where six defendants have been granted a necessity defense by Judge Kimberly Ragazzo. Although the Westchester District Attorney’s office reduced charges to a level that denies these pipeline fighters a jury trial, their case is
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We have a Summer Intern!
We are excited to welcome Hannah Chodosh as our 2018 Summer Intern! Hannah is originally from New Jersey and is a rising senior at the University of Vermont. At UVM she is majoring in English and minoring in Environmental Studies. In Spring of 2017 Hannah interned with 350 Vermont, and comes to CDC with a keen interest in writing about
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Necessity Defense Webcast
Last week Jay and Marla participated in a webcast that covered an overview of the climate necessity defense, a discussion of its uses for movement organizing, and an update on current cases. Kelsey Skaggs from the Climate Defense Project and Valve Turner Ben Joldersma also participated in the discussion. Thanks to Stand.Earth for hosting this
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Welcome to Moona Cancino
We are delighted to announce that Moona Cancino is the latest CDC Fellow! Moona is engaging in the efforts to stop the Mountain Valley Pipeline and the Atlantic Coast Pipeline which both run through the Commonwealth of Virginia. As a cancer survivor and a mother, Moona found herself needing to develop practices that heal her mind,
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Climate Disobedience Snapshot
There are a bunch of exciting things happening in the climate disobedience world that we want to hi-lite at the start of April. Judge Approves #NoDAPL Activist Chase Iron Eyes’ Demand For Withheld Evidence Read the full story from Indian Country Today From the Lakota People’s Law Project Facebook page: “Yesterday [April 4th], the Judge in Chase Iron Eyes’