CALL TO ACTION – BREAK FREE ALBANY, May 14
Break Free Albany action schedule:
Saturday, May 7th: 350NYC is offering a non-violent civil disobedience training session to prepare those planning to engage in civil disobedience in Albany on May 14th. The training will be from 9a.m.-12:30 p.m., at NY Society for Ethical Culture, 2 W. 64th St. @ Central Park West.
You can register for this training when you buy your bus ticket by going to this Eventbrite page and answering several questions.
Wednesday, May 11th – Friday, May 13th: The Break Free Albany training camp takes place in Albany-building action and organizing skills to take back to your community. Learn more about it at Albany Break Free.
Saturday, May 14th: Mass Action to Stop the Bomb Trains, Pipelines and Barges! It’s going to be a full day, 7a.m.– 9p.m. We’ll send full details of the day to everyone who signs up closer to the time.
To reserve your round-trip seat on a NYC-Albany bus on May 14, go to the 350NYC Eventbrite page. Right now we just have a bus from Manhattan but we’re also aiming to have one going from Brooklyn. Sign up now!
Learn more about the issues
- Deepen your understanding of the dangers and implications of fossil fuel bomb trains by watching this New York Times video.
- Understand the framework for direct action in Albany by reading Jeremy Brecher’s “A new wave of climate insurgents defines itself as law enforcers.”
- Read about the climate necessity defense and using the “public trust” to frame Break Free from Fossil Fuels actions.