Everything you need to know about the day of the march!
Organize Everywhere
Hi Folks,
We are just 4 days away! This email includes everything you need to know about the day of the march. In this email, you will find information about:
1. Events surrounding the march
2. Day of Text Alert
3. Day of Social Media
4. Day of Volunteers
5. March Lineup
6. Moment of Silence to Moment of Alarm (12:58 - 1:00) pm
7. End of March People's Block Party
8. Human Hotel
Events Surrounding the March
To find out about events before and after the march, visit this calendar http://peoplesclimate.org/events/
Day of Text Alert
To stay up to date about happenings the day of the march, please text the word "march" to 97779. After doing this, you will receive updates about the march.
Day of Social Media
Are you social media savvy and will be marching with your hub on Sunday? We are looking for social media reporters from each contingent who can help ensure that their hub is represented in the social media for the day.
It's really simple - contact Thelma (the...@peoplesclimate.org, who's overseeing social media) and tell her your social media name [on Twitter or Instagram], which contingency you are with, and if your hub/contingency is using a specific hashtag. We want everyone to use the main hashtag #PeoplesClimate - but if you have your own too, let us know.
Then - the day of the march take photos, talk with people and share on Twitter and Instagram stories of your group. The PCM social media team will be monitoring it all and helping to promote too.
We encourage everyone who wants to, to share on social media during the march. Anyone who is posting on social media should use the hashtag #peoplesclimate with their post.
We need Day of Volunteers!
We need day of volunteers. If you know folks who would like to volunteer, they need to attend at least one training. Please ask folks to sign up here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1DPN4PuHTJ49trPS6ZGRhZMMljdf_T2LPWFC6krFWij8/viewform
Or just show up to one of these trainings:
· Wednesday, 9/17 6:00-8:30pm- TWU Local 100 located at 195 Montague Street, New York, NY· Thursday, 9/18 6:00-8:30pm- TWU Local 100 located at 195 Montague Street, New York, NY· Friday, 9/19 6:00-8:30pm- TWU Local 100 located at 195 Montague Street, New York, NY· Saturday, 9/20 11:30am-1:30pm- CWA Local 1180 located at 6 Harrison St. New York, NY
March Lineup:
Moment of Silence to Moment of Alarm @12:58pm
The march is being led by frontline communities and indigenous groups from around the continent and the world, who are many of the first victims of climate change, and at 12:58, we’re having a moment of silence to honor those on the front lines. When you see people start linking hands above their heads, that’s the sign the moment of silence is beginning.
Also, please text ALARM to the number 97779. By doing this, you will receive a reminder about the moment of silence.
At 1:00pm we are going to end that moment of silence with a great, big noise—sounding the climate alarm that has gone ignored for too long. You’ll know it’s time to ring that alarm and make as much noise as you can when you hear 32 marching bands blowing their horns and church bells ring from around the city (so bring your own noisemakers).
End of March: Peoples Block Party
The end of the march will be a Peoples Climate block party! This is a chance for everyone to walk around and visit with other themes. You are welcome to join the block party even if you can’t make it to the march itself!
We will be connecting, organizing, and celebrating this historic moment. Make sure you leave with more connections, information and perspectives than you came with. Are you a beekeeper? Are you from Philly? Are you working to end fossil fuels? Whatever your community, issue, location or skill you will be able to get plugged-in so you can continue working together after September 21st to keep building this movement.
We invite folks to self organize performances that engage participants, presentations about the art from their theme.
Each theme will have a convergence area. There will not be tables - rather we will have an area in which people can gather and network. We invite folks to self organize engaging activities - interactive performances, presentations about your art, story sharing, canvass, pass out swag, ask people to take action, sit in a circle and convene a discussion, do a ritual and more!
If you want to invite people to join your work or your hub, please bring something big and visual to identify who you are. You can use the same art, flags, etc that you use to identify your contingents at the beginning of the march.
You can also bring clipboards to collect contact info or any other mobile way to share information.
Within each gathering area there will be the big art pieces from the theme, the banner for the theme, chairs for those with accessibility needs, and a lot of people to meet!
In addition to the convergence areas, there will also be two stages with music only (no speakers), a marching band performance area, an area of food trucks, the climate ribbon ritual, and an area of port a potties.
Food Trucks will park on 37th street and 38th street. They CANNOT block the taxi garages on 37th street. If you intend to bring a food truck, please contact Diane di...@peoplesclimate.org.
Floats will not be able to park on 11th avenue. We will have more information soon about where they will be.
Human Hotel
If you are a New Yorker and have space on your couch or floor please check out the Human Hotel where you can sign up to host folks from out of town.