Anti- Fracking Check-In Call Tonight

[Alex Lotorto]

Hey everyone,

We're having another Marcellus Regional Anti-Fracking Check-In Coordinating Call (MRAFCICC) tonight at 9pm like we decided two weeks ago on our first MRAFCICC. During the last call there was a specific need for nonviolence trainings in Philadelphia (Iris 215-840-6489), New York City (Clare Donahue), Western NY (Rita Yelda, Rochester or Buffalo), and Northeast Ohio (Devon and Lilia). Does anyone offer nonviolence trainings out there for free/at-cost/cheap (please call me if you do, to coordinate for those locations 570 269 9589)? I do, but I can only do so many with limited resources. Had one at my house this Saturday and it went well. Let me know if anyone can facilitate the call tonight.

Tuesday, May 31 9pm
Conference Dial-in Number: (641) 715-3200
Participant Access Code: 441634#

Live note taking and chat during the call:
http://piratepad.net/GyacqrWvHS


Proposed Agenda
Introductions - name, location, organization
New Events and Announcements
Updates:  (June 7, Harrisburg trip, June 13 Food and Water Watch Report/Press Release, June 25 Day of Action...etc)
Proposal:
Alex Lotorto - I need help creating an online, printable resource for planning direct actions related to fracking. Can anyone help?
Next Call?
New Facilitator



Notes from last time are below.


-Alex

5/24
Introductions

Chip Wilkins from Tennessee

Matt Landan - Tennessee United Mountain

Devon - Star County Ohio

Lilia - Canton Ohio

Brian Euler - Pittsburgh

Alex Lotorto - Pittsburgh

Mike Black - Elk County Cares 

Nathan Sooy - Gas Truth, Clean Water

Celin - Bucks, Wellness Connection 

Clare Donohue -  New York

Corinne Rossen - Food and Water Watch

Rita - Buffalo

Anna - Rochester

Nedra - Rochester

Hayduke - Finger Lakes Earth First, Texas

Jordan - Orange County, Hudson Valley Earth First

Ira - Protecting Our Waters - SW PA

Jet Miskis - Washington County PA

Marcellus Shale Coalition protest in Philly on September 7,8

- Ira from Protecting Our Waters

- March (day) and concert (evening) on the 7

- Buses can arrive on Sept 6 to stay over and start early in the morning

- Lots of media attention

- Goal - to show robust opposition to shale gas production, enhance our own internal organization, advance education for the public

- Abe aaa...@gmail.com 

- Aubrey McClendan from Chesapeake, Range Resources, Gov. Ridge, Consol will be there to protest.

Needs

- Bus captains and regional coordinators

- Levels of commitments from local groups - one day or two days of action

- Organizers to help on Philadelphia - news reports updates

- Groups to endorse

Rita from Buffalo - It's a burden to take off two days and if folks are busing in from far away, two days might make more sense. Is there housing?

Ira - There will be homes, housing, and churches for people to sleep.

Chip - Concert, do you need musicians? I'm in Nashville.

Ira- there will be a call to action coming out on June 6 or 7. People can come early and plan civil disobedience actions. We hope that the counter conference and concert will be an energizing way to build for a fall of resistance.

June 7 - Rally and Lobby Day in Harrisburg 800-200-2229 Celine

June 13 - Releasing a report called Natural Gas Not So Fast- gives science and a case for a ban on fracking 

cro...@fwwatch.org

Food and Water Watch - wants a BAN :)

June 25 - Rally/Events in Ithaca and New York City - HUGE date for a statewide Day of Action for 2pm. Organizer toolkit going out this week.

First Week in July

- Food and Water Watch Road Trip Across NY

Civil Disobedience Trainings - Hayduke, Alex, possibly Colin in Rochester, 

- Philadelphia - Iris 215-840-6489

- New York - Clare Donahue

- Western NY - Rita (Rochester or Buffalo)

- Northeast Ohio - Devon and Lilia

- Pittsburgh -

- West Virginia -

- Jet Miskis - 100 people in Peters Township in her group with a couple willing to do civil disobedience.

[Angela Wiley]

Hello,

I may not be able to get on this call tonite but want to voice a concern about tactics. Nonviolence and nonviolence trainings can apply to many organizing tactics, and I want to make sure folks feel empowered to think strategically using many skill sets. For example, maybe we should be encouraging/organizing media trainings, campaign planning/goal setting, do some analysis of other networks fighting extractive industries and see how our organizing could be similar or different. This is a little raggedy, so let me know if there are any questions.

Best,
Angela

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Angela Wiley

wile...@gmail.com
304.290.9173