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RECLAIM THE COMMONS!

TRAININGS, TRAININGS, TRAININGS!
SHARE SKILLS!  LEARN COOL THINGS!  PREPARE FOR ACTIONS!  PERMACULTURE, MAGIC AND ACTION TRAININGS
With Starhawk and Greenbloc friends

THIS Sunday, May 23
12:30-4 PM
At Lothlorien
2415 Prospect Ave.  Berkeley, CA
Contact:  Ember  emberblue@riseup.net
Come learn the principles of permaculture, environmental design to create integrated systems, and how they apply not just to gardens but to designing a political campaign, a neighborhood, a revolution.  We’ll stir up a bioremediation brew and learn how observation and wide awareness can both keep us safe on the streets and teach us how to attune to nature.  We’ll prepare magical, transformative actions for the Reclaim the Commons mobilization, June 3-9, in San Francisco.

Saturday, May 29
Mission Village Market  at the Community Greenhouses
19th and Florida in the Mission District, San Francisco
Contact:  Rosa 415-864-1450

10 AM On:  ART IN ACTION
Mosaics for Magical Street Transformation
Come learn how to make mosaics and begin transforming tubs into beautiful planters for our day of Eco-Actions, June 9, as part of the Reclaim the Commons mobilization.

1-4 PM   PERMACULTURE, PLANTS AND MAGIC
Guilds are beneficial associations of plants.  Come learn about them and the principles of ecological design, and help plant tub gardens for our eco-action day.

FULL Training Schedule:
RECLAIM THE COMMONS TRAININGS
Saturday and Sunday May 22-23

At Lothlorien, 2415 Prospect Ave
Berkeley

www.reclaimthecommons.net for more info

Come learn the issues around the Reclaim the Commons mobilization, what's
the scoop with the biotech-pharmaceutical industry, the G8 and corporate
power in general, what on earth a "common" is and how to "do"
permaculture, and why this mobilization's much bigger than just biotech or
the G8.

Learn to speak to the media, how to take care of yourself in the streets
and how to keep your senses in tense situations.

Come with your affinity group if you have one, or IF YOU'RE AN INDIVDUAL,
COME TO FORM AN AFFINITY GROUP FOR THE ACTIONS. :-)  get trained and get rollin'.

SATURDAY, May 22nd
-- 10am Intro to issues.  What's biotech, why it ought be opposed. -- 11am
Media & legal trainings
-- 1pm Lunch (Food not Bombs)
-- 2pm Basic skills to stay healthy on the streets
-- 4pm Nonviolent Direct Action Training
-- 6pm Close

SUNDAY, May 23rd
-- 10am Consensus/Affinity group training
n    12.30pm - 4pm Permaculture with Starhawk and friends

Saturday May 29
ART AND GARDEN DAY AT THE MISSION VILLAGE MARKET
19th and Florida San Francisco
10 AM Mosaics making
1 PM  Permaculture and Planting
(see above)

Sunday May 30
St. Boniface Church 133 Golden Gate  San Francisco
Between Jones and Leavenworth

ACTION PREPARATION/DIRECT ACTION TRAINING
Basics of biotech, plans for the week of action, affinity group formation, grounding and centering, role plays and mobile street tactics
Noon-3 PM

SPOKESCOUNCIL 4 PM
Help shape the actions

May 31  
STREET MEDIC TRAINING
Basic First Aid, and much more!
St. Boniface Church
133 Golden Gate
10 AM-5pm

Ongoing trainings from June 3 on, keep checking the website at:
www.reclaimthecommons.net


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