[Lekooks] Fwd: Milwaukee's Global Climate March -- Saturday, 11/28!

[Gerflak at aol.com]

Reminder of the big world-wide Global Climate March next Saturday, local  
event in Milwaukee.
I know it's Thanksgiving weekend - I can't go because we have family at our 
 house that day - but Thanksgiving holiday is unique to the USA, and this 
is  a global event.
 
Gerry Flakas
 
 
 
  
____________________________________
 From: 350mke at gmail.com
To: gerflak at aol.com
Sent: 11/20/2015 6:55:55 P.M.  Central Standard Time
Subj: Milwaukee's Global Climate March --  Saturday, 11/28!


 
(http://350mke.us7.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=56f3e66baa557be38f9bfb69d&id=f6b4240436&e=b6ce0c8f4b)                        
Two  days of Global Climate Marches  precede the COP21 Paris Climate  
Conference with 195 nations.  The Paris  Conference will result in a binding 
agreement to  seriously reduce global CO2 emissions.  Thousands  of Climate 
Marches around the world will focus on  keeping fossil fuels in the ground.  In 
Milwaukee  we will challenge We Energies' regressive renewable  energy 
policies and call for moving quickly to solar,  wind and other renewable energy 
sources for a livable  future on this beautiful  planet. 


Organized by the  Milwaukee Climate Crisis Coalition, an ad-hoc  coalition 
of environmental, labor, social justice,  faith and peace organizations.
Contact 350  Milwaukee at  414-964-9478.                 
A message from  international 350
after the terrorist attacks in  Paris:
 
As  we’ve struggled to find the right words and the right  response to 
Friday night’s [Nov. 13]  attacks, one thing rises to the top: 
The  upcoming Paris Climate Summit is, in a sense, a peace  summit -- 
perhaps the most important peace summit that  has ever been held. 
We  need global solidarity more than ever right now, and  that is, really, 
what this movement is all about. Even  as climate change fans the flames of 
conflict in many  parts of the world -- through drought, displacement,  and 
other compounding factors -- a global movement  that transcends borders and 
cultural differences is  rising up to confront this common existential  
threat. 
Let’s  hang on to that solidarity and love. Let’s learn from  it. 
Especially at a time like  this. 
Friday night’s events were  horrific, and we must clearly and unequivocally 
 condemn such violence. Their aftermath has also been  frightening though, 
and we should stand in equal  condemnation of the instinct to meet violence 
with  more violence. It is a cycle as old as it is ugly:  after tragedy 
comes the rush to judgement, the  scapegoating, the xenophobia and Islamophobia, 
the  blame. 
There is a real danger  here that those already impacted by both the 
climate  crisis and the wars that are so intimately bound up  with it -- migrants, 
refugees, poor communities, and  communities of color -- will be further  
marginalized. 
If  there is a thing we must resist, it is our own fear  and 
short-sightedness. No government should use a  moment like this to increase the burden of 
hatred and  fear in the world -- sowing suspicion, calling for  war, and 
reducing people’s civil liberties in the name  of security. This is a mistake 
we've seen too often  before, compounding tragedy with more tragedy. 
The  Paris Climate Summit, scheduled to begin in just a  couple of weeks, 
will proceed. The  government is promising heightened security measures,  
which is understandable but also worrisome. 
We  don't yet know what Friday night's events mean for  our work in Paris. 
The coalition on the ground is  committed to working with the French 
authorities to  see if there is a way for the big planned march and  other 
demonstrations to safely go forward. We fully  share their concerns about public 
safety -- just as we  fully oppose unnecessary crackdowns on civil liberties  
and minority populations. 
We do know  that this global movement cannot and will not be  stopped: 
The  Global Climate March -- a worldwide day of action  scheduled for 
November  28th and 29th -- will also proceed, no  matter what. We can think of 
few better responses to  violence and terror than this movement's push for  
peace and hope. 
We hope you’ll join us  at the end of the  month.
http://350mke.org
http://facebook.com/350milwaukee
350mke at gmail.com

You are receiving this  email because you signed up at an event or on our  
website.
_unsubscribe  from this list_ 
(http://350mke.us7.list-manage1.com/unsubscribe?u=56f3e66baa557be38f9bfb69d&id=efe9ad1751&e=b6ce0c8f4b&c=258494d86a) 
Mailing Address:
 
1001 E Keefe Ave
Milwaukee, WI 53212


 
(http://www.mailchimp.com/monkey-rewards/?utm_source=freemium_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=monkey_rewards&aid=56f3e66baa557be38f9bfb69d&afl
=1) 

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lekook.org/pipermail/lekooks_lekook.org/attachments/20151121/8c83174f/attachment.htm>