[KWPeace-groups] Rise Climate Rally - Climate Art at our Symposium?

[Sue Klassen]

I personally support this. The art you’ve shown, and the way it was done, on September 8th was positive and respectful. It was participatory and can draw people in. 

Sue

> On Oct 9, 2018, at 8:10 AM, laura at divestwaterloo.ca wrote:
> 
> Hi everyone! 
> 
> Hope you enjoyed this lovely long weekend. I am grateful for the energy
> you all bring to our community! :) 
> 
> At our potluck last week I told you about the Rise for Climate, Jobs and
> Justice Rally on September 8th at Waterloo Town Square.  There were over
> 250 people who gathered to create climate art, hear speakers and show
> their concern about climate change and demand a just transition to a
> clean energy future.  
> 
> We are looking for opportunities to keep folks in our community engaged
> in this movement, and given that everyone all had so so much fun
> creating the art (chalking and using water based paint) in advance of
> the rally we have decided to create opportunities for 'community art
> creation'. 
> 
> That's where KWPeace comes in.... do you think that we could chalk or
> use water based paint to create a mural on the ground in front of City
> Hall during our Symposium? We would do a mural that connects Peace and
> Climate Justice - so it will fit right in with our keynote talk! Having
> people gather, (bring their kids) listen to music and talk while they
> chalk (and or paint) is a fun way to build community... and it will help
> to promote our event inside City Hall.... 
> 
> We have put together an 8-minute summary video from our own RISE event -
> you can watch that here: https://youtu.be/HHqhvtLksKU 
> 
> There are also a bunch more photos of our event (many showing the
> collaborative chalking) on the FB page we created for RISE WR
> :https://www.facebook.com/risewaterlooregion/ [1] . 
> 
> Please let me know if we can use our KW Peace Symposium for our first
> "pop-up" climate art intervention to increase social awareness and
> action around the Region. I am happy to discuss this further - - Also,
> if you agree, then I will follow-up with City Hall and make sure that
> this is OK with them :) 
> 
> Also - this video [2] shows the highlights of all of the global rallies,
> including footage, right at the end of the video, from our rally in
> Waterloo. :)  
> 
> laura 
> 
> P.S. Here is a memorable quote and wisdom from our event: 
> "We have to make sure we stay bound together, unified, to look at
> alternatives to the Kinder Morgan pipeline. $4.5 billion are being spent
> on this pipeline - we should put the money into something responsible
> and beautiful. Let's do this in a peaceful way." - Chief Myeengun Henry 
> 
> Links:
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> [1] https://www.facebook.com/risewaterlooregion/
> [2] https://www.facebook.com/350.org/videos/267396400560711/
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