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

[Dwyer Sullivan]

Hi Laura,

Sounds like a wonderful idea - that worked.  I agree with Sue's comments.
The chalk seems much easier to arrange than also having music playing
throughout.  Do we have a  contact for that?

PEACE, Dwyer

On Tue, 9 Oct 2018 at 09:56, Sue Klassen <sueklassen at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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:
> > ------
> > [1] https://www.facebook.com/risewaterlooregion/
> > [2] https://www.facebook.com/350.org/videos/267396400560711/
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