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Morris MN Climate Strike

A team of Morris youth is organizing a West Central MN Climate Strike! For two days, we invite people to strike from school or work and gather at Green River park to demand transformative action on the climate crisis.

This event will take place on Thursday, September 19th and Friday, September 20th, from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Strike day one, Thursday, will be focused on learning about how the climate crisis is affecting West Central MN and what steps the Morris Model is taking to combat this. Strike day two, Friday, will be action focused and together as a group we will write letters to representatives, county commissioners, and community leaders voicing our support of transformative climate action. (see update below)

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Green River Park• Green River Park, Morris, MN 56267

Host Contact Info: syd.r.bauer@gmail.com
Thanks Wikipedia
Folks, Friends, Supporters & Strike Attendees, 

With the strikes happening THIS WEEK, we are excited to announce to you our official agenda! 

This email also contains some other fun updates & thank yous, read on! 

Agenda 
Education Day, Thursday 9/19:
1:30 - 1:40 PM ~ Welcome
1:40 - 2:15 PM ~ Education Stations
2:15 - 2:45 PM ~ Trash Dissection with Shawn (www.facebook.com/thePOOPproject/)
2:45 - 3:00 PM ~ Closing & Why You NEED To come back tomorrow
Action Day, Friday 9/20:
1:30 - 1:40 PM ~ Welcome
1:40 - 2:15 PM ~ Letter Writing
2:15 - 2:45 PM ~ Poster Making & Letter to the Editor Sign Up
2:45 - 3:00 PM ~ Thank You & Continued Action

Share Far & Wide
I have attached our event poster below for you to share with your networks. I challenge you to forward this email to one person who you think might benefit from this strike. Or, even better, forward this to a listserv or group you are a part of! Active support in the form of publicity is extremely important to us! 
We have strike buttons as well. If you would like one let me know and I can get one to you!

Class Cancellation
If you are a teacher/professor who has canceled/restructured your classes to allow your students to strike, THANK YOU. This strike is about youth calling adults to take transformative action on climate change, we thank you for standing with us. 
If you are thinking about canceling/restructuring your class but have questions, please ask away! I can get you in contact with others who are doing it and might be able to support you.  

Transportation
If there are people who cannot get to Green River Park please let them know about the Morris Transit. There will be a bus leaving from campus at 1:00 PM both days and for $1.25 folks can ride the bus to the park. The Transit can also pick up folks anywhere else in town to drop them off if they call ahead to schedule a ride at (320) 589-1000. 

We were in the News! 
Teresa and I were invited to speak on KMRS Community Connection, listen here. 
Did you see our Letters to the Editor in last week's Stevens County Times? Check them out! (they are not available digitally yet, but hopefully they will be soon)

THE EVENT IS GROWING
I am not surprised this event has shown so much momentum in the past week, people in this area clearly care about climate change and the voices of young people. I am, however, thrilled to be a part of this momentum. Folks have emailed me asking if they can post about this event on their websites, have told me they are canceling class and bringing their students, have told me that they will be coming to strike from Elbow Lake, our trash dissection is with a friend from the other side of the country, how cool! This is for sure the event of the season. 
If you have told people about this event, shared your resources with the planning team, been on the planning team, RSVPd on Facebook or strikewithus.org, hung a poster on your office door, or waved at us during the Prairie Pioneer Days parade, THANK YOU. 
Exciting, fun, and impactful work is done when people come together to get the job done, we are grateful that you are our people! 

Let me know if you have any further questions, concerns, ideas, or support you would like to share in these final days before the strike. 

In Solidarity,
Syd 


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