MLK’s Radical Legacy and Climate Strike

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When:
January 17, 2020 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 pm
2020-01-17T10:00:00-08:00
2020-01-17T23:00:00-08:00
Where:
Oscar Grant Plaza
14th & Broadway
Oakland
CA

MLK’s Radical Legacy and Climate Strike, January 17-20

The Anti Police-Terror Project will celebrate the sixth annual Reclaim MLK’s Radical Legacy weekend, starting with support for a youth-led climate strike and Resilient Village Friday January 17.  Throughout the weekend people and organizations will hold events, culminating with the sixth annual march and rally on  Monday.

Events will highlight the struggles against ICE and concentration camps, for housing for all, against school closures and cops in the schools. They will support families and community against police violence, movements for land and growing our own food, and the Oakland Climate Strike and Resilient Village organized by Youth Vs. Apocalypse and Mycelium Youth Network.

More details as they are available here

The Friday Resilient Village, 10 AM – 1 PM, will raise awareness about climate resilience and how youth can stand up for climate justice. It will include   hands-on workshops on herbal making, civic engagement, art, water catchment, live art making, youth performances, an open mic, and more. This event will provide youth with strategies for addressing climate change within their families and communities and ways to work for climate justice on a local and global scale. This action is youth led and co-hosted by YVA, Mycelium Youth Network, Planting Justice and others.

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