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SOUTHERN ILLINOIS —The Resurgence: 2019 North American Forest and Climate Movement Convergence intends to bring grassroots environmental, Indigenous Peoples and social justice advocates to take immediate measures regarding the climate crisis. The gathering will take place from October 11 to October 14, 2019—ending on Indigenous Peoples’ Day in southern Illinois’ Shawnee National Forest.
This is a call to action to radically transform the economic and political systems that drive climate change, forest destruction and the commodification of life—a convergence with strategic action sessions to discuss and begin to implement bold new ‘out-of-the-box’ plans for concrete actions toward the fundamental transformations needed.
Organizers stated that it is up to the people to try and stop upcoming climate chaos. Forests, communities and the Earth are under attack. Governments, corporations and elites in North America are collaborating with others to consolidate power, profit and control on a global scale. Their actions are driving climate change and destruction of forests, causing mass-extinction of species, devastating communities, and threatening whole peoples and the entire biosphere.
The convergence will include people working on the interconnected issues of forest destruction, climate change, Indigenous sovereignty, racial and gender oppression, corporate domination, fossil fuel extraction, and social and environmental injustice to build a powerful movement that can radically transform the economic and political systems driving planetary and human destruction.By Orin Langelle, Global Justice Ecology ProjectBy Orin Langelle, Global Justice Ecology Project
The Coordinating Committee of The Resurgence consists of the Indigenous Environmental Network, Global Justice Ecology Project and Shawnee Forest Defense! Working Groups include many other groups and individuals.
The Resurgence: 2019 North American Forest & Climate Movement Convergence: http://www.forestclimateconvergence.org

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