Here are this weeks meeting notes:
Please bring food for the bring and share meal each meeting please.
Jeannie C – XR Central call out for admin workers 6hr shifts in London. Please respond on Facebook or contact us.
A Welfare list has been compiled for London, please donate anything on the list.
Contact Gerry or Jeannie for arrestee support and legal training.
Meeting Sat 14 @ The Beacon to learn more about XR and London – message the Beacon to find out the time.
XR Funraising Party @ Stroud Brewery on 5/10 all day – Jamie & party group
44 MPs came to the Heading for Extinction talk on Monday at Houses of Parliament. 8 MPs have signed up to a Private Members Bill for the XR 3 demands: Tell the Truth, Act Now and become carbon neutral by 2025 and a People’s Assembly to guide this in the right direction.
We’re also Celebrating Red Rebel Brigade action at the Houses of Parliament this week.
XR Crowdfunder has gone live this week to raise funds for XR Stroud – please donate and share on social media.
On Saturday 7th September the Nailsworth group held an outreach event which distributed 350 leaflets and had 55 sign ups on the day which was very encouraging! Nailsworth meet every Thursdays at 7pm to 9pm (upstairs at the Britannia pub). XR Nailsworth group is now also set up on action network!
Stop Ecocide concert at Sub Rooms on 25th October, Pretty Things are amongst the act that will be playing.
We need help feeding the rebels at the next Rebellion in October. We’re calling out for chefs and crew who can help with cooking. Please sign up here if you can help.
XR website – you can now add your own events on the site xrstroud.org/add
Stroud District climate breakdown leaflets are at the Beacon for collection and distribution.
Paint the Streets 14th to 21st September – kick this off with leafleting on Saturday and a redeclaration on flyposting
XR Youth meet at the Beacon every Tuesday at 6.30 to 8pm Tues.
Please donate to this Crowdfunder for arrestees in Gloucestershire.
Wotton XR meeting 18th September at Church hall check facebook group for times
Call out for anyone who can run a kid workshops at the Funraising on 5 Oct We slso a lifting and shifting crew to help set up on Friday 4th October and clear up on Sunday 6th October. We need some people to help and commit time for this.
Red Rebel Brigade (RRB) will be supporting the youth action (die in) at Shire Hall on 21st September. They are also looking for helping building a canopy to shield from rain or red umbrellas.
International Earthstrike
XR Stroud support international Earthstrike
International Earthstrike on Friday 20th September – 25 companies have now pledged to join us. Still need steward and wellbeing support. Alarm clocks and phones will be used on the day at 1pm. We also need a for a live streamer for the day. There will be food on the day (at Wallbridge) – call out as gas rings and gazebo are needed.
Events for this day:
- Steward briefing will be held on Saturday 14th September at 10am to 11am at The Beacon.
- Earthstrike voices rehearsal Sat 14th September at 11 am to 12.30pm at the Beacon
- Greenpeace banner making workshop Saturday 14th September at 11am to 2pm at The Beacon
- Sharing Circles – Friday 10am to 11am and Monday 2pm to 3pm at The Beacon.
- Songs at Yoga Nidra Sunday 15th 11am to 12.30 pm
- Gloucestershire wide banner is being produced to be hung on 21st September (banner is 6 meters by 3 meters).
The Beacon is looking for an IT skills person for the events calendar for XR & the Beacon.
Stroud is the first Earth Protector town in the UK and in fact the world!
Affinity groups
The remainder of the meeting was spent organising and preparing affinity groups for the next rebellion in October.