Standing Rock Ready

Training for Water Protectors Mobilizing to Standing Rock

***JUST ANNOUNCED: Second day of training added Sunday for folks wanting a full street medic training; read bottom of page for details***Location will be at Qilombo 2313 San Pablo Ave. (at Grand Ave.), Oakland, CA

Bay Area Training at PLACE for Sustainable Living on Saturday November 12th from 10am – 6pm
1121 64th Street, Oakland, CA 94608 (64th off San Pablo)

For all people heading to Standing Rock, come get trained and prepared to be an effective water protector and stand in solidarity with native people defending their land.  This training will also be useful for folks organizing local direct actions in the Bay Area in solidarity with Standing Rock, and otherwise.  All are invited to attend.  While folks are invited to come for any part of the training or for the entire thing, we ask everyone coming to please make it a point to be there if at all possible for the 10am-12pm piece on walking with humility and respect when working with indigenous communities.

Connect with other people heading to Standing Rock from the Bay Area.  Keep up to date with this page for caravans to Standing Rock from the Bay Area being planned.  Learn Direct Action and Civil Disobedience Basics, Medical Supporters Training and Group Health, Legal and Know Your Rights, Security Culture, Tech and Communications Security, and Best Practices for Working Alongside Indigenous People with Humility and Respect.  

We will gather from 10am-6pm on Ohlone land at PLACE for Sustainable Living in Oakland.  See the schedule below for a breakdown of the day.  

Schedule

• 10 – 10:15am:  Welcome and Intro to Day’s Schedule and Topics w/ Permaculture Action Network
• 10:15 – 10:45am:  Report Back on Standing Rock, Situation on the Ground, and Brief History of Dakota Access Pipeline and Indigenous Resistance to it w. local indigenous activists recently back from Standing Rock Hartman Deetz, Camille Seaman, and Richie Beltran
• 10:45 – 12pm:  How To Work Alongside Indigenous Communities w Humility and Respect w. local indigenous activists recently back from Standing Rock Hartman Deetz, Camille Seaman, and Richie Beltran
• 12 – 12:15pm:   Light Lunch and Potluck Spread
• 12:15-2:00pm:  Direct Action and Civil Disobedience w. Krystof Lopaur
• 2:15pm – 3:15pm: Medical Supporters Training and Group Health w. MASH Clinic, Timber, and Amani William
• 3:15 – 4:30pm:  Tech and Communications Security w. Lisha Sterling (Geeks Without Bounds) remote from Standing Rock (tentative), Bill Budington (EFF), Jen Helsby (Freedom of the Press, tentative), Scott LaMorte (May First) and Jenny Ryan (Sudo Room / Peoples Open Network)
• 4:30pm:  Legal and Know Your Rights w. John Viola, Ben Rosenfeld, and Gabriela Lopez
• 5:30pm:  Transport Networking and Caravan Debrief w. Ryan Rising and Kammer Moss (Permaculture Action Network)
• 6pm:  Closing Ceremony

Facebook event page for Standing Rock Ready Training Day 1:  https://www.facebook.com/events/218158421941848/

***SECOND DAY OF TRAINING:  Street Medic Intensive – Sunday, November 13 10am-2pm at Qilombo, 2313 San Pablo Ave. (at West Grand Ave.), Oakland, CA 
Check event page on Facebook for updates:  https://www.facebook.com/events/1505778019486949/

Please join us in our efforts to strengthen Community and Front-line Resilience by means of Radical Healing and Health.

We’ll be posting an extended outline of the training curriculum soon.

To get in touch, please write to us at Contact (A) PermacultureAction.org