 Great, hello everyone Welcome to the rise for climate jobs in justice, California final webinar before our really exciting historic March September 8 We are 10 days 10 days away from the largest mobilization around climate justice the West Coast is ever seen and We can't wait to dig in with you the layouts and logistics tonight layouts and Personal stories of why folks are coming and then I answer some of your questions and get everybody And ready to go for what's going to be a beautiful powerful and important day. So my name is Pete. Why would he I'm on staff with rise? California climate jobs and justice and I'm here in Oakland Just across the bay from where we're going to be marching in 10 short days and tonight we're gonna hear from Juan Flores from the Central Valley sent everyone race poverty in the environment and Adelita from Mothers Out Front Who's coming to us from Yolo County? Jack Fleck from 350 Bay Area here in the Bay as well as David Solnit and the peace poets who are Going to be leading our art and music and this is this is not your average March We are going to have a really powerful art and music program during the course of our March on September 8, so We'll let give a little while as folks come in, please Put where you're calling in from in the chat so we can see the breadth of where folks are coming from from all across California and the region, you know that there are already buses coming from Ventura and Yukia and the Central Valley and other places all around the state seeing Yolo County in the chat Gilroy From Sacramento and so please continue to put where you're coming from in that and so we can get a sense of who all is joining us So a little brief idea of what we're going to do on the agenda tonight We are going to first talk about Why many of us are rising and you'll hear from Juan and Adelita about the communities that they come from and why they're coming to San Francisco in this lead up to the Global Climate Action Summit and how important rise is to moving their issues forward for their communities And all communities and then we're going to hear about the specifics of what is going to happen on the day of and Jack Is who's been working for months to get us all aligned and make sure that we're all in the right spots It's going to walk us through some of the logistics of the actual day And I have your pens and pencils out and take notes on where you're going to land when you can get resources, etc And then we're going to hear about the art and culture of what's going to be happening that day again We're going to paint the largest street mural of all time In San Francisco that there there will never have been more beautiful artwork on the ground in the street mural Then we will see in ten days in San Francisco and we're also going to have beautiful songs Train and train song facilitators that are going to be dispersed throughout the March And you'll hear all about that over the course of the fall This is then we're going to close out and answer any of your questions if you have any and It will be posting those in the chat and so we can answer All of the logistical and other questions that you've got to make sure that we can get here Tell the friends to get here tell their family to get here till their elected leaders to get here Tell everybody to get here into the Bay Area in San Francisco on September 8th. So Let's start and hopefully folks are still coming in and seeing the Santa Clara is coming Look at that. The bus from Chico is full, which is really exciting. We got folks from Kern County so continue to put in the chat where you're coming from and I've got just a couple more minutes to make sure that folks all arrive, but thank you all for joining us this evening now I'm going to turn it over to Juan who's going to lead Who's going to tell us about why he and folks in Kern County are coming to rise for Climate jobs and justice in San Francisco So this is Juan Flores a dynamic activist and organizer from the Central Valley Living in Kern County where they've just won some really exciting wins stopping fossil fuel and culture in the Valley and Juan is leading one of our buses coming from the Central Valley and I'll turn it over to Juan to hear what Yeah, hi Pete and thank you everyone. Thank you everyone for being in here I made myself some notes. So where with me to make sure that I give you all the information. I want to give you so Just I'm pretty sure everybody knows this but just to give you a little bit of context and a little bit of background Governor Brown a while back call for these global climate to meet right where Literally, he's so proclaiming himself as a climate leader like Nobody else has like come out and said oh, he's a climate leader older than him and his administration So on September 8th for at least the residents of Kern County as I'm pretty sure for everybody else that is going to be in some Important that we are there that the frontline communities are there to actually show him governor Brown What actual climate leaders look like and what they're fighting for and what they can achieve together? So that's number one reason why we're attending why our community members want to be there Rise for climate jobs and justice California is the anchor event for a global data of action in San Francisco where everything in San Francisco that date is going to be the the nucleus of What's happening right now with our movement and with our fight against fossil fuel? So it is very important that Every community through the state of California Understand these that it is San Francisco the place to be on September 8 because that's where media is going to be present that's where even Other dignitaries from other countries are going to be looking at given that people are gonna come out and Brown for his lack of action So it is very important that we unite ourselves in that front and that we actually show up the date On September 8 right during San Francisco Rise for climate jobs and justice. That's what we want to make sure that we that we're there for Rise is a container for diverse communities Campaigns and issues to come together. That's what is actually holding us together You're gonna see a lot of of different residents a lot of different organizations that are going to be Coming together that data specifically To unite ourselves in one single voice And you're gonna hear for from other speakers tonight that we all come from different backgrounds, but asking one single team, which is Justice and fairness for our communities those same communities that for many decades have been left behind In in the front of every single issue. It's always these communities assault So I Think our main reason as well This is what I just mentioned for residents of Kern County to go and to be president on September 8. It's three of them We are fighting for economic and racial justice Low-income communities and communities of color have always been left behind when it comes to a fair transition To something new and to something better This time and it started right turn September 8 These same communities are leading the way these front-line communities are becoming the leaders of a new and just transition That can make us fossil free fossil fuel free Pretty soon at least within the next two to three decades. That's what they have on their mind The other part is that they're fighting extraction Kern County Is the second county at the national level on extraction of oil? Because one county in Texas extracts more oil than we do here in California in this county alone, so These communities have gotten to know and to name the the oil industry an invasive economy because They think that with their money they can buy their way in into these communities extract their natural resources and leave empty head The communities exploding Perhaps the only thing that they're leaving behind are health issues a Land that cannot be used at least in the next 200 years before we can take out all the contamination and be able to plan something So they're fighting this extractive economy and they want an economy that eats That is green that is sustainable and that is inclusive and that has the front-line communities as the beginning of that economy and and for Kern County, that's very important The other thing is pushing forward the solutions of our communities that that are that our communities deserve They're really really thinking about turning and and asking governor brown May california a true state that runs on sustainable energy Let's let's Walk the talk. Let's not just say it. Let's just not speed out words Let's actually put concrete actions that can take us there And they're also taking one message that is very important to us in this invasive economy It is very very important that governor brown takes into consideration Science and the reports that his own scientists have given him and that is that we need At the very least a 2500 feet both for some between oil wells In sensitive areas like schools markets churches parks clinics hospitals If you have had the opportunity to go to LA perhaps or to bakersville in current county You can notice that You can be treated in a clinic and just within 100 feet from there You can have up to two or three oil wells that are extracting oil That's inconceivable on a state that likes to proclaim itself as the most progressive state of the nation That is inconceivable on a state where a governor likes to call and Make himself a climate leader That is so realistic that So that is really important why Our communities are coming to september 8th now rice is not part of the global climate summit I think we need to make that distinction We're not at any moment participating on anything that the governor Is calling for whether our panels or activities What we are doing though, it's we are hosting our own panels our own activities Leading towards and during the week of the global climate summit So We invite you all Pretty soon. You're going to see a calendar on your screens Those are the different events that rice is going to be having and i'm truly inviting everyone to join and to be part of these events Like I said the eyes of the world are going to be in san francisco They're going to be an honor state and they need to see that people are fighting back into the ground so I think that that these are the main reasons why On september 8th Over a hundred residents from current county are traveling. Some of them are leaving from friday Some of them are waking up at one o'clock in the morning to get ready and travel at three thirty in the morning To be there to march and to fight for the things that they believe And uh, and I would like to invite everyone to to chair as well The message of current county residents because it is something that affects everyone Uh, I know it happens in current county, but pollution Oil extraction travels through our whole state and we need to come united. We have to come as one to Have our voices finally be heard and to have real solutions that are going to have Truthful and meaningful impacts in our communities. Thank you Wow Thank you so much Juan. So excited that you and your compatriots from current county are going to be with us I am certainly moved and uh, and I think that this uh, it speaks so well to what's really at stake It's not marching is a good and beautiful thing And we will do big and beautiful things But this is people's lives We're in the balance and the biggest impact that we can make on september 8th to have our elected officials to have Governor Brown to have other Business leaders and elected leaders hear us and hear the voices of long this community Thank you so much and that one's going to have to leave us shortly But if you have questions for him put them in the chat Well, we can reach out to him and and get answers From the center for race poverty and the environment. So I want to turn us now and to our second speaker Who is From mothers out front Which is a phenomenal organization making the connections about our children are at risk and Who is going to stand in the way of? The the captains of industry the the politicians that aren't standing up for us But who else other than mothers and so? Adelita's in yolo county and Leading a bus down here to the bay area on september 8th So I'll turn it over to Adelita to tell about the work that they're doing and the experience of getting jumping on a bus Thank you. Um, and thank you Juan for your Part in explaining what Kern county is doing. Uh, we're mothers out front grassroots movement of mothers and allies Mobilizing for a livable climate for our kids. I mean as a mom I am directly impacted my kids are directly impacted by climate change every day. Um the reason I started to engage with mothers out front is because Um, I have a son in football and he has been an athlete for many years He's 16 years old. He's in high school and um, I had to watch him at an early age like Uh train during the summer for football and I'm talking all year long In extreme heat, you know here in woodland In yolo county, we've got triple digits and they just every summer just keeps getting hotter and then now with the fires Um, he's breathing in particulate matter Uh in the peak heat hours the Athletes train usually between 2 30 to 6 p.m. And so my son It has to be out there breathing You know heavy thick particulate matter in triple digit heat. He's 16. His lungs are still developing And so this is not i'm not alone in this other mothers. We're out there. We're like, why aren't they modifying the schedules? And I'd approach the coaches and the coaches don't want mothers to step forward to interrupt You know their practice schedule their main focus is winning and so i'm not alone when I talk on behalf of mothers and our children Desire to be outdoors and so I get emotional so I apologize Um, but you know, we we're stepping forward and organizing other mothers That care just as much about the health and the health impacts facing our children So what i'm doing here is um, I'm talking to mothers Groups of mothers that live in rural areas here that don't necessarily have the same kind of access as Folks in the bigger cities have so i'm doing outreach to rural communities nights landing Here in woodland davis. These are agriculture communities. Um, the only thing that I am noticing here is that The parents want to be involved. I've actually Received over 80 rsvp's for our bus. I actually have one bus and a mini coach and they're both full now And um, we're talking, you know, this is all diverse Spanish speaking and people of color that I'm filling this bus with um Some of them are being challenged by the season at this point. It is Uh harvest season here in yolo county. We've got all of the fields. Um, they're being, you know, they're it's it's it's harvest time It's 24 7 around here. We're talking about the canneries. They're open 24 7 So some of those families there are not able to participate but are sending representatives So, um, that's currently been my experience with the more rural areas. I've also done outreach to the community college here Um, I've been able to partner with the ethnic studies department And I've done outreach to the chicano studies class the native american studies class and the history of race class and They're all excited to participate, um So I've got a diverse population coming got families. We got mothers. We got students um And I've been able to talk about the rise march and as well as like sb 100 Yesterday was obviously a very busy day during presentations. I was like call in call in to you know, your assembly member and actually um Our our assembly woman is Cecilia agler curry um, and she actually um Was not in support of sb 100 And so we had all the students call and so Yesterday was a big day for california and for you know, sb 100 obviously you all heard about You know the win yesterday just waiting for governor brown to sign that and so that's what we're all passionate about We're all passionate about a healthy future for our children Um, you know, whatever steps we need to take to support and advocate Uh, the efforts being made by our assembly folks We're going to go and we're going to show up and they can't ignore us when it's a group of moms that are prepared and You know, we're we're educated on the matters at hand. They really can't turn away from us It's really uh, we present a different force and um as women And we you know historically when we get together we can make change, you know, we We were not allowed to vote just a short time ago and we made that change for ourselves. So just being able to tell those stories of Women having success by uniting mothers coming together and for this purpose I we've been able to Really mobilize the mothers in this area. So like I said, I've I've been able to RSVP over 80 folks in less than a month to get on the bus and Get to San Francisco on the 8th. So, um, we we are planning some You know things for children as well like face painting Hopefully we could get a mural down We we know that we're coming in like holly ride around we're trying to get there at 9 30 or 10, but um So we're we're really trying to make things happen in a timely fashion on our end as well. So, um Uh, I don't know what else to share, but that's been kind of what I've been doing over here You know, all of us are impacted by the fires here. So we're seeing it firsthand Our kids are are are having their limited um You know limited access to the outdoors because of it. And so that's really affecting us. So That's where we're coming from. That's been our experience and and that's why we're we're rallying folks to go Wow. Yeah. Thank you so much Adelita powerful story from two directions powerful about the Terrible impacts our children are facing and and that more and more People are going to face day to day and then a powerful story about how to respond and bringing your community filling up two buses Bringing folks who are feeling the effects of this first and worst low-income people people of color people in low-income jobs farm workers rural areas and really stepping to the plate and saying, okay Governor Brown people in power. This is unacceptable Our children deserve better our future deserves better. So thank you so much for all you're doing Adelita So, uh, let's move along now. You've heard from Juan and heard from Adelita about the exciting reasons why we want to rise and now We're going to hear about what Can you can you talk a little bit about partners? Besides Sure, yeah, so folks know that we have uh, this is a day. Can you hear me? Yeah, jack. Yeah, hold on just one second. We'll go to jack in just a second Oh, we're we're gonna say we're gonna talk a little bit about The broad coalition that is rise for climate jobs and justice in california So you can see on the screen now We have over 300 organizations from across the state that and the region that have signed on to support this march From labor faith youth organizations Climate organizations, of course and everything in between arts organizations We also, uh, this is one piece of a global and national day of action with 535 actions that are happening around the world So far and many actions in various parts of this country And we are the anchor action people are pointing to us across the world and across the nation To be the front post of And and the sort of centerpiece of all all of this activity So if you're part of an organization you haven't sponsored yet, please go to the website ca dot rise for climate dot org and You can see on there how to join an organizing group Juan is part of the environmental justice group and Alita is part of the families and children's group and that's and we'll talk about how folks are gonna line up and And how they're going to march Just now, so i'm going to turn it over to if you can see on your screen. Also, we want folks to join the slack if you So we'll send out an email with all of the resources from this From this webinar including signing up for our slack team Signing up for the text loops and and getting your organizations and individuals signed up to join us on september 8 So now i'm going to turn it over to jack to do some of the nuts and bolts of what's actually going to happen on september 8 When adelita comes from yolo county and won comes from kern county. They arrive in san francisco, and then what happens jack Wow, we're really excited. That was fantastic about kern county and yolo those buses and So the buses will have an easy place to park We worked it out with the san francisco authorities and just like a block away from the main gathering place So that should go smoothly now if you are able to come in on friday night We definitely urge you to take public transit park or muni And i'll talk a little bit more about some things going on friday night to encourage you but coming in saturday On the bus is great, and there'll be a pickup spot near civic center where the march ends So that should work out really nice to just come in on a bus and and take off when you're all ready to do that To run down the schedule The interfaith service has got to be 9 15. That's organized by i think we have like 50 some congregations involved in that And then the contingents are supposed to gather at 10 a.m That's what we're telling people but some people are getting there earlier because they want to grab a certain spot on the street And i'm a little unsure about where these two contingents that you just talked about the kern county and the yolo one Would be maybe pete you can help them figure that out, but uh, do we put up the screen grab of the lineup here? There's a the first contingent is indigent is going to be led by indigenous people but it's also going to include some of the frontline communities and Environmental justice groups so i think both of you could fit into that on the other hand There's another group that is focused on families. So adelita I'm sure you could go into either one of those people kind of need to self identify to some extent um The second contingent the second number two there is going to have youth that's going to have A women's contingent an elder's contingent and a very big labor contingent So those are all self identified groups And the the areas three and four are a little bit more Open Most of the people are going to be in those that's going to be out in embarcadero plaza Which is a big gathering area. There's going to be some singing starting at 10 30 And there's going to be a big event Where we all do a unifying Action together and a song right at 11 o'clock. I think there's going to be a little bit more talking about that in a minute At the very end of the march when all the marchers are finished We have two more contingents one is a bicycle contingent Whoever wants to ride their bike in the parade or in the march can do that And we also have electric vehicles people who have electric vehicles can Offer rides to anybody who gets a little tired and doesn't want to keep marching So that's another plus in addition to the idea that electric vehicles are part of the solution We need to get off of fossil fuels And we're also having a few taxi a couple taxi drivers in san francisco Who are waging a part of the labor contingent in a sense Uh, so we're going to go straight down um market street all the way to civic center And uh at civic center, there's sort of two things happening. One is a resource fair We've invited all our partners to uh have tables and provide literature And they can have little mini speakers and try to advocate for their Causes and let inform people of what's going on And then I think the most fun thing is going to be the mural project and david can talk about that in a minute But it's it's going to be really incredible and that's going to be a really fantastic thing with everybody giving a paintbrush and Going at it to be part of this mural project and that Is actually going to be chalked out earlier in the morning So that by the time the marchers get there all you have to do is grab your paintbrush and start filling it in so, uh, hopefully that'll all come together right at the right time and um At 2 p.m. Also in civic center, there will be a uh unifying moment similar to what I mentioned about 11 a.m Right before the march starts so Kind of synchronize your watches and look for these events because we have a bigger sound system at uh civic center But at the in the morning at 11 a.m. Or 10 50. It's just going to be Mic check kind of thing. So everybody stay tuned and try to be part of that And the event should be over by five o'clock that the buses should be picking people up 330 to 530 A few words on disability access if you have people in your group that need accommodations Let us know we'll try to make sure we address that We will have american sign language near the stage in the morning But again, there's not really an assembly with speakers and that kind of thing that it would be a person that can Help translate the songs that we're doing and answer questions that people have and As far as people have mobility issues if they have a wheelchair that can make it through the parade That's great if they need a push that could work too Uh, the like I said the electric vehicles at the end of the parade can give people a ride if they're getting kind of tired and don't feel like walking and then Actually the parade goes straight up market street And if you're familiar with san francisco, you know that there's a bar track right underneath the street there There's also a muni a muni metro track and those are all wheelchair accessible. So People that just want to Meet and then take the muni or the bar up to civic center. That's all accessible We will also have a couple ambulances on standby in case anybody Has an emergency will be prepared I want to say a couple things about friday night and sunday morning If you are able to come in friday night, that would be fantastic We've we've rented the oakland museum cafe and the oakland museum is really a great institution in In downtown oakland. It's only a block from the lake merit bar station very accessible And every friday night they have friday nights at the museum where they have food trucks. They have bands they have Lots of partying going on and we've run rented the cafe We're from six to nine p.m It's going to be a great chance for everybody coming in from around the state to get acquainted Patrick from 350.org is going to mc and help do some ice breakers. So we get to know each other So I encourage everybody on this call to if you're able to come in on friday night Please do so and we're going to have a couple guests I understand bill macabre is going to stop by and and may booby So it should be a lot of fun. We've got some songs planned and Maybe a skit or two. So Hope you can make it to that event at the oakland museum Sunday morning. We're also having a workshop. We want to take advantage of this whole Rise event because people are coming from around the state And we want to try to do the best we can to bring that group together to collaborate on strategies so We're trying to get everybody that's coming from 350 groups around the state to who can stick around on sunday morning and Have a little strategy session. There's a slide. I think with man's nan farley has the details as the person to contact. So I think I'll stop there and Feel free to ask questions Great. Thank you so much jack as you can hear a lot going on But also a lot of really great planning has gone in to make this happen And jack's been a huge part of that from the beginning and a big thanks to him and all the team Making the logistics happen. It's hard to Move tens of thousands of people from one place to the other and then throw in some songs and throw in some murals And it gets even harder. So thanks everybody for Putting all that time in if you have questions start to put them in the chat We'll start to address them at the later later part of the agenda So please feel free to put your questions in the chat and we'll come around to addressing them in a second But i've got a question for you eager to hear how you all can plug in to Volunteering and obviously it takes a lot to get that thousands of people in the street So i'm going to turn it over to josephine now who's going to step in and talk about Our volunteer squad that can make the biggest safest most eloquent Most beautiful march that we've ever seen. So this is josephine our volunteer coordinator Hi everyone. So great to be with you all tonight. Super energized on this call already So yes, i'm josephine and the volunteer coordinator Can you go to the next line? Thanks. So yeah, as pete was saying it's going to take all of us to pull off this really incredible march There's a lot of logistical pieces that need to come together And we'll be working with thousands of people in the streets And we want to make sure the march flows really well that people know where to queue up and And you know which contingent to be a part of and and that the mural Goes off really perfectly as well Can you go to the next slide? So i wanted to talk to you all we are Asking you all to please sign up to volunteer on our website. So there's volunteer opportunities both on the day of the march as well as In advance of the march and there are remote opportunities In advance of the march to which i can talk about in a second, but i wanted to show you this screen capture is the step one in signing up to volunteer So you just need some of your contact information And this is all on the website. Do you mind going to the next and Here are all of the opportunities to volunteer In advance of the march And actually at the top of the screen Sorry, i'm moving my chat box around a little bit, but at the top of the screen there are There's a whole list of volunteer trainings and if you wanted to If you were able to volunteer on the day of the march, we also have a remote training option Which will be up on the website later on By the end of this week at the latest So we'd ask that you sign up for one of those trainings so we can plug you into the roles So we're going to be able to go over all of the logistical considerations and determine what role is is best for each of you Through that training process and we also have volunteer opportunities In advance of the march. We are going to all of these events. You can see below the under outreach Um Can you yeah No, can we go back? Yeah, so if you have the mouse, can you just sort of Can they see yeah, any any one of these buttons will lead you to um An outreach opportunity that's happening locally and then at the bottom right of the screen There's remote opportunities, which is phone and text banking and that is ongoing and we always need Um support in that way And you can sign up for any of these on our website and we will follow up with you Can you go to the next slide please? Yeah, so some of the roles that we need for day of volunteers We need marshals. That's people who help ensure the flow of the march We need greeters people to direct folks when they are coming off of art or off of the buses To know Where to line up and how to make sure they get all of the gorgeous art that's been prepped for them We're also looking for people with really specific skill sets like medics nurses doctors And also social workers. Um, so if you have that special skill, I would love to hear from you Art wranglers are folks that will help ensure that the Um art makes it to all of the different contingents. Um, and then also accessibility folks to make sure that that The market as accessible as possible. So those are some of the day of volunteer roles And the trainings are listed here For people that can come in advance There's a training as late as next thursday So if you're already in town, that would be great to join then But we are planning a remote training At least one to happen via something very similar to this like a zoom call Next wednesday from 12 to 130 and I think we should also will also schedule a wednesday evening Remote training option Um, and so please sign up for one of those. Um, they'll go live on the website very soon after this call Um, and yeah, it's going to take all of us to To really make this event as as successful as it can be and to to do everything that we want to do And we're we're looking for people who you don't need to have a lot of experience Um, who can be really friendly and uh, it's the volunteers and sort of like the way that we We interact with folks that really determines like how people experience the the march and the day. So we're Really looking to to put together a really good team of volunteers And we hope you'll you'll join us and be one of them Can you go to the next? slide, yeah, so This is the website link for where to sign up for all the volunteer opportunities ca dot rise for climate dot org slash volunteer And then i've also included my email address Which is josephine at peoplesclimate.org if you have any specific questions About, uh, remote trainings or anything like that. Please be in touch. Thank you so much Great. Thanks so much josephine and thank you all in advance for signing up to volunteer And you know, we can't these mobilizations can't happen without lots of people throwing down in many different roles. So Um, real quickly just a couple of notes do go to that website. There's a whole lot of your questions Can be answered on the website. I'm glad to see folks are putting questions in the chat We'll get those to those in a second. Uh, also want to encourage folks to text Rise our rsvp at the website also want to encourage folks to text rise ca to eight three two two four to get more updates and be looped in that way And post on social media the hashtags. We're using our rise for climate And climate jobs justice and so now i'm going to turn it over you've heard a lot about the mural I'll let the songs that we're going to be doing So now i'm going to turn it over to the folks who've made it all that happen David solnit and the peace poet Emanuel boo and frankie are you going to join us and tell us what are we going to do? One of the most beautiful parts of the day going to look like so david and poet folk Bring it on So I'll start talking a little bit about the climate justice mural projects the question Uh, what are the solutions to climate change and injustice in our communities? We know what the solutions are and 50 communities and organizations are going to paint those solutions on the ground 35 feet wide ringing uh civic center plaza and on folton street and uh And as those are being uh painted there will also be an aloney inspired design along the uh the edge of all the streets And the streets will be completely painted Uh We're using clay and tempera washable paint and there's a bay area tradition when we have a crisis Whether it's foreclosure solidarity with standing rock our refineries poisoning our communities of taking the streets and painting them And at 9 a.m. On september 8th the society of fearless grandmothers led by Grandmothers from uh, I don't know more Are going to be helping us take those streets Well folks are marching we're going to uh the 50 different mural teams Are going to be laying out all those murals and the border design and so when the march arrives We need 5 000 people to paint the streets and with us And those who aren't painting will be singing so maybe we can hear about that part and uh If folks have inquiries or want to get involved just send an email to climatejusticestreetmurals at gmail.com David now yeah peace poets, please Please family Uh, we are three of the five peace poets We are coming from the Bronx new york and we here in the bay area getting ready to rise with you And we're super hyped to be here The first thing we want to do is tell you about the unifying moments that we're going to have together So I want you to imagine tens of thousands of us gathered And at the beginning of the day And then momentum is building and then you're going to hear around 10 50 Over 30 choirs burst out into beautiful music Singing together And they're going to be calling us into a moment That we're calling a unifying moment that is happening exactly at 11 a.m At 11 a.m. You will see visual cues of flags that say remember And you will have a whole squad of song leaders guiding you In collective action to go down to the ground So at 11 a.m. We will go down to the ground saying the word remember We'll touch the ground To remember all those who have been lost the climate chaos and all of those Who can be with us in that moment And also to remember our connection to the earth And so together Again imagining all those thousands of people in that moment We're going to be silent for two minutes in a big collective ritual And after two minutes at 11 o'clock That group of song leaders With the help of visual cues Are going to begin singing a song called the voice of my great-granddaughter And all of us together will slowly powerfully rise as we sing the song together So that is our first unifying moment right after that the march will begin With the indigenous contingent singing the women warrior song and the march will be kicked off That will be a little bit of a rehearsal Frater The second unifying moment will be essentially exactly the same But the second time we do it will be gathered All around our solutions painted beautifully on the ground around the civic summit And when the people step back from the murals At 2 p.m. You'll see the flags saying remember we will go down again saying remember to touch the earth And again be silent for two minutes For that collective ritual And after two minutes we'll rise up singing that same song And it's a song that we want to sing for you now It's a song that calls upon the indigenous wisdom of making all of our decisions based on what's best Not just for this moment but for all the future generations And we're really excited before we teach you the song to say this collective ritual Is very much in contrast To the system. They're just trying to continually distract us and persuade us to participate in the destruction of our communities in our family So this collective ritual that we're inviting you into we want you To get hype about inviting your friends and your families to say it's going to be amazing Thousands of people being quiet together to remember Those we've lost and our connection to the earth. So those are the two unifying moments We can't wait to do that with you and we'd like to share a song with you The very song that we're going to sing when we rise back up together in both of those moments cool It's a little weird to teach you a little webinar So we just want to sing and wherever you are We are hot with us Please do absolutely jack's going to sing too There you go. It's a kind of a timing thing. You just sing and have fun. It goes like So you can you can unmute yourself over there Okay, it goes like this First I'm going to say the words The people going to rise like the water We're going to calm this crisis down I hear the voice of my great-granddaughter Singing keep it in the ground Goes like this The people going to rise like the water. We're going to calm this crisis down I hear the voice of my great-granddaughter Saying keep it in the ground The people going to rise like the water We're going to calm this crisis down I hear the voice of my great-granddaughter Saying keep it in the ground The people going to rise like the water. We're going to calm this crisis down I hear the voice of my great-granddaughter Saying keep it in the Imagine I'm taking a streets Together people gonna rise like the water We're going to calm this crisis down I hear the voice of my great-granddaughter Saying keep it in the ground What's time now The people going to rise like the water We're going to calm this crisis down I hear the voice of my great-granddaughter friend older, say keep it in the ground. Wow, thank you. That is the most exciting webinar moment I've had in a real long time. Thank you so much peace poets. Thank you David. So you can all imagine how that's going to that felt powerful with just the 10 of us that you can see on screen. Imagine what that's going to feel like in the streets with tens of thousands of people after we're silent and then we rise up in song really professing what we should, what the world needs to hear. That your voices are our great-granddaughters saying keep it in the ground and move us to a different economy, a different future. So you've heard a lot tonight. You've heard from Juan and Adalita about all of the important reasons that they are rising up and coming from other parts of California. You've heard from Jack about all the different logistical details of the day. You've heard from Joslyn, excuse me, Josephine about how to plug in and volunteer for us and then obviously David and the peace poets about the art and the music that's going to come throughout the course of the day. So we're eager for your questions. We've got some that are posted in the chat right now but if you have other questions about logistics about the event itself about any of these other things please put them in the chat and we'll respond to them as they come in. We've got a couple here. The first is Vanessa from 350.org who's going to take the questions and then please post your questions in the chat. This is our last chance before we see you in 10 days to get your questions answered. So Vanessa go for it. So so far we have a couple of questions. One is about has this been covered in the state and national news? People don't seem to know about it and the answer is yes. We had a big very successful press conference here one month out on August 8th and there is we do have a team of press people that are pushing it out and actually we got I don't know if you have the front page handy but we got on the front page of the local East Bay newspaper here and I expect you will be hearing a lot more in the next week. You know news cycles or anything that doesn't have a hook like it's happening tomorrow doesn't make it into the news as fast but I think over the next week you should be hearing a lot more but tell your press if you're in a city and you're sending a delegation let your local press know that you're going and if you need to be put in contact with our communications and media team reach out to us. When I'm done talking we'll have a slide up it's contact.ca at riseforclimate.org you can send us a request and we'll put you in touch with our comms media people because yes absolutely we are promoting this up the wazoo and we had another question about bus pickup times this was in response to Jack talking about bus pickups pickups will be as I understand it and Jack please tell me if this is wrong but between 3 30 and 5 30 is when Pete when the buses the window of time that the buses have for pickup is that right jack? That's what we're saying I think you can kind of work it out with your own bus driver and your own crew as to how long people want to stay definitely stay past two because that's the big event if people feel anxious to leave I mean anytime after 2 30 I guess would be possible but I think we're just saying 3 30 to 5 30 as a general guideline. So whatever you've told your bus driver I think that was someone who said that they were planning leaving at 3 that's still fine and you can reach out to to us if you have more questions actually the best person to reach out to with that question is the buses earlier there should have been a slide we're gonna we're gonna make the slide deck and this whole recording available afterwards so you can go back and if you didn't take notes on everything you can go back and look at it but we have a bus captain's dedicated channel where you can email us and we will get back to you with specific answers. Let's see what is the planet justice email address about street mural volunteering? I think if you want to volunteer with the the arts team or the the day of team you can go to the website ca.riseforclimate.org slash volunteer and sign up on there and then you'll get integrated in our system and then Josephine and the rest of the team will reach out to plug you in to volunteer. Brian if that if that doesn't answer your question feel free to put another one in the chat there but rise for this ca.riseforclimate.org slash volunteer and you can find the way that volunteer that way. All right next question when we get off the charter bus do we walk to the embarked arrow center to line up for the march? Yes please also will there be printed forms of the song you are singing for those gathered just curious how so many people will be able to learn it so quickly and all sing together? That is a great question and I was actually thinking that same thing those lyrics are all now available on the website you can download them yourself if I would encourage those of you who are on this call who have a bus if you could download them ahead of time. I'm liking on where on the website it is can anyone who's on another where? We'll send it out when you with with the recording but I think Lou is also Lou and the pieceboats are also leading a training tomorrow night for Lou I don't know if pieceboats if you want to speak briefly to how we're going to make sure that the song is integrated into the whole march if you want to speak to that. Yeah thanks so much for that question so two things one is that we have this training tomorrow night so that there's song leaders throughout the march and throughout the area who will be ready to guide folks and sing them. We prefer to not have the physical copies in the street but instead you know with the pieces of paper instead we hope that we'll send the link where we have video to be able to teach you all the songs before that you can again share with your folks who are coming as well as you was on the bus to sing some songs together and tomorrow night we're really excited to have this this training just in case anyone is in the area 6 30 to 9 p.m at 350.org in Oakland and yeah we're waiting for you it's gonna be fun. Great thank you so much Lou and as you see Vanessa just put in the chat riseforclimate.org slash arts slash music where you can find the lyrics to the song and a forthcoming music video with that song that is really gonna you can take that to folks on your bus show that to folks in your community and that'll be one way to teach the song throughout so. And will the interface service at 9 15 before the march include an indigenous opening ceremony or is that located at a different place in time there is an indigenous sunrise ceremony happening at sunrise it's not being widely publicized it's really for the indigenous community I think if you want specific information and you're interested in joining that though reach out to us and we can connect you with those organizers and they can tell you where it's going to be somewhere nearby I think at the water but I'm not sure exactly where I know it's at sunrise and there will be somebody else from to open the interface service there will be an indigenous person there to welcome folks from multiple ways to at the beginning of that service too. Oh great and then the women mourner song will also be after the the rise moment as the march starts then they will also be leading with song as they march so there will be lots of spirituality from our indigenous friends um let's see uh letting the bus people know about the lyrics could the bus organizers send it all to the people who have signed up for all of the buses yes that's a great idea and also just send them that link because then they'll have everything they need um I'm we may I'm going to be one of the greeters and and we may be handing out small sheets depend we haven't yet figured out exactly we may also be giving people information about how to RSVP to the march if they didn't RSVP in advance so we have some sense of numbers and who's been at the march so if we end up doing that we'll put lyrics on the back to be determined but for now yeah it's not hard you can learn it it's catchy great it's still ringing in my ears yeah well great thank you everybody big thanks to Adelita and to Juan for telling their stories and representing different parts of California to Jack for walking us through the nuts and the bolts and the peace boats and David for bringing some soul and art and energy and thank you to all of you for joining us tonight and also for joining us in the streets 10 days from today if you have any other questions feel free to reach out contact.ca at riseforclimate.org and we'll get back to you right away and um there's the you can see it on your screen now contact.ca at riseforclimate.org and we'll respond to logistics questions questions about the music questions about your buses etc and so don't be shy the time is now really encourage you folks to reach out to your friends and neighbors and fill those extra spots in those buses fill up the carpools there are carpool links on the website and RSVP for the march and let the world know that we we need a different future and that starts on September 8th so thank you all for your time that someone's posting in the chats here is there a way to be in touch with the peace poets just one last question before we go Frankie and Ludi you want to shout out your website looks like they're typing in right now so again big thanks to everybody uh for uh coming uh to join us tonight this will be recorded and you'll get something uh get a response to the RSVP for this you'll get the recording as well as links to some of the resources that we talked about and all of the questions that almost all the questions can be answered from the website so do some digging around there but don't be shy reach out to contact at ca at riseforclimate.org and we can get your questions answered there sign up to volunteer go to the website slash volunteer and help us bring thousands of people into the streets with the largest climate mobilization west coast history 10 days from today so you can see the peace boats information on the website in the chat there the peaceboats.com thank you all we're going to sign off now and we'll look forward to seeing you in 10 days