Climate Action March, Oakland. December 12th
December 12, 2015 10:00 am to 11:00 am On the final day of the UN COP21 Climate Change Conference, December 12, the climate action movement will hold hundreds of events around the world. Here in Pittsburgh there will be a rally and march:
“The Building Blocks for Climate Change Action”
Assemble at 9:45 am, finish at 11:00 am, Saturday, December 12 -- The March starts at 10 am at steps to the Cathedral of Learning near the Stephen Foster Memorial on Forbes Avenue, at the University of Pittsburgh in the Oakland section of Pittsburgh. A diversity of groups and individuals are invited to each create their part of an interlinking network of protests — by building boxes with the name of their movement or struggle (i.e. black lives matter, immigration, youth, LGBQT) or just the name of their group (i.e. high school club, church, union, community association, student organization, gardening club, environmental organization) to symbolize their vested interest in helping to halt climate change and hold our leaders accountable!
After a brief address at the start we will follow the May Day Marching Band in a procession through Oakland and return to the strat where we will erect a powerful pyramid with our building blocks.
There will be a “block-creating” party at 7 pm on Friday, December 11 at the Thomas Merton Center, 519 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh PA 15224.
BANKERS’ BOXES MAKE GREAT BUILDING BLOCKS
Sponsors of this event include Clean Air Council, PennEnvironment, Pittsburgh350, and the Sierra Club.
NOTE: After the march join us at 11:30 am at the First Unitarian Church, Ellsworth and Morewood, for a panel discussion on how climate change is impacting Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania.
Duane Nichols, Cell- 304-216-5535, www.FrackCheckWV.net