Mountain Justice Summer Training Camp

Want to get involved in the exciting and fast-growing citizen movement
to stop mountaintop removal coal mining in Appalachia? Want to meet interesting, caring, committed students and activists from all over America who are organizing to stop the destruction of some of the oldest and most biologically diverse hardwood-forested mountains in the world? Want to hang out and have fun, while learning more about Appalachian Mountain ecosystems and the fascinating culture of Appalachian
communities and people? Then come to Mountain Justice Summer 2007 Training Camp, May 20-28!

Check out this cool two minute video about Mountain Justice Summer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uWY14kJack


This is the third year for our Training Camp, and this year promises to
be the biggest and best yet! Building on our momentum from the
incredible front-page news coverage at Mountain Justice Summer Spring
Break, our camp will be held this year at Narrow Ridge Earth Literacy
Center in the mountains outside of Knoxville, Tennessee. The low
registration fee ($50 - $150 sliding scale) will pay for all workshops
and delicious food.

I have just returned from the site, and it is great - Earth-friendly
straw bale buildings, solar power, beautiful mountains and streams,
quiet and peaceful and remote. It's gonna be great!

We will offer a week of workshops and skill sharing, led by
experienced, committed Mountain Justice Summer (MJS) activists.

Mountain Justice Summer is a peaceful, non-violent movement. We use
direct action and civil disobediance, and we do not engage in property
destruction of any kind. Our campaign's goal is the elimination of
mountaintop removal and all forms of steep slope strip mining in
Appalachia, plus the genuine restoration of lands and communities
already affected by coal mining. Over the past two years MJS has
conducted community listening projects and water testing of streams and
wells; reviewed mining permits; participated in hearings and community
meetings; organized conferences, huge protests, and gotten national
media coverage in major newspapers and magazines, plus a new feature
documentary film entitled "Mountaintop Removal."

This year the MJS Training Camp will be at the Narrow Ridge Earth
Literacy Center about 30 miles northeast of Knoxville, Tennessee.
Narrow Ridge is 500 acres of hilly land surrounded by three Community
Land Trusts dedicated to the practice of sustainable ecology. Camp,
hike through the 100 acre Wilderness Preserve and swim in Clinch River.

Two aquifers provide fresh spring water and vegetarian meals are
included. Volunteer & get to know people in the kitchens or relax in
the library at the Resource Center. Soccer & Frisbee between workshops
- Evening entertainment by Rising Tide Road Show, Appalachian Women
Rising, Shadow Puppet Theatre, Fire Dancing, open mike, movies &
popcorn. On site childcare is available.

Workshops and skill sharing include:
Campus Organizing, Community Organizing, Appalachian Cultural
Sensitivity, Ecospirituality, Environmental Law, First Aid,
Fundraising, Legal workshop - Rights and Rules, Media Skills,
Mountaintop Removal 101, Mountain Music, Nonviolent Direct Action,
Oppression, Patriarchy & Strip Mining, Permaculture, Conflict
Resolution, Plant Identification, Security Culture, Tree Climbing,
Water Testing & Cartography field training, Web Designing

You can register online now at www.mountainjusticesummer.org

Please check back for website updates.

It's low cost and its fun! We want you to join us - I look forward to
seeing you in May!

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Dave Cooper

Mountain Justice Summer Camp May 20-27 in Tennessee
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uWY14kJack

The Mountaintop Removal Road Show
http://www.mountainroadshow.com/

608 Allen Ct.
Lexington KY 40505
(859) 299 5669

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