Northern Plains Power Shift Blog
Energy summit message: Take action
Published October 25 2009
By: Sherri Richards, Fargo INFORUM
Northern Plains Power Shift '09 is in the books and it is now time to think about next steps, about how we can keep this movement going.
Thank you to everyone who particpated this weekend as well as those who couldn't make it but contributed ideas, time and resources in the weeks leading up to the summit.
Saturday 10/24
Fargo Theatre 314 Broadway N
8am-9am Continental Breakfast
9am-Noon Keynote Speakers
Noon-1pm Nonviolent Direct Action
March from Fargo Theatre to Civic Center
Rally at the Civic center for Green Jobs and Clean Energy 1pm-2pm Lunch (on your own)
Saturday Workshops 2pm-7pm
NDSU College of Business 811 2nd Ave North
2pm-3pm
Room 140 Future of Coal vs the future of Wind
Room 272 Tar Sands Round Table Discussion
3:15 -4:15
Room 262 – Green for All on Leadership Development
Room 358 – Beehive Collective art, activism, community
Room 368 - SDS How to Green a University
4:30-5:45 Room 140
2010 Campaign Cycle how Youth and the Energy Vote can shape the agenda.
6:00-7pm
Room 266 Extreme Athletes/Extreme Organizing ; Snowkiting
Room 272 Photo Petitioning – high impact organizing tool
7-8pm Dinner on your own
8pm-Midnight Entertainment and social time
8-11pm Live music at The Red Raven 14 Roberts St N
9pm and 10:30pm Free showings of H2Oil documentary
Sunday 10/25
9am-Noon Keynote Speakers at the Fargo Theatre
12pm-1pm Lunch
1pm-4pm Workshops and Panels at NDSU College of Business
1pm-2pm
Room 140 Health impacts of coal based energy
2:15-3:15 Breakouts
Room 262 Grand Aspirations ; personal strengths for diverse and inclusive leadership structures
Room 266 Real Food Challenge : leverage College dining halls to change our food systems
Room 358 Beehive Collective – Art, activism, community
Room 368 SDS – Radical social theory and the environment
Photo Petitioning – A high impact organizing tool
3:30 – 4pm Room 140 Closing Ceremony
Share your story at an open mic closing ceremony
