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BLOCK COP CITY SPEAKING TOUR
October 6, 2023 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm PDT
Please join us for the: WEELAUNEE WORLDWID
E: BLOCK COP CITY SPEAKING TOUR
When: Friday Oct. 6th from 7:30 – 9:30
Where: Art House Cinema, Eugene, OR (492 E 13th Ave)
The proposed Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, known as Cop City, is a plan to build the largest police training facility in the United States. The project threatens ove
r 300 acres of the South River Forest, also known by its Muskogee name, Weelaunee. The proposed facility includes a mock city for police to train in urban warfare and protest control tactics. The South River Forest, which is surrounded by primarily Black neighborhoods, has been described by environmental groups as Atlanta’s “best hope for resilience against the worst impacts of climate change.”
Defend the Atlanta Forest activists are touring the continent in an expansive 70-city speaking tour, with the goal of sharing strategic information from on the ground in Atlanta and preparing hundreds of affinity groups to shut down construction operations at the site through non violent direct action. Each presentation will contain information about the history of the land the city is attempting to build Cop City on, a movement timeline, and collaboration in the next phase of the movement: Block Cop City. There will also be a Q+A portion and legal updates from the Civil Liberties Defense Center (CLDC).
More info at blockcopcity.org
This event is part of a larger Forest Friday event at the Eugene Environmental Film Festival. Please see below for more details.
