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Totnes and Area Update Newsflash
 October 8th

          BIG MEET UP:  Tuesday 12th October
 
6.30-8.00  
We will discuss COP 26 and...........    
And any other issues that participants want to cover.
We are looking for a volunteer fire tender.
ALL ARE WELCOME - however you rebelled, or not!
 
We plan to celebrate; socialise and take care of ourselves and each other.  
Check the weather forecast and bring clothes to suit; some wood for the fire; food and drinks for either just for yourself or to share if you're comfortable with that; and a torch to find your way home after dark.  We'll meet outside whatever the weather - there'll be a warm fire and plenty of covered areas.
 
 
Let us know beforehand at taahosting@protonmail.com if you have any suggestions or offers of help. The hosting team is still rather stretched and we're all crew!  We particularly need someone to get a warm fire going.
 
Please park in the Foxhole Car Park which is about a 10 minute walk to the Glade. https://thewoodland.co/directions/  The car park by Schumacher College is for college/ permit holders use only.
 
Dates for your diary at the Glade:
Tuesday 19th October
  • Tuesday 26th October
Community and Outreach Stall
                                     & Art Block Workshop

              Outside of St Mary's Church this Friday 8th October
                                                   Time: 10.30-3pm
 
Do come and join us ❤ 
 
the more the merrier when it comes to outreach handing out leaflets and chatting to people. We've been holding stalls these last few months with such a positive response.  You can also come and do or help others do some art blocking, we have so many amazing designs. Outreach is key to building our movement and bringing about the changes we need, so do come along even if you can only manage an hour. All welcome 
 
We are hoping to hold Stalls in Totnes each weekend leading up to and during COP 26. 
 
Join us for a free talk by the author of The Entangled Activist, 6pm Sat 9th October on Zoom.  Please register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMkduysqDksHtLMN4hNMl6p6IFJYREsuzbq

"Anyone who wants to change the world, or considers themselves an ‘activist’ please read this book for your own sake and for all of us – then we’ll have so much more chance of succeeding." ~ Dr Gail Bradbrook, co-founder of Extinction Rebellion

How is activism entangled in the problems it seeks to solve? After years of thinking that her task was to 'get the bastards', Anthea Lawson shows that understanding our concerns with activism can be a gateway to discovering what really needs to change.

Anthea's book 'The Entangled Activist' is challenging, wise and comforting. Anthea speaks with great humility about her own experiences within activism, and speaks with authority about the 'tangles' within herself, the companies and groups she worked for, and broader society. She also helps us to work out what we can do differently when we realise that we are tangled, and so approach our activism with more freedom, energy and joy.

Read more about Anthea here: https://www.anthealawson.uk/about-me and more about her book here: https://www.anthealawson.uk/the-entangled-activist. It won't be necessary to read the book to attend. There will be plenty of time for questions.

"An essential manual for getting better both at activism and being human." ~ Oliver Burkeman, author of The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking

This is a free event, hosted by XR Buddhists and open to all. Please register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMkduysqDksHtLMN4hNMl6p6IFJYREsuzbq

 
 
 
We're still fundraising to have a permanent hub
         here in Totnes for this exciting venture

Here is the link and further information https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/climate-change-response-centre#start 

Let's all support this exciting venture, a place we can come together, to learn and to share, to collaborate, and to vision and create together with other groups and our wider community.  Let's bring this into being ❤
There are also loads of rewards, with new ones arriving regularly, do go take a look. 
 
 
 

 

  Post Action Arrestee Support
 
Contact Mary Light - mlmeadow@protonmail.com
 
Have any recently arrested rebels been told they have been charged? If so, do let us know, so we can offer support and useful information.
Supporting COP rebels from Devon

If you’re staying in Devon but want to help the Scottish back office team (SCALP), please email barry.cohen52@gmail.com


 
From your XR Totnes & Area team
We are facing an unprecedented global emergency. The government has failed to protect us. To survive, it’s going to take everything we’ve got.
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