Break Free Albany!, 5/14, 7am

Break Free Call to Action!!!

Ride the bus with New York’s climate activists and be part of the next, historic global climate action: BreakFree Albany May 14, 2016.

All over the world, people will come together at a massive, legal demonstration and civil disobedience actions in May. In the Northeast, we’ll descend upon the Port of Albany in New York, the biggest fossil fuel hub in the region. We’ll stand together–and many of us will “sit in” in an act of civil disobedience–to say NO to the ‘bomb trains,’ barges and proposed pipelines carrying Bakken crude oil through our communities…. NO to fracking and all fossil fuel infrastructure that pollutes our air and water and warm our planet. We say YES to renewable energy now!

Even if you choose not to risk arrest, we need massive turnout of people to show support with our signs and voices. This is our moment to break free from fossil fuels and make a just transition to clean, renewable energy. Let’s seize it.

BREAK FREE ALBANY 2016–NYC TRAVEL LOGISTICS

Buses will depart from 34th Street / 8th Avenue (confirmation of precise location will be emailed). If we get significant sign up and add additional buses we will consider adding departure locations in other areas.

BUS TICKETS–Buses depart at 7:00 am and will return by 9:00 pm. The round trip ticket is $27.50 plus Eventbrite fees, which brings the cost to $30.01

Sign up for the bus on Eventbrite http://break-free-albany-nyc-bus.eventbrite.com/

SCHOLARSHIP TICKETS–If you do not have funds to pay for a ticket please sign up on the waitlist for a scholarship ticket. As we receive donations to cover the cost we will allocate tickets in the order of the waitlist.

DONATIONS–If you can’t make it to Albany but would like to contribute so someone else can attend, please consider making a donation. Thanks for your support.

Non violent civil disobedience:
For those willing to engage in peaceful civil disobedience (risk arrest), attendance at a pre-event training is highly recommended.

New York City Training on non-violent civil disobedience.

On Saturday May 7th, from 9a.m.–12:30pm we are offering a local training session in non-violent civil disobedience in NYC. This training session will take place at the New York Society for Ethical Culture, Social Room, 2 W. 64th St, NY. Sign up for NYC non-violent civil disobedience training as part of the bus registration process http://break-free-albany-nyc-bus.eventbrite.com/

Albany Break Free Training Camp: Wednesday May 11th through Friday May 13th: Build action and organizing skills to take back to your community. Let us know what skills–direct action, organizing, etc.–you would like to see offered to benefit your local campaigns.

If you want to go to Albany to participate in pre-action training, on-site overnight accommodations will be available in Albany. Find out more about the trainings http://www.albany2016.org/the-action/training/ or email . Please also let us know if you’re planning to go to Albany and we will try to help coordinate car-pooling and put you in touch with others going from NYC. Email