Grassroots Activist Guild
GAG TOUR SUMMER 2010
Local Sprouts Cooperative in Portland, ME
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If you'd like to participate in the Tour, we welcome suggestions as to communities and events that we can incorporate into our route. We'd also love to have volunteers on the ground across the country. Want us to stop by your town, or help organize an event? Email us at rachael@grassrootsactivistguild.org or clover@grassrootsactivistguild.org.
If you'd like to participate in the Tour, we welcome suggestions as to communities and events that we can incorporate into our route. We'd also love to have volunteers on the ground across the country. Want us to stop by your town, or help organize an event? Email us at rachael@grassrootsactivistguild.org or clover@grassrootsactivistguild.org.
Tour Dates and Locations
Philadelphia, PA June 26 - July 3rd
Boston, MA July 4 - 9
Portland, ME July 10 - 15
New Hampshire July 16 - 18
Montpelier, VT July 19
Burlington, VT July 20 - 27
Montreal, Quebec July 28 - Aug 5
Toronto, Ontario Aug 6 - 11
Buffalo, NY Aug 12th - 13
Ithaca, NY Aug 14 - 16
Albany, NY Aug 17 -18
Worchester, MA Aug 19
Bridgeport, CT Aug 20
Providence, RI Aug 21 - 22
NYC, NY Aug 23
Baltimore, MD Aug 24 - 26
Washington, DC Aug 27 - 29
Floyd, VA Aug 30
Charlottesville, VA Aug 31 - Sept 1
Lousia, VA Sept 2 - 3
Eastern North Carolina Sept 4 - 5
Part of our tour is putting an ear to the ground and hearing about interesting and effective things happening in communities across the Northeast and Canada. New locations might pop up, trips might be extended - this is a rough estimate of our trajectory, and we're open to suggestions that might add to the list!
Boston, MA July 4 - 9
Portland, ME July 10 - 15
New Hampshire July 16 - 18
Montpelier, VT July 19
Burlington, VT July 20 - 27
Montreal, Quebec July 28 - Aug 5
Toronto, Ontario Aug 6 - 11
Buffalo, NY Aug 12th - 13
Ithaca, NY Aug 14 - 16
Albany, NY Aug 17 -18
Worchester, MA Aug 19
Bridgeport, CT Aug 20
Providence, RI Aug 21 - 22
NYC, NY Aug 23
Baltimore, MD Aug 24 - 26
Washington, DC Aug 27 - 29
Floyd, VA Aug 30
Charlottesville, VA Aug 31 - Sept 1
Lousia, VA Sept 2 - 3
Eastern North Carolina Sept 4 - 5
Part of our tour is putting an ear to the ground and hearing about interesting and effective things happening in communities across the Northeast and Canada. New locations might pop up, trips might be extended - this is a rough estimate of our trajectory, and we're open to suggestions that might add to the list!
Cross-Pollinating the USA: The Grassroots Activist Guild (GAG) Tour
Across the nation, communities and organizations are building a movement. From organic gardening and permaculture advocates in Georgia and Oregon to civil rights activists in New York and Texas, we are all working towards a collective examination, questioning and rerouting of the social and environmental systems which are so lacking in our current society. We are allies, and we need to amp up our communication and strengthen our networks. To aid this development, GAG is building a database of activists, responsible businesses and thriving organizations around the country.
Each year, members of the Grassroots Activist Guild hit the road and explore grassroots activist groups, businesses and individuals around the North American continent. They conduct interviews and inquiries and use media creatively to illuminate their subjects' ideas and contributions, and make them available the public by posting the finished blogs, journals and video-recorded interviews on the Guild's website and YouTube channel. The GAG Tour also give presentations on effective activist groups and best practices, and conducts workshops on community organizing, sustainable living skills and DIY culture and appropriate technology.
Each year, members of the Grassroots Activist Guild hit the road and explore grassroots activist groups, businesses and individuals around the North American continent. They conduct interviews and inquiries and use media creatively to illuminate their subjects' ideas and contributions, and make them available the public by posting the finished blogs, journals and video-recorded interviews on the Guild's website and YouTube channel. The GAG Tour also give presentations on effective activist groups and best practices, and conducts workshops on community organizing, sustainable living skills and DIY culture and appropriate technology.
Organizers at the United States Social Forum
An overall goal of the GAG Tour is to broaden awareness of the environmental and social movement taking place in locations around the nation, and establish relationships and connections among activist groups that will lead to further cooperation and mutual support. The tour appreciates and recognizes the dedicated activists who animate their organizations and manifest their visions.
Greenhouse/Animal Shelter at D Acres
Bar run by the workers in Montreal
DIY U author speaks at Wooden Shoe Books
