[Occupymendocino] upcoming community rights workshop

[edward Oberweiser]

Upcoming Event: Reasserting Community Rights -- Going Beyond Single Issue
Activism

Are you frustrated by the apparent inability of local communities to stop
corporate destruction of the natural world (unnecessary road building,
fracking, sludge dumping on farmland, bottling and removal of water from
local rivers, use of toxic pesticides in forests, oil drilling in pristine
areas, etc.)? Are you wondering why the public seems to be powerless to
stop these abuses of corporate power? This workshop will illuminate how and
why the law has been used to progressively expand corporate powers. It will
also provide a new and proven way to reestablish community rights, the
power of community self-determination, and the power to stop destructive
practices through local ordinance writing. Used in more than 160
communities in ten states across the USA, local ordinances are enabling
local communities to assert their right to protect themselves and nature
from corporate domination and control. In support of this, the California
Constitution says: "All political power is inherent in the people.
Government is instituted for the protection, security, and benefit of the
people; and they have the right to alter or reform the same, whenever the
public good may require it."

Well-known community rights organizer, and partner with the Community
Environmental Legal Defense Fund
(CELDF.org), Paul Cienfuegos will be leading this intensive two-day
workshop at the Community Center of Mendocino
(998 School St., in the town of Mendocino), on President’s Day weekend
-- February
15-16, 2014. This two full day event includes two potluck lunches. Paul is
the founder of Democracy Unlimited in Humboldt County, which models new
ways of working on a variety of ecological and social justice issues such
as forest clear-cutting, weakening organic food labeling standards, and big
box store take-over of local business. He also co-founded
CommunityRightsPDX.org, which is Portland
Oregon’s first community rights organization. More information about his 38
years of local activism, and the many workshops and presentations that he
has delivered across the country, can be found at PaulCienfuegos.com.

The last workshop delivered by Paul, a few months ago in Willits, was
over-subscribed and filled up fast. To make sure you have a place in this
one, you must register in advance. There is a sliding scale fee based on
income, ranging from $60 to $260. To sign-up, contact Charles Cresson Wood,
with Mendocino Coast Transition Towns, at ccwood at ix.netcom.com or
707-937-5572. This event is co-sponsored by the Alliance for Democracy, the
Mendocino Coast Chapter of Move to Amend, and Community Rights Organization
Willits (CROW).
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