"Day Against Denial" actions (Mon., Jan. 9), and Resisting Trump’s Corporate Cabinet
January 7, 2017
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On Thursday, January 5, at 3 pm Eastern, the Climate Reality Check team* held the latest in their series of national conference calls to help strengthen community organizing on climate, entitled:

"Day Against Denial" day of actions, and Resisting Trump’s Corporate Cabinet

[Recording: https://www.freeconferencecallhd.com/playback_rudd/?n=O3J5d/uBSpX ]

Donald Trump is putting together a cabinet of greedy corporate shills and climate deniers.

[Beyond Nuclear has focused on the nomination of former Texas governor Rick Perry, due to his blatant conflict of interest involving the Waste Control Specialists, LLC radioactive waste dump in Andrews County, TX. See Beyond Nuclear's article, Radioactive Waste is Good for You, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Rick Perry as Energy Secretary.]

In fact, Trump’s cabinet, if confirmed, will be unparalleled in its ties to Big Polluters and massive corporations.

But it is not a done deal.

A broad coalition of allies are joining the campaign to stop these dangerous picks from being confirmed.

They were joined by Everette Thompson of 350.org and Ben Schreiber of Friends of the Earth who led the discussion on the mobilization to block Trump’s dangerous cabinet. The discussion included:

More about the presenters:

Ben Schreiber is the climate and energy program director at Friends of the Earth.  Before heading the climate and energy team, Ben previously served as the climate and energy tax analyst at Friends of the Earth. Prior to joining Friends of the Earth, he was a staff attorney at Environment America where he focused on energy issues.  Ben received a B.A. in sociology from the University of Chicago and a J.D. from Washington University in St. Louis

Everette R.H. Thompson has over 15 years of experience in community organizing, organizational development and movement building.  He is Southerner by birth and choice and has dedicated his career to strengthening organizational infrastructure in the South.   Everette has served as the National Field Director for the Rights Working Group a national coalition of over 300 community-based groups and policy organizations dedicated to ending racial and bias profiling across the country.  He also served as the Regional Director of Amnesty International USA’s Southern Regional Office, which was based in Atlanta, GA and covered a region comprised of eleven states in the Southeastern U.S.  As Regional Director, Everette provided the overall strategic vision to meet AIUSA’s campaign goals in the South, traveled extensively throughout the South building strategic partnerships and coalitions and served as the lead spokesperson for AIUSA South. Everette currently serves as the National Equity & Justice Coordinator for 350.org.

Take Action:
Join the Trump Resistance Rapid Response Team [and see the update below, posted as a follow up]

As mentioned on the call members of the Climate Reality Check network are organizing a rapid response effort (on the call it was referred to as a war room) to coordinate action and messaging around a variety of threats coming from the Trump Administration.  Please sign-up below if you are interested in connecting with this effort. 
Sign-up here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1P89R9uN9rUoFmsBRCSpyKpZ1EovYiwHrxBu9qyX1HVY/edit?ts=586fccea

Join a Day Against Denial action this MONDAY, Jan 9.

As stated on the call, we want to have actions in all our states and currently we need folks to sign-up for actions in the following states: Alabama, Alaska, Kansas, Louisiana, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, West Virginia  and Wyoming.
 
January 9th #DayAgainstDenial 
The info about the Jan, 9 #DayAgainstDenial is pasted in below. Thanks to the many of you who are already involved. If you're still looking to plug in, see below, or email duncan@350.org for more info.
 
There are dozens of events already registered in nearly all 50 states. We would love it if you or one of your local members is able to anchor a new event in a state where we don't have one yet. Your help spreading the word about all the events is hugely helpful as well. 
DC Actions During Next Week's Hearings 
For DC actions, we're hosting an action training / meet-up to plug people into a variety of appointee actions on Tuesday, Jan 10 in the evening. Please encourage more people to attend -- it's a great place to plug into teams that are taking action on Tillerson and more. 
Facebook invite here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1833573293525829
Sign up here: https://goo.gl/forms/yIZHCHSe7kct9QEv1
If you have any questions about any of the actions in D.C., please email Deirdre Shelly, deirdre@350.org.
You can also contact your U.S. Senators via a Food & Water Watch action alert (Worst. Cabinet. Ever. Trump Is Building a Cabinet Full of Corporate Control. Tell Your Senators: Block These Appointments!)

 

*The CRC team is Allison Fisher, Public Citizen, Nancy LaPlaca, NC WARN, Jean Su, the Center for Biological Diversity and Ted Glick, Beyond Extreme Energy and movement builder.

Have an idea or speaker for a call?  Email Allison at afisher@citizen.org

Update on January 7, 2017 by Registered Commenteradmin

As reported by the Washington Post: "Ethics official warns against confirmations before reviews are complete."

Update on January 8, 2017 by Registered Commenteradmin

Dear Friends,


It is urgent that we RESIST Donald Trump and his dangerous agenda to rollback and blunt our climate and progressive protections.


Join the Network: Sign-up to join the Resist Trump Network

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1P89R9uN9rUoFmsBRCSpyKpZ1EovYiwHrxBu9qyX1HVY/edit?ts=586fccea


Who we are:

We are climate activists who are committed to standing together to RESIST Donald Trump’s pro-fossil fuel, anti-climate policies. Those of us concerned about climate change also recognize that we cannot RESIST Donald Trump alone.  We need to stand together in support of racial, social, environmental, and economic justice for all. If the Progressive community is allowed to fracture, then all of our causes will be lost.


What we are:

The RESIST TRUMP Network is a rapid response network of grassroots and grasstops climate activists primed to take local and national action to combat key actions under the Trump Administration that gravely threaten our climate and environment as well as issues undermining the greater Progressive community.


How we will do it:


Join our first kick-off call:

Sign-up today to join our first call on Monday, January 9 at 3 pm ET/noon PT

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1P89R9uN9rUoFmsBRCSpyKpZ1EovYiwHrxBu9qyX1HVY/edit?ts=586fccea


These weekly rapid response calls will be organized by Public Citizen, Friends of the Earth, and the Center for Biological Diversity. However, we will draw from the actions, toolkits, and work of our allies in both the climate and other progressive movements.


If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to any of us.


Thanks,

Allison, Ben, and Jean


Allison Fisher (afisher@citizen.org)

Ben Schreiber (bschreiber@foe.org

Jean Su (jsu@biologicaldiversity.org)

Update on January 17, 2017 by Registered Commenteradmin

See this reference provided by Food & Water Watch: Corporate States of America: Industry Ties to Trump's Cabinet Nominations, Food & Water Watch, January 6, 2017.

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