http://www.g8carnival.org Summary w/ point people for events being planned for g8 summit in Ga in June 04: To volunteer to be a point person, contact Carol. To Sponsoror or Endorse a planned event, contact the point people and Carol to be added to this list. To participate/volunteer, contact the point people directly. To add an event, or to add the name of your organization to a list of sponsors/endorsers to an event, contact Carol (info below). . . May 14-16 Peacemaker Training sponsored by FOR in Savannah Tranining fee $35.00 for information and housing contact g8paz (at) earthlink.net . May 29-30 First Aid For the Streets training in Brunswick, Ga. This is an intensive 2 full day training session, 9a.m.-7p.m both days. Please arrive on the 28th as training starts at 9 am the 29th! For more info & housing sarabritestar (at) msn.com . June 6-10 Fair World Fair: The Greedy 8 Alternative in Brunswick Ga: This will be a multi day event with stage/screen/booths displays. This will feature sustainable living/environment, and alternatives to the current global policies. Music, films, speakers, information tables/booths demonstrations. More info at http://www.fairworldfair.org To endorse/sponsor/volunteer/participate Contact Chito chito (at) g8carnival.org Northeast Georgia Peace Corner Group peacecornergroup.org Georgia Peace and Justice Coalition georgiapeace.org Cobb Citizens for Peace Global Exchange globalexchange.org Georgia Green Party SOA Watch soaw.org June 7, Brunswick Ga: . Interfaith Servict late afternoon for the eve. of the summit. Venue TBA Procession to vigil will follow service. To endorse/sponsor/volunteer/participate, Contact g8paz (at) earthlink.net Harry 770-313-9110 Robert rrandall (at) compuserve.com Atlanta Interfaith Coalition Georgia Peace and Justice Coalition georgiapeace.org Northeast Georgia Peace Corner Group peacecornergroup.org Savannah FOR . June 7, Brunswick, Ga: Candlelight Vigil for the victims of the Global Economic Policies that are disproportionately shaped by the g8. To endorse/sponsor/volunteer/participate, contact Neil neil (at) jubileeusa.org Harry 770-313-9110 g8paz (at) earthlink.net Jubilee USA jubileeusa.org Georgia Peace and Justice Coalition georgiapeace.org Northeast Georgia Peace Corner Group peacecornergroup.org . June 8: March for Reparations: Sea Island Ga. see http://www.g8usa.org . Toxic Tour of Glynn County: Tour of Glynn County's more than 16 toxic sites including the 4 superfund sites all located in the same county as Sea Island. Contact: Glynn Environmental Coalition info (at) glynnenvironmental.org Georgia Peace and Justice Coalition georgiapeace.org . Two Towns Tour: Tour of the Brunswick area demonstrating the "Two Towns", the town as it is for the monied elite, and the town as it is for the economically and politically disenfranchised. Contact Harry 770-313-9110 Glynn County Greens . Community Project in Brunswick: Bring tools or come ready to lend a hand for home repairs on a building that will be used to house pregnant homeless teens! contact Harry 770-313-9110 . Installation Ceremony for 2 new air pollution sampling stations in Brunswick. This will be coordinated with the Glynn Environmental Coalition http://www.glynnenvironmental.org To endorse/sponsor/volunteer/participate contact Sean se@n battlesick13 (at) yahoo.com or Scott thurston (at) uga.edu Georgia Peace and Justice Coalition .Symbolic Environmental Cleanups: To sponsor/endorse/volunteer/participate, contact Scott thurston (at) uga.edu . . Environmental Video Project: Brunswick/environmental issues video project. Need volunteers to film in Brunswick. Contact Scott thurston (at) uga.edu or indymedia imc-southeastus (at) indymedia.org . Media Center: Atlanta IMC will set up an Independent Media Center in Brunswick. Contact Atlanta IMC imc-southeastus (at) indymedia.org . Food Not Bombs Kitchen: FNB being planned for Brunswick. Need point person to liaison local organizers and FNB peeps. Local in Brunswick: Harry 770-313-9110 sara sarabritestar (at) msn.com . Wellness Center/ Medic Trainings: There is a Wellness center being planned for Brunswick Ga. Basic Health and Safety courses will be available. Contact Sara sarabritestar (at) msn.com . Peace Walk from Gainesville Fla. to Brunswick. Contact Florida Coalition for Peace and Justice fcpj (at) earthlink.net . Bike Caravans down Coastal Bike paths to Brunswick: from Atlanta: Jacob bigchieftallfoot (at) yahoo.com . TOES conference: (The Other Economic Summit) http://TOESUSA.org planned to coincide with Sea island Summit June 8-10. To Sponsor/Endorse/Volunteer/Participate contact Susan Hunt hunt (at) ee.upenn.edu Savannah contact margybb (at) yahoo.com Georgia Peace and Justice Coalition georgiapeace.org . Economics and Public Issues Conference in Statesboro, Ga. on June 4 & 5, right before the g8 summit. More info: http://conted.georgiasouthern.edu/epic2004papers.html . Civil Liberties March in Savannah: Tuesday June 8 March from Civil Rights Museum to Forsyth Park contact Kellie kelliegasink2002 (at) lycos.com . May 15 Nonviolence Trainings Sav/Brunswick: contact Marta kaufmanculebra (at) earthlink.net Fellowship of Reconcilliation for.org Savannah Fellowship of Reconcilliation . Globalization Film Series in Savannah at the Sentient Bean through May. Contact Molly swampfire (at) earthlink.net or Chito chito (at) g8carnival.org . Globalization Film Screenings in Atlanta: Atlanta IMC May 7, June 4 Sponsored by Atlanta IMC and WRFG 89.3 FM. watch http://www.atlanta.indymedia.org for more info. . GP&JC is sponsoring "Globalization 101" workshops across Georgia. Film screenings/discussion. To host/sponsor a "Globalization 101" event in Georgia, contact Carol robochik (at) riseup.net . June 5 Old Fashioned Teach-In in Atlanta!! Forums, films, Activist trainings! location TBA contact Joanna jbove87 (at) yahoo.com for more info. Atlanta IAC SLAP . May 22: Activist Training in Atlanta! Nonviolence Training, General Street Demonstratin safety/Awareness Training Time/place TBA Laurel laurelrose (at) riseup.net Sarah sagill (at) wans.net If you are interested in hosting/organizing/providing training for a general Activist Street Safety Training in Atlanta: contact Laurel laurelrose (at) riseup.net NOTE!! This is NOT a contact for planned direct actions for the g8 summit for either Savannah or Brunswick! This is for activist training only! . Legal observer training in Atlanta: If you are interested in leading a "know your rights" training or a legal observer training in Atl, Sav, or Brunswick, contact Laurel laurelrose (at) riseup.net . Town Hall Forum on Globalization in Atlanta in May 5: Media Justice Coalition WRFG FM 89.3 FM, People TV and Atlanta IMC To Sponsor/Endorse/Volunteer contact Carol robochik (at) riseup.net watch http://www.atlanta.indymedia.org for more info. Southern Media Justice Coalition Georgia Peace and Justice Coalition Atlanta Independent Media Center Atlanta People TV WRFG 89.3 FM Carol Bass Globalization Education and Outreach Coordinator Georgia Peace and Justice Coalition www.georgiapeace.org www.fairworldfair.org 404-556-7326 robochik (at) riseup.net More info as it becomes available. Keep an eye on http://www.atlanta.indymedia.org for more coverage and information. See also: http://www.fairworldfair.org See also: http://www.g8carnival.org
First in a series of reports on the G-8 and the Brunswick Protests for those who wish to familiarize themselves with the G-8 summit site and its surrounding area and issues: by Jamie "Bork" Loughner Exclusive for Infoshop News May 9, 2004, Southern Georgia -- Many activists around the world are aware that the G-8 Summit is to be held on Sea Island, just off the rural coastline of Georgia, June 8th through 10th. However, there has been relatively little talk of the large numbers of activists coming together to oppose it as Europeans did when the G-8 met in Genoa, Italy in 2001. Instead the general buzz has been that significant protests will not be able to take place there due to the remoteness and supposed defensibility of the summit site. Some even feel that the G-8 summit--the meeting of the eight most powerful/wealthiest nation's leaders to decide policies that will affect the entire world, is somehow not important enough to focus on, or that its placement in a small rural area precludes any meaningful activist opposition to it. Bullshit! The buzz has it wrong. I have spent several days interviewing non-activist and activist residents of Brunswick, St. Simons Island, and even Sea Island. I believe that, however large, there will be an important resistance to corporate dominance and governmental imperialism happening in the small coastal town of Brunswick, Ga., sited at the only entrance to the causeway road first leading to St Simons Island and then to Sea Island just a few miles away. The opinions range from fears regarding security measures to enthusiasm that some attention will be focused on how corporate globalization is affecting this rural area. The work that has already been done to prepare for the event has already resulted in important dialogue and alliances between southeastern anarchists and other activists and a rising awareness of the added poverty and environmental damages that corporate globalization has imposed upon this region. Despite [or maybe because of] the fact that Brunwick is one of the municipalities near Sea Island that has adopted a new set of ordinances to try to handle protesters and keep public gatherings short and small, there will be plenty of opportunities for protest and direct action. Some actions such as the G8 Fix Shit Up action [g8fixshitup-subscribe@lists.riseup.net] called for by the Southeast Anarchist Network are helping to win over even some of the more fearful non-political residents. This action calls for a force of activists to spend their protest time renovating houses and doing important environmental cleanup, thus addressing some of the area's most desperate needs. Needs that are even more important due to county and state tax money being diverted to feed the humongous costs of hosting the G-8 summit. Poor residents who suffer from lack of affordable food, safe housing, and dirt roads cannot help but resent the hundreds of full-grown palm trees and other landscaping added to privatized lands and public roadways and millions of local dollars spent to increase the comfort of G-8 attendees. This rural area--forced by a powerful local corporation to host the G-8 meeting--vividly illustrates the negative impact of current economic policies of the G-8 governments. The private resort of Sea Island is an elite resort area with beautiful beaches and world renowned golf courses. However, the sharp contrast between the manicured lawns and quaint housing found both here and in most of the neighboring St Simmonss Island, and the poorest sections of the adjacent town of Brunswick where most of the service workers live in dilapidated housing, is vivid and disturbing. The Brunswick Wal-mart--which closed down many local small businesses--pays poorly in an area where housing prices have skyrocketed. The wages for service workers at many of the hotels and restaurants of the tourist islands have failed to increase while living costs climb sharply. Now, due to G-8 security, service workers at the island resorts, golf courses, restaurants, and small businesses are being forced to take anywhere from one to three weeks off of work, despite living from paycheck to paycheck. Corporate globalization plus poor conservation, pollution and over-harvesting has resulted in a progressive loss of the once thriving shrimp industry in Brunswick. Seapak and King Shrimp used to buy enough seafood to support a thriving local industry, but due to globalization not enough local shrimp is being bought to sustain local fishing communities. Ecologically devastating shrimp farms in third world countries are so much cheaper because of lower wages that the local shrimpers just cant compete. This makes tourism an even more vital part of the local economy, but the summit will disrupt tourism for at least a week or more. Environmental issues here affect everyone from the wealthy Sea Islanders, who are concerned about their islands sea turtles sensitivity to local water pollution, to the poor children of Brunswick, who endure ill health due to their schools' location next to one of the 20 worst toxic waste sites in the country. Four Superfund sites are found in the small-town area of Brunswick alone. Waters which used to provide bountiful fish to feed those who could not afford groceries are now poisoned so thoroughly as to be inedible except by the desperate and foolhardy. More then 1000 acres of forest have been clear-cut in the Brunswick area in the last 3 months alone. Racism--which is vividly apparent here in plantation country--is particularly visible when the environmental dump locations are considered.. Dixville, a section of Brunswick which houses many of the poorest people of color, is located near the Hercules plant, one of the worst polluters in the state. These issues and more will be addressed by those protesters who chose to come and oppose the G-8 summit. Considering the size of the community, amazing amount of effort have been put into organizing for the Brunswick protest events by local activists. They include a 10-day march from Florida to Brunswick by the Florida Coalition for Peace and Justice, ending on June 5th; a Fair World Fair, (formerly G8 Carnival) in Brunswick, Georgia starting June 6th and intended to be a model for productive educational alternatives in globalization; the Anarchist-led Fix Shit Up Action to aid the local community; an interfaith prayer service for Social Justice planned for June 7th; a Brunswick portion of the TOES Summit, an international non-governmental forum for the presentation, discussion, and advocacy of the economic ideas and practices upon which a more just and sustainable society can be built; and an edgy, exciting Rally and March Against the Summit and the War. Donate to Infoshop.org: http://www.infoshop.org/donate.html
