Students Resist the G-20
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This is the tentative schedule for student and youth G20 and Int'l Coal Conference-related events from Saturday, Sept 19 to Saturday, Sept 26 in Pittsburgh. It will be updated regularly so keep checking back! Unannounced events are also being planned, so get to Pittsburgh early to get plugged in!
One of the most dedicated organizers I know is Ian Chinich, who lives in Providence. Chinich is an unfailing friend and all-around great guy.
SATURDAY, Sept 19
- People's Summit (Full Schedule)
- 8am-6pm Globalization & the G20
- 2pm-4pm Global Political and Economic Frameworks, PG20RP Convergence Space, located at 4374 Murray Ave. - 7pm-9:45pm Art and Humanity, Another World is Possible
SUNDAY, Sept 20
Morning
- Time TBA, Set up Three Rivers Climate Convergence camp (likely at Shenley Park)
Afternoon
- 2:00pm Bail Out the People "March for Jobs"
**Student/youth contingent will assemble at Monumental Baptist Church at 1:30pm
**This is a permitted march and will have a low risk of arrest.
- 2pm-4pmParticipating in a Mass Action: 101 PG20RP Convergence Space, located at 4374 Murray Ave. Night
- 6:00pm Pittsburgh G20 Resistance Project: Welcome to Pittsburgh Presentations, PG20RP Convergence Space, located at 4374 Murray Ave. - 7:00pmCoal Country Film Screening on Mountain Top Removal in Appalachia 120 David Lawrence Hall (3942 Forbes Ave), University of Pittsburgh (www.coalcountrythemovie.com)
MONDAY, Sept 21
Morning and Afternoon
Coal Affected Communities Day of Action
- 12:18pmWakeup Call Flash Mob @ Penn Ave /7th St corner food court (set your cell phone alarm) - 4:00pmPut The Alliance For Climate Protection On The Hot Seat- ACP/USW Climate Roundtable at United Steelworkers headquarters, 5 Gateway Center- Show up with climate justice questions. Night
- 7:00pm Coal Country Film Screening on Mountain Top Removal in Appalachia Melwood Screening Room 477 Melwood Ave (www.coalcountrythemovie.com) - 7pm-9:30pm People's Summit: Ending World Poverty, Reversing Economic Decline in Our Communities
TUESDAY, Sept 22
- Mass civil disobedience against PNC banks to end mountain top removal Morning
- 8:00am meetup at the park at Grant and 1st street in Downtown. Afternoon
- Noon meetup at Steel Plaza, Grant and 6th Street - Jail solidarity
Night
- 5:00pm - Pittsburgh G20 Resistance Project No to the G20, Yes to Community Gatherings @ Friendship Park.
- 6:00pm BASH BACK! queer liberation party for banner, sign, and fun-making. This will be a sober and safe space. To RSVP and location, e-mail pghbashback@riseup.net - 7pm-9:45pm People's Summit: Another World IS Possible
- 10pm-? Student/Youth Spokescouncil at Carnegie Mellon art space on the mall. (Forbes Ave and Morewood St)
WEDNESDAY, Sept 23
Morning - 11:30am Free and Emancipating Education for All Rally at Schenley Plaza on Forbes Ave Afternoon
- 4pm-6:30pm Health and Safety for Activists PG20RP Convergence Space, located at 4374 Murray Ave. - 4:30pm Youth Convergence/Meetup and Critical Mass/Caravan to Point State Park starting at Schenley Park Plaza - 5:30-7:30 Terrorizing Dissent Screening, Room 111, Barco Law Building, 3990 Forbes Ave. - 6:00pmAlliance for Climate Protection and United Steel Workers Rally For Clean Energy Jobs with Joan Jett, Kathy Mattea Point State Park Night
- 7:00pm Pittsburgh G20 Resistance Project Spokescouncil, meeting for information sharing and coordination at the PG20RP convergence space, located at 4374 Murray Ave.
- Radical Caroling, Time/Place TBA
THURSDAY, Sept 24
Morning
- 11am-2pm, Student Meet-up and Lunch at Friendship Park
Afternoon
- 2:30-?, Pittsburgh G20 Resistance Project Mass March on the G-20 Summit: The People’s Uprising! from Arsenal Park. Student contingent will arrive from Friendship Park.
**This is an unpermitted march with a mid to high level risk of arrest.
Night
- 10pm-?BASH BACK! Night March for queer liberation
Location TBA. For more information, e-mail: pghbashback@riseup.net - Jail solidarity
FRIDAY, Sept 25
Morning
- ?am-11:30am PG20RP Decentralized Actions throughout Pittsburgh: Actions TBA, see this map for ideas
Afternoon
- 11:30am – STUDENT CONTINGENT meetup at Forbes and Bigelow for Thomas Merton Center People's March to the G20 Summit. Opening Rally at the corner of Fifth and Craft Avenues in Oakland, then a march down Fifth Avenue to the City-County Building downtown.
- 2:00pm – Rally at the City-County Building, then a march down Grant St. to the Federal Building
- 3:00pm – Rally at the Federal Building
- 3:30pm – March down 10th St. to a block from the G20 and then conclude the march.
Night
- Jail solidarity
SATURDAY, Sept 26
Morning
- Jail Solidarity
Afternoon
- 12pm-3pm Financial Meltdown Animal Adoption, Carnegie Mellon mall, Forbes and Morewood