Hay now has its own Extinction Rebellion group, XR Hay, and there is a meeting tonight at the Parish Hall at 7pm. Today people are marching in Hereford and Brecon, and all over the world in a mass climate strike, to demand action on climate change. (I'm not marching today, but I did march last November, and earlier this year, in Hereford.)
The Writers' Society, meanwhile, is doing the opposite of a strike, and encouraging its members to speak out about climate change from whatever platform they can.
Today is the first step in a series of actions culminating in a big protest march on October 7th in London - but you don't have to go to London to take part. The group welcomes everyone, and everyone can do something to help.
Extinction Rebellion is committed to Non-Violent Direct Action, and Herefordshire XR have been holding training days so that people know what to do when they are confronted with violence while protesting peacefully.
There are Facebook pages for the groups at Extinction Rebellion Herefordshire and XR Hay. I'm sure there's one for Brecon, too - I just haven't found it yet.
MEETING TIMES AND DATES
FRIDAY 20th SEPTEMBER HAY PARISH HALL 7-9
FRIDAY 27th SEPTEMBER. CUSOP HALL. 7-9pm
SUNDAY 29th SEPTEMBER CUSOP HALL 10am-1pm. BLOCK PRINTING ON CLOTHES AND FABRICS, LUNCH.
Food is provided, but please bring some vegetarian food to share if you wish.
WEDNESDAY 2nd OCTOBER CUSOP HALL 7-9 pm
SATURDAY 5th OCTOBER CUSOP VILLAGE HALL TIMES 7-9pm.
There's a good book explaining what Extinction Rebellion is all about. It's called This is not a drill: the Extinction Rebellion Handbook, and it is available at Hay Library, The Old Electric Shop (which is where I got my copy) and Eighteen Rabbit. Eighteen Rabbit have also been selling the little book by Greta Thunberg, No One is Too Small to Make a Difference.
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