Training Days
Over this past Memorial Day weekend, more than 100 people gathered
in southern Oregon for the Northwest Regional Rendezvous, a workshop
and training experience for those preparing to face a heated summer of
defense in the Pacific Northwest. The weekend was full of workshops, skills
shares and strategy sessions, including climbing and ropes; natural medi-
cine and birth control; backwoods skills; global justice; coalition building;
prison support; Siskiyou geobiology; wilderness/city medic; non-violence
and more, all amidst the extraordinary mountains of the Klamath-Siskiyou.
Spindle, a local activist, describes her experience at the Rendezvous as
“excellent and really well organized.” “I felt like there were all these people
coming together to help the forests,” she says.
Leeanne Siart, with Cascadia Forest Defenders, also attended the
Rendezvous. She says, “It was an opportunity for activists and citizens to
come together and focus on how to confront the ongoing assault on our
forests.” For more information on training activities, visit www.cascadia-
summer.org — Bobbie Willis
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