Democracy School in Albuquerque - FEB 3-4

"If you take no other training this year, do the Democracy School. It is a superlative unfolding revelation of how corporations have hijacked democracy. It meticulously deconstructs the historical arc that brought us to this precipice. But most importantly, it then departs into the highly pragmatic and inspiring work now underway that is slowly turning the tide . . . This Second American Revolution may be the most important political work going on anywhere in the country or the world." ---Kenny Ausubel ‘05, Founder and Co-Executive Director, Bioneers

WHEN: February 3 - 4, 2012, the Community Environmental Defense Fund (CELDF) will present a statewide Democracy School in Albuquerque for citizen leaders and elected officials. This will be the first time CELDF has presented in Albuquerque, yet they are not new to New Mexico, having presented in Taos and Santa Fe County, and Mora County, as recently as this spring.

The Democracy School is a powerful course that trains activists to claim their intrinsic right to self-actualization in a democracy. It does not rely on the regulatory system for its legal base, and therefore the prohibitions on local self-determination that have clustered around the regulatory system do not directly apply. And yet it is new, to an extent untried, and there are risks inherent in taking bold action when industry and other pressures are great to conform, to yield, to assume the entire local risk to public health and the denigration of natural environments.

Whatever your community faces, whether it is large water extraction, factory farming, GMO contamination, food sovereignty, hard-rock mining, oil and natural gas extraction, or smart-grid development, the Democracy School presents solutions for communities.

For more on the Democracy School, contact Drilling Mora County at drillingmoracounty@gmail.com or (575) 666 2529 to register. Participants limited to 30.