Seb's teacher sent us the following update from class; with some added in explanatory text, it ran like this:
The project we are working on right now is to raise awareness about
the environmental destruction and unlawful crossing through First
Nations Territories of the
extension of the Keystone Pipeline.
Our collective is intended to precede
the Enbridge Company's AGM and the arrival of the Freedom Train of First Nations
protesters next Wednesday May 9.
The kids are learning about all aspects of the impact, so that they
can help to inform others with a peaceful, arts-based protest and
information session outside of Parkdale Public Library next MONDAY,
MAY 7th between 11am and 1pm.
The school community helped to papier mache a huge pipe in 7 parts at the
earth festival (last Friday). The kids are now using it to SHOW what the
pipeline actually does to people, animals, plants, and our earth. Making
visible that which is usually literally and
figuratively "underground".
I am working with 2 fantastic people and amazing activists - Greg
Powell and Nicole Hergert and between the 3 of us, we are trying to
rally ... to inform people of the
bigger, adult-oriented protest before the AGM on Wednesday.
Somewhat ironically, I am currently working up a training module on strategies to minimise children's involvement in political violence; today I was talking to a colleague in Montreal, as well as someone else who has been following the Greek protests - we are not necessarily talking about Sierra Leone and Egypt, folks. Though no matter how rowdy Seb's classmates can get, I don't think we are talking political violence! But still raises good debate amongst parents and with our young kids about protest, democracy, activism, peer pressure, channeling anger and outrage, etc
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