We have live music planned every night all week long. Bands are still
being booked but we expect to have Nashville's Jake Leg Stompers, Micheal
and Carrie Kline, Here's to the Long Haul, Jeremy Dotson, CD Collins, Danny
Dollinger, and much more!
Throughout the week we will have opportunities for you to be involved in community service projects, including innoculating hemlock
trees at Camp Blanton against Hemlock Wooly Adelgid, stream-litter cleanups,
and more.
| Saturday May 17 |
| 8:00 am |
Breakfast |
| 9:00 am
|
Morning circle & Welcome to Mountain Justice! |
| 10:30 am |
MTR 101 - Vernon Haltom/ Conflict Resolution /Legal - Chris Irwin |
| 12:00 pm |
Lunch |
| 1:00 pm |
MTR 101 - Vernon Haltom (repeat) / Community Organizing |
|
2:30 pm |
"Coal Bucket Outlaw" - Roy Crawford / Appalachian Regional
Reforestation
Initiative - Sarah Hall |
| 4:00 pm |
Free time / Shadow Theater - Matt L. |
| 6:00 pm |
Dinner - Speaker: Dr. Tom Barnes slide show "Pine Mountain" (not
confirmed) |
| 7:00 pm |
Live Music |
| 9:00 pm |
Film "Harlan County USA" introduced by Dr. Linda Ann Ewen,
author
of "Which Side Are You On? The Brookside Mine Strike in Harlan County KY" |
| 11:00 pm |
Quiet Time |
| Sunday May 18 |
| 8:00 am |
Breakfast |
| 9:00 am |
Morning Circle - Welcome to Harlan County - Teri Blanton, Kentuckians
for the Commonwealth |
| 10:30 am |
Dayhoit walking tour w/Teri Blanton/ Church Service - Sage Russo/ Appalachian
Cultural Sensitivity - Dr. Linda Ann Ewen |
| 12:00 pm |
Lunch |
| 1:00 pm |
Media - Hilary Hosta, Viv Stockman, Dana Kuhnline, Vernon Haltom/ Art & Activism
- Rosemary Mincey |
| 2:30 pm |
Deep Ecology & Bioregionalism - john johnson/ Water Testing/ Climate
Justice |
| 4:00 pm |
Free Time/ Making Kim Che - Patty D and Erin M. |
| 6:00 pm |
Dinner |
| 7:00 pm |
Live Music |
| 9:00 pm |
Film "Coal Miners Daughter" |
| 11:00 pm |
Quiet Time |
| Monday May 19 |
| 8:00 am |
Breakfast |
| 9:00 am |
Morning Circle |
| 10:30 am |
Coal Mining 101 - with Harlan County miners TBD/ Active Listening
- Matt L. |
| 12:00 pm |
Lunch |
| 1:00 pm |
Hiking Blanton Forest - Kyle Napier, Ky State Nature Preserves
Commission / Puppet Making - Sarah Haltom / Beehive Collective
presentation |
| 2:30 pm |
Listening Projects / Field Water testing / MTR site tour |
| 4:00 pm |
Free Time |
| 6:00 pm |
Dinner - Speaker: Larry Gibson, Kayford Mountain Keeper |
| 7:00 pm |
Live Music |
| 9:00 pm |
Film Kentucky Premiere! "Burning the Future: Coal in America" |
| 11:00 pm |
Quiet Time |
| Tuesday May 20 |
| 8:00 am |
Breakfast |
| 9:00 am |
Morning Circle |
| 10:30 am |
Non Violent Direct Action - Hilary Hosta / Anti-Oppression -
speaker TBD |
| 12:00 pm |
Lunch |
| 1:00 pm |
Kentucky author Silas House ("Clays Quilt", "The Coal
Tattoo")/
Butch Turk skills training |
| 2:30 pm |
History of Opposition to Surface Mining - Dr. Chad Montrie, Univ.
of Mass-Lowell ("To Save the Land and People") / Beehive Collective
workshop |
| 4:00 pm |
Free Time |
| 6:00 pm |
Dinner - Speaker: Ed Wiley (invited) |
| 7:00 pm |
Live Music - Public Outcry (hopefully) |
| 9:00 pm |
Film "Mountaintop Removal" w/ filmmaker Mike O' Connell (winner
of
Reel Current Award, Nashville Film Festival awarded by Vice President
Al Gore) |
| 11:00 pm |
Quiet Time |
| Wednesday May 21 |
| 8:00 am |
Breakfast |
| 9:00 am |
Benham, KY Coal Mining Museum field trip w/ Harlan County miners/
theater performances- Steph Pistello |
| 10:30 am |
Composting toilets/ Music of Coal - folksingers Michael and
Carrie Kline/ Archery / DIY workshops |
| 12:00 pm |
Lunch |
|
1:00 pm |
Water testing - Dick Shore/ De-escalation Techniques - Doc /
Primitive Skills - Kris D. / Tree Climbing - Hilary and Chris Irwin/
Other DIY workshops |
| 2:30 pm |
SMCRA and Citizens Rights - Matt L. / Appalachian Community
Economics - Randal / Belly Dancing - Sarah Haltom / DIY workshops |
| 4:00 pm |
Free Time |
| 6:00 pm |
Dinner - Dick Shore as John Muir |
| 7:00 pm |
Live Music |
| 9:00 pm |
Films Appalshops' "Stranger With a Camera" and "Thoughts
in the
Presence of Fear" |
| 11:00 pm |
Quiet Time |
| Thursday May 22 |
| 8:00 am |
Breakfast |
| 9:00 am |
Morning Circle & State Breakouts |
| 10:30 am |
Nukes Are Not the Answer - Mary Olson, NIRS / Environmental
Philosophy - Charlee Tidrick |
| 12:00 pm |
Lunch |
| 1:00 pm |
Bank of America/Citi Campaign - Scott Parkin, Rainforest Action
Network and Hilary Hosta / Legal Workshop (repeat)- Chris Irwin /
Hiking/ Forest Ecology and Plant Identification - john johnson |
| 2:30 pm |
Campus Organizing |
| 4:00 pm |
Free Time |
| 6:00 pm |
Dinner - Speaker: Kentucky Author Bruce Hopkins "Sacred Ground" |
7:00 pm
|
Music - Poetry night - Talent Show |
| 9:00 pm |
Films Appalshops "Its Hard to Tell the Singer from the Song"
(Hazel Dickens) and "Dreadful Memories" (Sara Ogan Gunning) |
| 11:00 pm |
Quiet Time |
| Friday May 23 |
| 8:00 am |
Breakfast |
| 9:00 am |
Closing Circle |
| 10:30 am |
Meeting |
| 12:00 pm |
Lunch |
| 1:00 pm |
Take down and head to Heartwood
Forest Council in Ohio! |
