DGR Workshop Schedule and Programming

DGR will be mainly participant-led; some workshops and presentations will be scheduled beforehand, and others will be decided upon by the participants at the beginning of and throughout the weekend. We expect that most people will have read some of the recommended reading or spent some time exploring similar topics by other means before the weekend. Bring your passion, skills, and understanding, and there will be space for you to convene or facilitate a workshop or discussion. DGR is not a chance to come and hear from "experts," though some of us will have more experience than others in different areas. As organizers, we are sharing the ability to make this a succuessful event with everyone who comes with a deep desire to explore effective ways to stop the dominant culture's drive to destroy life.

Having said that, here are some of the potential discussion topics.

LET'S PRETEND: A TWO PART WORKSHOP
facilitated by Lierre and Aric

PART ONE--FERALIA We live in a country, Feralia, that has been taken over by Omniv, a corporate, imperial oligarchy. Omniv has turned us into a colony. The land, the air, the water are being poisoned and destroyed for its profit. The local subsistence economies, and any culture worth living in, have been dismantled--the Feralian people are now dependent on Omniv for everything. Not only that, the average person identifies psychological with Omniv. Time is running out: 100 Feralian species are going extinct every day, the topsoil is turning to desert, and the country is headed toward ecosystem collapse. What are we going to do? How will we build a serious resistance?

PART TWO--OUR OPTIONS Part presentation and part interaction, we will broadly outline our options for confronting and dismantling civilization, the pros, cons, and considerations of each, and a sharing of resources for people interested in considering different avenues of action.

CONNECTING RADICAL ENVIRONMENTALISM AND ANTI-OPPRESSION POLITICS
facilitated by Ian

Proponents of anti-civ and anti-oppression ideas often eye each other warily. How can we bridge the gap--philosophically, strategically, tactically?

FIGHTING FUTURE FASCISM
facilitated by Aric

A discussion about anticipating practical problems with worsening power imbalance during industrial collapse.

A HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF RESISTANCE MOVEMENTS
facilitated by Lierre

How have different resistance movements organized themselves? What can we learn from them? The IRA, the Sandinistas, and the Spanish Anarchists will be covered.

COLLAPSE AND COMMUNITY SUFFICIENCY
facilitated by Aric

Planning for collapse in your community--a fairly practical workshop with a handout booklet and some discussion.

OUR TENTATIVE SCHEDULE FOR THE WEEKEND

FRIDAY

4 PM -- DGR begins!
5:30 dinner
6:30 clean up
7:00 intros and facility info, security culture overview, Open Space basics
8:30 A fun, instructive, and political small group activity (isn't that intriguing?)
10 quiet time upstairs

SATURDAY

7:45-8:30 breakfast
8:30-9 clean up

9-9:30 Set the Open Space agenda
9:30-11 Session 1
11-11:15 Break
11:15-12:45 Session 2

1-1:30 lunch
1:30-2 clean up

2-3:30 Session 3
3:30-3:45 Break
3:45-5:15 Session 4
5:15 Free time

6 Dinner

7:30 evening activities--open mic, music, games

10 quiet time upstairs

SUNDAY

7:45-8:30 breakfast
8:30-9 clean up

9-10:30 Session 1
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-12:00 Session 2

12:00-1 lunch
1:00-1:30 group clean up
1:30-2 wrap up and goodbyes (sniff, sniff)