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 Summer! |
| 10:30 am |
"MTR 101" - Vernon Haltom/ "Conflict Resolution" -
Cente, Sarah H., Bonnie / "Legal" - Chris Irwin |
| 12:00 pm |
Lunch |
| 1:00 pm |
MTR 101 - Vernon Haltom (repeat) / Pine Mountain &
the Mixed Mesophytic Forest - Tom Barnes / Community Organizing - Whit
Forester |
|
2:30 pm |
"Overweight Coal Trucks in Kentucky" - Roy
Crawford / "Appalachian Regional Reforestation
Initiative" - Sarah Hall |
| 4:00 pm |
"Heres to the Long Haul" Live Music / "Shadow
Theater" - Matt L. |
| 6:00 pm |
Dinner |
| 7:00 pm |
Breezy Holler Band |
| 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 and Welcome to Harlan County - Teri Blanton, plus a few words on Security Culture - Bill Gorz |
| 10:30 am |
"Appalachian Cultural Sensitivity" - Lynda
Ann Ewen /
Dayhoit KY Walking Tour - Teri Blanton |
| 12:00 pm |
Lunch |
| 1:00 pm |
"Media Skills" - Vernon Haltom, Dana Kuhnline
/
"Arts and Society/Arts and Activism" - Sarah Haltom / "
Appalachian Cultural Sensitivity" (repeat) Lynda Ann Ewen /
Worship Service - Sage Russo |
| 2:30 pm |
"Deep Ecology and Bioregionalism" - john
johnson /
"
Water Testing" - Bill Gorz / "Climate Justice" - Hilary Hosta |
| 4:00 pm |
"Theater of the Oppressed" - Steph Pistello
and Sarah Moon / "Making Kim Che" - Patty Draus, Erin McKelvy, Beatrice |
| 6:00 pm |
Dinner |
| 7:00 pm |
"Coalfield Citizens Panel" - John Cleveland,
Ben Begley |
| 9:00 pm |
Film "Mountaintop Removal" w/ Mike O'Connell |
| 11:00 pm |
Quiet Time |
| Monday May 19 |
| 8:00 am |
Breakfast |
| 9:00 am |
Morning Circle / "CWPA" JW Randolph |
| 10:30 am |
"Underground Coal Mining 101" Carroll Smith /
"Spiritual Warfare and MTR" - Sage Russo / "Active Listening" -
Matt L. |
| 12:00 pm |
Lunch |
| 1:00 pm |
"Tree Climbing" Hillary Hosta and friends /
Hiking with Kyle Napier KSNPC (until 4:00) / Beehive Collective Presentation |
| 2:30 pm |
Listening Projects / Field Water testing / MTR site tour |
| 4:00 pm |
Free Time |
| 6:00 pm |
Dinner |
| 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 - Review |
| 10:30 am |
Non Violent Direct Action - Hilary Hosta, James Brady,
Matt Leonard / Anti-Oppression -
Dana Kuhnline, Steph Pistello |
| 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 |
| 7:00 pm |
Live Music - Public Outcry |
| 9:00 pm |
Film: "Coal Miners Daughter" |
| 11:00 pm |
Quiet Time |
| Wednesday May 21 |
| 8:00 am |
Breakfast |
| 9:00 am |
Coal Mining Museum Field Trip (Benham KY) / Making
Art with Sarah Haltom / DIY Workshops |
| 10:30 am |
"Groundwater Contamination in Southern WV" Bobbby
Mitchell -
"Listening for a Change - Oral History and Appalachian Heritage" - Michael
and Carrie Kline / "
Campaign Planning" - Mattie / Other DIY Workshops |
| 12:00 pm |
Lunch |
|
1:00 pm |
"Water Testing" Dick Shore /
"How to Win a Statewide Fight Against Coal" Hannah Morgan and
friends / "De-Escalation" - Doc and friends /
"Primitive Skills" Kris Dingfield /
Tree Climbing" Hillary Hosta and Friends / DIY workshops |
| 2:30 pm |
SMCRA and Citizens Rights - Matt L. / Appalachian
Community
Economics - Randal / DIY workshops |
| 4:00 pm |
Free Time / "Belly Dancing" Sarah Haltom |
| 6:00 pm |
Dinner - Dick Shore as John Muir |
| 7:00 pm |
Live Music - Michael and Carrie Kline |
| 9:00 pm |
Dick Shore as "John Muir" / Films: "Thoughts
in the Presence of Fear" - Herb E. Smith followed by Appalshop's "Stranger
With a Camera" |
| 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" Dana Kuhnline |
| 4:00 pm |
Free Time |
| 6:00 pm |
Dinner - Speaker: Kentucky Author Bruce Hopkins "Sacred Ground" |
7:00 pm
|
Music - Poetry night - Talent Show emceed by Danny
Dolinger |
| 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 |
MJS Meeting |
| 12:00 pm |
Lunch and goodbyes |
| 1:00 pm |
Take down and head to Heartwood
Forest Council in Ohio! |
