350 Humboldt invites you to our general meeting Thursday the 15th at 6pm on Zoom. It takes the place of the November and December meetings, which fall on holidays.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89408085469?pwd=aTFxTDhCeG1iY0xHb2ttVmNHbVpjQT09

You should be able to just join the meeting. Or you can call in on: 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)

If you have trouble, please call 707 601 6127.

Whats on the agenda?

• Our acknowledgment of the Hoopa tribe’s legal fight to get hundreds of millions of dollars owed it for river restoration from private landowners who have ignored this requirement.

• A poem by Joy Harjo

• A presentation of Humboldt transportation and land use issues and some solutions by Colin Fiske, director of the Coalition for Sustainable Transportation Priorities

• Presentations about what our committees are doing, including the “bus fun” group. We’ve run out of time the last couple of meetings for this update, but committees are where our climate work takes place. If you aren’t a member of a committee, please join.

Full agenda is below.

We hope to see you at the meeting. Stay warm!

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AGENDA: 350 Humboldt General Meeting December 15, Six PM

Zoom Link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89408085469?pwd=aTFxTDhCeG1iY0xHb2ttVmNHbVpjQT09

Link to agenda and notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/18w_k7-lw6xmVKaj–kUGuJyzJ0aGhDIrhXKn_pDUn3A/edit

Facilitator: Dan

Notes and Chat Monitor:  Nancy

Present:

Land Acknowledgement: “350 Humboldt would like to acknowledge that where we live and hold our meetings in Humboldt County is on unceded territory and the ancestral homeland of indigenous nations which include Tolowa, Hupa, Karuk, Mattole, Wailaki, Wiyot, and Yurok.

We thank indigenous nations who have been caretakers of the land. Additionally, we recognize that the well-being of all people is bound up with that of indigenous peoples, and we must all take action on the climate.”

This month our commitment to the caretakers of the land requires that we contribute to the Hoopa who have filed suit against the U.S. Department of the Interior, alleging it has failed to follow laws that require the contractors who use federally supplied water to pay money for habitat restoration projects. It says those contractors owe $340 million for environmental restoration work along the Trinity River and other places damaged by water diversions. 350 Humboldt will contribute to the Tribe’s legal fund. https://apnews.com/article/business-lawsuits-california-fish-dams-9233118a4d038c09711dc01fa4dff458

1.     Welcome to new members: Kiana, Rachel, Paul

2.     Poem: Joy Harjo – I release you fear (Words are at the bottom of agenda): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivMjdITAdsE

3.     Check in. What feelings does the poem raise for you? Does it prompt visual or thought associations?

4.     Quick action: Reject the Willow permit (movie and petition): https://act.evergreenaction.com/letter/tell-Biden-shut-down-willow-letter-video/?

5.     Presentation on Coalition for Responsible Transportation Priorities by Colin Fiske.

6.     Committees and structure

•    We have decided to ask our committees to supply rotating steering committee members. Nancy Ihara, Cathy Chandler-Klein and Martha Walden have volunteered for at least three months. Dan Chandler provides continuity.

•    We are planning to reconstitute our CAP Committee under Deborah Dukes

•    Ad hoc: bus fun committee – Cathy Chandler-Klein

•    Climate Action California – Dan

a.     Our own discussion of 501c3 or 501c4

b.     Any member have a different perspective (than for 350 not to incorporate). If so we will schedule a discussion for next month

·      Book club – Deborah Dukes

o   December 26, plus January, and February 2022 — Green Earth (Science in the Capital Trilogy) – Abridged, by Kim Staley Robinson. Paperback. Del Ray Publishing, November 3, 2015. 1088 pages

·      Legislative – Dan

o   Our package of short-lived climate pollution measures is at: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/pj6a2m4vmp5zv9n/AABs612z4gIx213XKfBIKmCEa?dl=0

·      Action and Outreach  – Nancy, Gail, Jamie, Jenifer

o   Meeting with Arcata City Manager on free speech permits – Jamie

o   Youth recruitment – Jamie

o   Other

·      Refrigerants – Dan

·      Ag methane – Dan

·      Plastics and transportation: Available through the new Climate Action California

·      Offshore wind – Cathy and Dan

o   Auction

o   CORE-Hub

o   AB 525

o   EPIC has hired an offshore wind staff person

 

(JoyHarjo­­“IGiveYouBack”)?

Here
is
the
poem
below:
“I
Give
You
Back”
 Joy
Harjo

I
release
you,
my
beautiful
and
terrible
fear.
I
release
you.

 You
were
my
beloved
and
hated
twin,
but
now,
I
don’t
know
you
as
myself.

 I
release
you
with
all
the
pain
I
would
know
at
the
death
of
my
daughters.
 You
are
not
my
blood
anymore.
 I
give
you
back
to
the
white
soldiers
who
burned
down
my
home,
beheaded
my
 children,
raped
and
sodomized
my
brothers
and
sisters.
 I
give
you
back
to
those
who
stole
the
food
from
our
plates
when
we
were
starving.
 I
release
you,
fear,
because
you
hold
these
scenes
in
front
of
me
and
I
was
born
with
 eyes
that
can
never
close.
 I
release
you,
fear,
so
you
can
no
longer
keep
me
naked
and
frozen
in
the
winter,
or
 smothered
under
blankets
in
the
summer.
 I
release
you
I
release
you
I
release
you
I
release
you
I
am
not
afraid
to
be
angry.
I
am
not
afraid
to
rejoice.
I
am
not
afraid
to
be
black
I
am
not
afraid
to
be
white.
I
am
not
afraid
to
be
hungry.
I
am
not
afraid
to
be
full.
I
am
not
afraid
to
be
hated.
I
am
not
afraid
to
be
loved,
to
be
loved,
to
be
loved,
fear.
Oh,
you
have
choked
me,
but
I
gave
you
the
leash.
 You
have
gutted
me
but
I
gave
you
the
knife.
 You
have
devoured
me,
but
I
laid
myself
across
the
fire.
I
take
myself
back,
fear.
You
are
not
my
shadow
any
longer.
I
won’t
hold
you
in
my
hands.
 You
can’t
live
in
my
eyes,
my
ears,
my
voice
my
belly,
or
in
my
heart

 my
heart
my
heart
my
heart.
But
come
here,
fear.
I
am
alive
and
you
are
so
afraid
of
dying.