I-69 News

Proposal for an I-69 Resistance Strategy Consulta

• Posted by i69news on August 27th, 2007 filed in Upcoming Events

From the I-69 Updates list:
Proposal for an I-69 Resistance Strategy Consulta
September 14-16

Its a fact that the Indiana Department of Transportation is planning to begin
construction of New-Terrain I-69 in 2008, next year. Despite their rhetoric-
that its a “done deal” and can’t be stopped- we feel that the time is more ripe
than ever before to stop this road for good. After two decades of struggle,
people across our region are getting angrier than ever, especially when
confronted with the reality of mass evictions by the state. But if we are
going to win, we’re gonna need new perspectives, new tactics, and a much wider
discussion.

To that end, we are initiating a consulta process. When we say consulta, we
mean creating a space for discussion, for strategizing, and for the initation
of decentralized organizing. We’d like to show people some of the land and
communities that will be destroyed in the upcoming years unless we can prevent
it.

We’re excited to hear your questions- about the road project itself, about our
strategy ideas, and about the local conditions- and we’re excited to open up
the answers to as many people as possible. We want to hear some of your ideas
and And we’d like to see the emergence of an informal network of people
communicating around southwest Indiana, the Midwest and beyond, who are
planning to resist I-69.

We will release a proposed agenda in the upcoming weeks. This will include
time to run through the basic issues around I-69, as well as updates, but will
also set aside time for focused discussions,workshops, and fieldtrips. Please
contact us if you’d like to contribute proposals for that agenda. Also, please
plan to RSVP if you’re interested in coming.

We hope to see you soon,
Your Friends at Roadblock Earth First!

We’ll be sending an additional update out with an agenda, location, etc. But
please RSVP sooner rather than later.