Our Climate Not Your Business

Check out this YouTube of the day of direct action from last years camp to see what we came up with - you can see the different affinity groups working together to create a colourful and effective action.

*What is an ‘affinity group’?*

An affinity group is a small group of people (as small as 3, we recommend

not larger than 15) who work together independently on direct actions or

other projects. You can form an affinity group with your friends, people

from your community, workplace, organisation; you come together on whatever

basis you would like for your participation in the Day of Action on Monday December 21^st 

*Why form an 'affinity group'?*

Forming a team before the camp may help with these purposes:

• Strategy - you can share analysis and discuss action strategy within your

  team even before the camp begins.

• Support - you’ll likely be more supported in taking action by being able

  to discuss your ideas and any needs in a smaller team of people.

• Safety - your team of people can look out for each other during and after

  the action. 

*Do I have to form an ‘affinity group’?*

NO. If you would like to be in one but aren’t before the camp, 4-6 pm on the

Friday afternoon of the camp (18th Dec.) has been set aside to facilitate the

formation of affinity groups. You also don’t have to be in a team in order to participate in

discussion about the Day of Action but if you can organise your affinity group

before the camp thats awesome. 

*How we will decide about the Day of Action?*

It is going to be a collective decision. There are going to be Action Planing Seesions at the camp where we will all decide about the startegy for the Day of Action. 

*What can an affinity group do?*

Anything!! We can use affinity groups for mass or smaller scale actions - to

drop a banner, blockade a road, provide back-up for other crews, do street

theatre, block traffic riding bikes, organise a tree sit, or play in a radical marching band.

What makes affinity groups so awesome for actions is that they can remain

creative and independent and plan out their own action without an

organisation or person dictating to them what can and can't be done. There

are endless possibilities for what our affinity groups can do. Let’s be

creative and remember: direct action gets the goods!