In this week’s session we’ll take a step back from hands on work with gear and take a look at another essential part of planning actions and events: Finding a location. We’ll look at the Re:Action guide to planning protests in DC to explore different locations for actions, logistical and law enforcement concerns, and the process for securing permits from MPD, National Parks Service, or the US Capitol Police. We’ll also talk about when we might want to get a permit… and when we might NOT want to get a permit.
About Beer and Gear
Beer and Gear is a weekly-ish series of workshops and skill shares on some of the more technical nuts and bolts of organizing actions and events. Each week we tackle a different type of equipment, talk through how it’s used and get some hands on experience with the gear.
And since we are starting each week at 5pm on Friday afternoon, these sessions are BYOB (but electronics and beer don’t mix so you’ll have to finish your drink before you pick up a PA system or camera!)
Our hope is that this project will build our movement infrastructure, increase our collective capacity, and democratize event production by putting solid gear in the hands of grassroots organizers. Once you’ve learned how to use the gear, all of our equipment is available for volunteer organizations to borrow for actions and events.
These sessions are FREE and open to anyone, but we do ask that you RSVP in advance so we can follow up with the location for each week’s session and other logical information.