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Help us create the Climate Activist Retreat - For Women and Marginalised Genders

  • rereat cancellation

      21 August 2021

    Kia ora,

    This is an important update to everyone who so generously donated to make this retreat happen.

    When we last updated you, the first covid lockdown was in full swing which meant we had to delay plans for the retreat. We planned to re-connect and make this retreat happen when it was safe for us to meet in person. We decided to try to do this in 2021. Unfortunately, despite our best intentions, life has taken each of us in different directions since Covid delayed our retreat - babies have been born, jobs have changed, locations have changed and capacity has shifted. As a collective there unfortunately isn’t the capacity among us to organise the retreat, so we have decided to cancel it at this time. We deeply apologise for not being able to come through on what we all wanted to make happen.

    If you would like a refund for your generous donation - email us at climateactivistretreat@gmail.com by Monday 13th September with your bank account details and donation receipt from give-a-little and we can arrange it.

    Any funds that are not refunded we will donate to the upcoming event organised by Climate Justice Taranaki and allies. This four day gathering will take place in South Taranaki in November (at the start of COP26 and as we remember Parihaka Invasion Day) and aims to upskill and connect the movement and to take direct action to stop climate polluters and demand urgent radical transformation Keep an eye out on the Climate Justice Taranaki website for more updates about the gathering. We will wait until the 13th of September to allow for any refund requests before donating remaining funds to CJT.

    We once again apologise for not being able to bring this event to life and we thank you again for your help in wanting to see it happen. While this particular event may not be organised we look forward to continuing to work alongside you all towards sustainable, compassionate and healthy movements for climate and social justice in other ways and spaces.

    We wish you all the best during this once again uncertain covid time and hope you are safe and with loved ones. <3

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  • Retreat postponement

      19 March 2020

    Kia ora,

    Firstly, a huge thank you for your incredibly generous donations. We have been blown away by the support for this event and the kindness of our community.

    Unfortunately in light of the changing situation around COVID-19 it will come as no surprise to most of you that we have elected to postpone the Climate Activist Retreat scheduled for the 3-5 April. At this point we aren’t going to try and schedule an alternative date but rather wait and see how things go before rescheduling. We are all disappointed that we won’t be able to meet kanohi ki te kanohi for connection, reflection and relaxation. However, we do want to prioritise looking after ourselves and our communities by maintaining physical distance.

    We want to acknowledge that some of you may want your donation money back and we absolutely understand this. Give A Little have agreed to issue refunds directly so please get in touch with them by emailing helpdesk@givealittle.co.nz regarding this. If you choose to leave your donation in the Give A Little you can be assured that we will spend this on the Retreat when it is rescheduled.

    In the meantime, our love and solidarity to all of you

    Take care,

    Emma, Amanda, Jessie, Michelle, Anna and Helen (the retreat organising team)

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  • Extending time for donations

      13 March 2020

    Kia ora! We are re-opening this page as we still need more funds in order to make the climate actiovist retreat in early April as fantastic as it can be. We would greatly appreciate any donations large or small :)

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