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SOLD OUT - But the bus from Minneapolis has added a Madison stop! Purchase your tickets for that bus here: https://mn350.yapsody.com/event/index/36215/bus-from-mnwi-to-break-free-midwest

350 Madison is organizing a bus from Madison to Break Free 2016 action in Whiting, Indiana (Chicago area). Read more and purchase your tickets here!

What is this? Why is it important?

This May, 350 Madison is joining Break Free: a global wave of non-violent resistance to keep coal, oil, and gas in the ground. Through coordinated protests and acts of civil disobedience around the globe, Break Free will target the global fossil fuel infrastructure and call for a just transition to clean energy. This fight brings us Whiting, Indiana, part of greater Chicago and home of the Whiting Refinery. Operated by British Petroleum, Whiting Refinery plays a significant role in the devastating practices of tar sands oil extraction and refinement. Enbridge's pipes carry heavy Canadian crude across parts of Canada, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Illinois before its arrival in Whiting where its processing generates significant local environmental justice impacts.

On May 15th, activists from across the Midwest will join local organizers around the Whiting Refinery for a day of legal, permitted protests, as well as acts of nonviolent civil disobedience led by organizers from the region of the refinery. You have the choice to participate in either action, and we welcome all levels of participation— you do not need to risk arrest to go. Those planning to perform civil disobedience with 350 Madison must participate in non-violent direct action training, conducted in the Whiting area on Saturday night before the action.

— More information is available at the main Break Free Midwest website! —

https://midwest.breakfree2016.org/

Join us on the bus!

To contribute to this effort, 350 Madison has chartered a bus to the Whiting Refinery action. In addition to round-trip transportation, bus tickets also cover basic, communal lodging, most likely on the floor of a church or community center—bring your own bedding or a sleeping bag!

The [MADISON:WHITING] Bus will depart the Dutch Mill Park and Ride
Saturday, May 14th at 3:00PM

Detailed Bus Logistics

We're offering ticket options both for those who are able to participate in person and in spirit.

NOTE: All bus tickets include lodging.

---Adult Bus Ticket ($57) covers the actual price of your bus ticket.

---Student Bus Ticket ($47) provides students with a discounted option.

---Sponsor a Rider ($47) makes it possible for someone who would be
otherwise unable to participate to ride the bus and supports the work of
our tar sands campaign

Our "Sponsor a Rider Fund" will support travel scholarships for those with
limited means and support tar sands resistance in Wisconsin and beyond.

Need a scholarship to attend Break Free? Please get in touch with Kathleen at Kathleen.Naccarato@gmail.com

Outbound trip details -- Saturday, May 14th:
3:00pm Depart Madison, WI (Dutch Mill Park and Ride)
7:00pm: arrive to lodging in Whiting area. Please note that the bus will not be able to make stops anywhere other than the 350 Madison-arranged housing -- if you have made alternate housing arrangements, you must also arrange your own local transportation to/from our bus drop site

Return trip details -- Sunday, May 15th (all times approximate; based on action timing):
6:00pm: Depart Whiting,IN
10:00pm: Arrive in Madison, WI (Dutch Mill Park and Ride)

If you decide to participate in the civil disobedience action and are arrested, you may miss the return bus trip. In that case, we will help arrange your return travel via commercial bus such as Megabus, Greyhound, or Badger Bus (or other means at 350 Madison's discretion) as long as the outbound leg of your trip was on a Madison 350 bus. We cannot provide estimates for return times in this case, as they are dependent upon both police department action and relevant bus schedules. If you choose to risk arrest, please ensure you have some flexibility in your schedule. And funds permitting, we will also help defray the cost of this return trip.

We will give full refunds for cancellation requests made in writing to Kathleen.Naccarato@gmail.com by Sunday, May 8 at midnight CT. After that point, no refunds will be given.

Additionally, please RSVP at the Break Free Midwest 2016 website.
https://midwest.breakfree2016.org/

We hope to see you on the bus!