Street Theater at Saturday Market: Having Fun While Challenging the Climate Crisis

There is a campaign to impact peacefully the US Chamber of Commerce by reaching the local chambers about the climate crisis. My friend David Zupan took a video of our street theater. Here is his blurb about our guerrilla theater:

Watch activist David Oaks in “How We Stop Worrying and Deny Climate Change,” a new 10 Min film now on vimeo at:

Street Theater Against Climate Crisis

In spite of a recent spinal cord injury, David leads friends to the Saturday Market in Eugene, Oregon to engage the public in playful but thoughtful dialogue about climate change. In the role of cheerful “climate change deniers,” they collect signatures in support of giving prizes like the Golden Ostrich award to the best deniers like the Chamber of Commerce.

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Plea From My Friend

This is David W. Oaks talking. My friends are raising money for an accessible van for me. You can help by spreading the word and contributing, even if you do so for a second time.

The good news is that my friends and family have raised enough for a used van. So your donation will help my van be better and better. Any extra money to my trust fund will go to accessibility items not covered by Medicaid, such as massage.

Below is the plea on behalf of my friends and family, from my very good friend David Zupan:

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Please Help Me (David Oaks) Get an Accessible Van With Crowdsourcing

Debra and David on Back Deck

Habitat for Humanity made this backyard deck and ramp.

My friends and family launched a Crowd Source Campaign to get me an wheelchair accessible van.

The campaign was launched around my 58th Birthday (September 16th). Here is how you can help and/or spread the word.  I will use this vehicle for activism including on the climate crisis, so please excuse the irony, but it looks like I will use this well.

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