Grinnell United Activism Collective

24/01/2020

We'll have open community meals in Cowles 7112 @ 7pm most Fridays- starting tomorrow!

07/05/2019

Hey everyone! As you all may know, GUAC's Racial Justice Campaign has been pushing to establish an Africana Studies Concentration AS WELL as a Jewish Studies Concentration at Grinnell. As a first step, we are preparing to establish a 1-credit course next semester focusing on the intersections between Africana and Jewish studies. This course would be student-led by Nicholas Raphaelson and mentored by Katya Gibel Mevorach, head of American Studies/Anthropology Professor. Please fill out this survey if you would potentially be interested in enrolling in this course! Survey link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfB-IBMcVKtpp0YtwaTWoMQlICvSQfncF4nqC2i7tYEZxkqow/viewform?usp=sf_link

GUAC's Racial Justice Campaign recently put up posters around campus to gain student momentum for Africana Studies and Jewish Studies courses offered next semester. We are interested in starting a Fall 2019 one-credit course that combines elements of these studies. This would be a discussion group m...

13/03/2019

We're still accepting applications to live in GUAC House! Apply early to get priority consideration, but definitely apply before midnight, March 15th!
https://goo.gl/forms/p8U4oP4gma5kdokI3

06/03/2019

Like intentional communities? Want to live and breathe activism? Apply to live in GUAC house, like right now!
(you can and should apply even if you're figuring out other possible living plans, it's not binding)
https://goo.gl/forms/p8U4oP4gma5kdokI3

06/03/2019

Join us on our trip to the Des Moines Catholic Worker House! (details in form) https://goo.gl/forms/eguOhmPzFp9PngBi1

We're super excited about our first community trip of 2019, currently planned for April 5-6, 2019. We'll be leaving Friday after classes for Des Moines, serving a delicious home-cooked supper from Catholic Worker House to the surrounding homeless community (as well as eating it ourselves) and stayin...

01/02/2019

Last semester we learned the college’s medical leave practices are more about reducing their liability than the student's wellbeing. THIS IS NOT OK, AND WE ARE NOT OK WITH IT. If you have a story about your experience with SHACS, medical leave, or other health policies, please consider sharing it via this fully anonymous survey. https://qtrial2019q1az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5gvkukci3FnVDoh

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23/01/2019

We're pleased to announce our new website, which you can visit today at https://guac.ml. On the site, you will find information about our manifesto, programs, and campaigns. You can also become a GUAC member in just a few clicks!

GUAC is an inclusive, intentional community focused on radical activism for social justice, located in Grinnell, IA.

06/12/2018

Hi y’all!

We’re super excited about the projects and initiatives we are leading next semester. These include the Mental Health Movement, the Racial Justice Campaign, film nights, music events, open mics, extensive student life programming developed in partnership with Res Life, and more.

We’re proud to be the diverse, intersectional, and inclusive hub of activism on campus, and we’re excited to announce the New Leaders Initiative, which will provide mentorship opportunities for first, second, and third-year students looking to take a leadership role in Grinnell’s activist hub.

Fill out this google form if you’re interested:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScqsF7ZZEDCQW8-OgQWrCMFTIHfUCRjVbX8gOQsLye_q5rOag/viewform

Founded on the vision of the Little Creek Movement, Grinnell United Activist Collective (GUAC) is dedicated to nonviolent, discourse-based, inclusive, and intersectional activism built through meaningful community and constructive frameworks. We believe that radical activism comes in many forms and....

01/11/2018

08/09/2018

Meeting today - 2 PM, Cleveland 1st lounge! Looking forward to seeing everyone there!

04/09/2018

Come visit our table at the Org Fair on Thursday! We’ll be there at the JRC from 11-1. 🥑

14/05/2018

10/05/2018

Hey everyone, check out this coffee + donuts event Saturday morning at Drake raising awareness about the ongoing fight over the Dakota Access Pipeline- legally striking down as unconstitutional the state's use of eminent domain to build the pipeline!

07/05/2018

Little Creek Movement held an activist retreat at Lake Red Rock this past Friday and brought friends! Make sure to get out and enjoy the beautiful spring weather.

01/04/2018

Hello Friends,
Hope you all had a magical spring break. We are posting because we are applying to have an LCM floor next year on south campus. Please let us know if you may be interested in this. Right now we are just trying to check interest and you dont have to commit to living on the floor just yet. Please let us know by monday if you are interested. Have a good first week back!

08/02/2018

Hello Friends,
We are currently looking into getting people to sign a letter we have written expressing some positive changes we want to see in the dining hall. If you could take a couple of minutes to read the letter and write your name and email in the comments of this post if you agree with our ideas, that would be very awesome of you. Either way have a wonderful day!
Best Wishes,
Dan

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1z87Tt8z3pw3OqokjwlBxm85_hpMHeW8-TLBtkgg2uNM/edit

Dear John Kalkbrenner, We, the Grinnell College student body, are collectively concerned about the contents and sourcing of food available to us through the Grinnell College Dining Hall. We wish to stop adding to the profits of massive corporations with the food we put into our bodies; corporati...

22/11/2017

21/11/2017

Hello friends,
Two Exciting announcements!

1) The trip to the Possibility Alliance was incredible. Though only five of us were able to go, we learned many lessons that we hope to bring back to campus to change ourselves and others for the better. Though I would like to write a more detailed account of our adventure, I am concerned that words typed into a computer and published in a facebook feed could never convey the gravity of the experience. If you are interested in learning more, we will likely discuss it at our next meeting which I will post here when we are more certain of date/time.

2) We are helping cook a community meal tomorrow! Little Creek Movement will be helping with the Grinnell Community meal from 3:30 until about 7:30. This is a great opportunity to take a break from studying and connect with the local community in a very positive manner. The meal is at Davis Elementary school. A shuttle will leave to take volunteers from the CRSSJ at 3:15. Additionally, I will be driving over a little after 4 so I can take anyone who may have a class until that time (And if you want to leave at an even later time and would like a ride just ask and we’ll see what we can do). Stop in to help for as little or as long as you want. We really hope to see you there! Either way, have a wonderful week and enjoy the break.

Best,
Dan

16/11/2017

Hello friends,
This weekend Little Creek Movement is excited to host a very special trip! We will be visiting a commune called The Possibility Alliance, a group of people striving to live as self-reliantly as possible. They grow their own food, live without electricity, and have a radically different view of how an economy can function within small communities. This is a big opportunity to experience a model of life extraordinarily different from how most of us live day to day, and will hopefully allow all of us to reflect on practices we take for granted in our own lives. Below I will attach a link to a video explaining a bit of how the community works. For those interested in coming, we will be leaving tomorrow, Friday November 17th, at 4pm. We will meet in Main Lounge before driving 2.5 hours to the commune, and we will have one car returning to Grinnell Saturday after lunch, and another returning Sunday after Breakfast. Do not fear if you have never been to a Little Creek Movement event before; We welcome anyone and everyone! We strive to make everyone feel that they belong and you will always be treated as one of our own. We will be staying indoors while we are there, and we have sleeping bags for those that do not have their own. We will spend time learning about the communes practices, helping with work, and participating in community building activities. This is a rather special experience, as the community is usually booked up for visitors and they will be relocating soon. We hope you will not hesitate to take advantage of this opportunity! If you are interested in going or want more details please message us as soon as you can. Do not miss out on Little Creek Movement’s last big event of the semester!
Sincerely,
Dan (Little Creek Movement member)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNal2GyIH_g

Do you ever dream of living a simpler, more community-rooted lifestyle? Ever wondered if you & your friends really could grow your own food? Or build your ow...

31/10/2017

NIGHT 1 of

Quickfacts:

1. Single fracking well uses up to 13 million gallons of water
That’s 19 Olympic swimming pools.

2. There are 1.3 million fracking facilities (wells, processor, and compressors) in the U.S.

3. On average there is a crude oil spill every other day in the U.S.

If we profit from fossil fuels, we profit from violence against our source of life.

11/07/2017

To all our Grinnell Water Protectors- we miss you, and hope your summer is going well! Here are some photos from our last trip to the camp during the spring for you to enjoy. In the fall the movement resumes- we will hit the ground running with new actions, trips to Little Creek, group gatherings, and more as we continue our exploration of sustainable, community oriented activism. Mni Wiconi

29/05/2017

Local news coverage

A group of protesters in Eastern Iowa are still fighting against a pipeline that's already running oil from North Dakota to Illinois.

25/05/2017

The last thing Iowa County farmers expected to crop up amid their well-groomed corn and soybean fields was a permanent pipeline protest camp, given that the county has no pipeline.

11/05/2017

Thanks to Gabriel Eisen for putting together this amazing showcase of our movement.

01/05/2017

This morning brought with it a fantastic surprise- Little Creek made the front page of the Scarlet and Black, thanks to the stalwart reporting of Jon Sundby! We loved having him along with us on our last trip to Little Creek. Come back soon Jon. Check out the full article here.

Many of the activists who have started a camp at Little Creek, a new community of water protectors in Jackson County, Iowa, have stories about Standing Rock. Smudge Bear, one of these activists, traced his flashlight across the cloudy sky above the Little Creek encampment. “I remember back at Standi...