May 7th – global action to Stop Line 3

Hi friends –

The #DefundLine3 – Day of Action is now public. Can your org please share 👉the Action Network map 👈with your supporters & ask them to either join an action or organize one?

So far, we have confirmed 50+ actions in 8 countries and 3 continents. There are actions planned in at least 40 US cities.

We’ve created this Amplification Toolkit so you can help promote the day of action. You’ll find template emails, social posts, and beautiful graphics you can use to promote this powerful day of action.

I’ve copy and pasted the email that STMP just sent to its list below.

Any help y’all can provide in sharing this with your organizations’ supporters is greatly appreciated 🙌

– alec

Y’all are powerful. Since the #DefundLine3 campaign launched in February, bank executives have received more than 700,000 emails, 7,000 calendar invites and 3,000 phone calls, demanding that they stop funding Line 3. There have been protests at bank branches in 16 states. Collectively, we’ve raised more than $70,000 for those on the frontlines.

Now, we’re pulling all of that energy together for one powerful, coordinated day of action.

Next Friday, May 7th, is the #DefundLine3 Global Day of Action. Find an action near you and let’s stop this toxic pipeline.

There are already actions confirmed in more than 40 US cities ― in New York, DC, San Francisco, Chicago, Boston and more ― as well as in the UK, France, Holland, Switzerland, Costa Rica, Canada and Sierra Leone.

If there isn’t an action near you, organize one! Actions can be small. Going to a local bank branch with your friend to deliver a letter or petition can be a powerful action. Actions can be large. Think hundreds of people shutting down the streets outside of a bank’s headquarters.

Whatever type of action you plan, Stop the Money Pipeline organizers will be here to support you every step of the way. To organize your own action, please fill out this form and an organizer will be in touch.

On the frontlines, more than 240 people have now been arrested for taking bold direct action to stop the construction of Line 3. Just a few weeks ago, Indigenous Water Protectors sang and prayed inside of a waaginogaaning, the traditional structure of Anishinaabe peoples, as allies locked to each other around the lodge, blocking Line 3 construction for hours.

After they were arrested, the Indigenous Water Protectors were strip-searched, shackled and kenneled ― for nonviolent misdemeanors. Meanwhile, Enbridge has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on riot gear, tear gas, and weapons for local militarized police forces that are regularly surveilling and harrassing nonviolent Water Protectors.

Poster design by Dio Cramer, www.diocramer.com. “Stopping this pipeline is a step towards this better future. I invite you to join me in this fight, in any way you can.”

The #DefundLine3 Global Day of Action on May 7th is a powerful opportunity for us to stand in solidarity with those who are leading the fight on the frontlines ― and to send a direct, powerful message to Wall Street that funding climate chaos and the violation of Indigenous rights will not be tolerated.

We hope you’ll join us.

– the Stop the Money Pipeline team

P.S. Want to learn more about the #DefundLine3 campaign? Check out this blog or this blog from Tara Houska, founder of the Giniw Collective.

—

Alec Connon
Stop the Money Pipeline, Coalition Coordinator
206-258-9176
writer’s website: www.alecconnon.com

—
This list is for coordinating the campaign to push JPMorgan Chase to stop doing business with the fossil fuel industry.

Looking for ways to join the campaign? Check out the Chase Organizing Toolkit: bit.ly/chase-toolkit

Learn more about the campaign: http://ran.org/chase

Many of the groups involved in this campaign are also a part of the Stop the Money Pipeline coalition. Learn more: www.stopthemoneypipeline.com
—
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups “Chase Campaign” group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to chase-campaign+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/chase-campaign/CAGrtRv90Q0-p5a%3D3GA3sDJ16dtvF6cyg%3DPqJUqPt%3DkZWEtexQQ%40mail.gmail.com.