Emergency rallies against DAPL, beginning today, continuing in the days/weeks ahead!

Emergency actions beginning today and continuing in the days and weeks ahead, to protest President Donald J. Trump's and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' abrupt cancellation of the Environmental Impact Statement public comment opportunity, and instead their arbitrary full-steam-ahead approvals for constructing the final leg of the environmentally unjust Dakota Access Pipeline    

 

Find the protest action(s) nearest you:

https://actionnetwork.org/event_campaigns/nodapl-2017-action-hub

As but two examples, highlighted by Friends of the Earth via the Resist Trump Network, today, Wednesday, February 8, there will be an action at the White House in Washington, D.C. from 5-6pm Eastern, and also a day-long action at the federal building in San Francisco.

But there are many additional protest actions today, and in the days and weeks ahead, so check the #NoDAPL 2017 Action Hub for the date(s), time(s), and location(s) of protest action(s) nearest you. This site is also known as http://everydayofaction.org/

Another big one is one month from now, a Native Nations March on Washington, D.C. on Friday, March 10th:

As announced by Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Chairman, Dave Archambault II:

• A Native Nations march on Washington is scheduled for March 10. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and tribes across the country invite allies in America and from around the world to join the march.

"We ask that our allies join us in demanding that Congress demand a fair and accurate process," Archambault II said. "Our fight is no longer at the North Dakota site itself. Our fight is with Congress and the Trump

administration. Meet us in Washington on March 10."

See the full Standing Rock Sioux Tribe press release.

DeFund DAPL!

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Friday, March 10: Native Nations March on Washington

As announced by Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Chairman, Dave Archambault II:

• A Native Nations march on Washington is scheduled for March 10. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and tribes across the country invite allies in America and from around the world to join the march.

“We ask that our allies join us in demanding that Congress demand a fair and accurate process,” Archambault II said. “Our fight is no longer at the North Dakota site itself. Our fight is with Congress and the Trump administration. Meet us in Washington on March 10.”

See the full Standing Rock Sioux Tribe press release.

[Native Nations Rise: Rise With Standing Rock] Announcing the Native Nations Rise rally line-up!

Indigenous Environmental Network

Announcing the Native Nations Rise rally line-up!

#NativeNationsRise
#IndigenousRising

[See IEN's Facebook page announcing the line-up!]

Rise with Standing Rock this Friday

Action alert from Collin Rees, Campaigner, Oil Change International:

Last month, the main Oceti Sakowin Camp at Standing Rock was emptied. But new camps are already forming on higher ground, and the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s message is loud and clear: This isn’t the end of the Standing Rock fight. It’s just the beginning.

We’ve known from the start that regardless of what happened with Dakota Access, there’d be much more work to do. And now the fight has come to D.C. Earlier today, the Standing Rock Sioux and indigenous allies set up tipis on the National Mall and began an encampment that will last all week.

NATIVE NATIONS RISING

FRIDAY, 10AM

Join the Native Nations march in DC this Friday.

The week of action, prayer, and ceremony will culminate with a march on Friday through the streets of Washington, D.C. – and the Standing Rock Sioux have asked all allies to join them. Join “Native Nations Rising: Rise with Standing Rock” this Friday in D.C. to stand in solidarity with Indigenous nations across the country.

This mass demonstration – called for by the Standing Rock Sioux, Indigenous Environmental Network, and Native Organizers Alliance, among others – on Friday, March 10th, will carry the momentum from Standing Rock forward as we continue fighting to protect native sovereignty and keep fossil fuels in the ground. Here are the details:

• What: “Native Nations Rising: Rise with Standing Rock” march on Washington
• When: Friday, March 10, from 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
• Where: March starts at Army Corps of Engineers (443 G St. NW) and ends at Lafayette Square in front of the White House with a 12:00 PM rally

We will march to demand that Indigenous rights be respected, that tribal consent is given when any economic development happens on tribal land, and that President Trump meet with Tribal Leaders so he can be held accountable for the impact of his actions.

Click here to say you’ll be there and to get more details.

To all of those who were spurred to action because of the Dakota Access fight – and to all those who were already involved – we need you now more than ever. It’s our duty to follow through with our solidarity and stand with all Indigenous communities who are fighting to defend their land, water, and rights.

No one can extinguish the fire that Standing Rock started. It burns within each of us. This Friday we will rise, we’ll resist, and we’ll thrive.

I’ll be there.

Join me,

Collin Rees
Campaigner
Oil Change International

P.S. = If you're not able to make it yourself on Friday, please share with your friends near D.C.!