Online Action and Rally: KKR and Chase, Defund Coastal GasLink!
๐๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ #๐๐๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ ๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐๐ค๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ญ๐ก!
Over 222,000 people in the U.S. have joined in the fight with the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs by signing a petition to demand KKR & Co and JP Morgan Chase drop any investments in the Coastal GasLink pipeline project in Northern British Columbia. Now, it’s time to deliver all those powerful voices!
The Coastal GasLink pipeline threatens Wetโsuwetโen land, water, air, and people. Yet, over the past five years, TC Energy (formally Trans Canada) has tried to build the Coastal GasLink pipeline on Wet’suwet’en land, defiantly ignoring the hereditary chiefs’ rights and title.
๐๐๐ซ๐’๐ฌ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ข๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ญ๐ก:
1. Join the virtual rally!
โก RSVP at https://bit.ly/rally-RSVP
Our amazing speakers include:
๐ฅ Freda Huson: Unist’ot’en Clan member, spokesperson Unist’ot’en Camp, and founder of the Unist’ot’en healing centre
๐ฅ Molly Wickham: Gidimt’en Clan member and spokesperson Wet’suwet’en Access Point on Gidimt’en Territory
๐ฅ Tlux’shaa’du’stee, Liz Marin: Member of United for Respect who has fought and won against KKR in the past
๐ฅ Janet MacGillivray: J.D., L.L.M., and Executive Director of Seeding Sovereignty
๐ฅ Delee Nikal: Wet’suwet’en Organizer from Gidimt’en Clan
โก Make a sign or banner with “Stop Coastal GasLink” “Rise up with Wet’suwet’en”, or “Shut Down KKR” then post the picture on your social media with the #ShutdownKKR and #WetsuwetenStrong hashtags.
2. Email, call, and tweet at KKR!
More info to come!
3. Throwdown for the frontlines directly!
๐๐ฝ If you have the resources to donate or organize online in your community or want to learn more about the Wet’suwet’en community’s assertion of rights and title, find it here in their supporter toolkit http://unistoten.camp/supportertoolkit/
๐๐ฝ Here’s more info from Gidimt’en access point https://www.facebook.com/wetsuwetenstrong/
๐๐ก๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ?
Despite the COVID-19 crisis, TC Energy is still going ahead with Coastal GasLink pipeline construction and sending workers into โman campsโ and federal police officers onto Wetโsuwetโen territories, putting communities at even more risk.
KKR and JP Morgan Chase, two of the pipeline’s biggest investors, must be held accountable for ignoring the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs, putting the Wetโsuwetโen land and water at risk, endangering Indigenous women by building man camps along the route, and fueling the climate crisis.
While the COVID-19 pandemic may keep us from gathering in the streets, it cannot stop the movement of defiant and uncompromising #WetsuwetenStrong support. Let’s seize the moment and show up for the Wetโsuwetโen people.
Join us for a virtual rally and online day of action to #ShutDownKKR on May 7th and let’s stop the Coastal GasLink Pipeline!