Did you see that!? Last week we joined leaders from the Gulf South and around the world at Citibank to shut them down after Citi executives refused to meet with frontline leaders or even consider changing their policies on investing in fossil fuels and genocide.

Check out the amazing coverage from Democracy Now and click the links and hashtags to see even more.

We were also a part of the blockade that was in solidarity with the Boycott Chevron week of action, and you can see more about that campaign here.

Normally, after a big action like this I ask you to chip in and support our organizing work. But then climate fueled superstorm Helene killed more than 150 people from Florida to Appalachia. Millions are still struggling to dig out, get power and basic utilities, and more. We'll have additional actions you can take in the coming days, but for now - if you can spare it, please consider a donation to one of the mutual aid groups identified by our friends at Appalachian Voices.

Need more info or a reminder about the Citi Standoff? Read on below the image:

A still frame from a video shows local Bangledeshi-Americans at our Citi Standoff action last week.

For months we've taken action at Citi to demand they stop financing fossil fuels. Our action in June with Gulf leaders was one of the biggest, boldest, and best of the summer – and it got us our one and only meeting with Citibank staff to talk about our demands.

But Citi has refused to change their investments, policies, or even to follow up and meet with frontline leaders from the Gulf about the impacts of projects like CP2. These new fossil fuel projects continue to be built with investment from Wall Street fossil financiers. So on September 23rd we're giving Citi a choice: Either come down to meet with climate leaders from the Gulf South, or we shut down their corporate headquarters.

Sign up if you want to be part of the action!

What: Citi Standoff: Come Down or Shut Down
When: Monday September 23rd at 9:30
Where: Citigroup’s Global Headquarters (388 Greenwich St, New York, NY 10013)

Click here or call (833) 971-2490, and we'll patch you through to Fraser's office. Or, you can chip in to support our organizing.

Citi is clinging to the fiction that because they've pledged to be 'net zero by 2050' they are already doing enough to fight climate chaos. For months, leaders from Louisiana and Texas whose communities are being poisoned by Citi's fossil fuel investments have been trying to schedule a sit-down meeting with Citi executives. Back in July, several representatives from Citi's PR department met on Zoom with Gulf leaders. But since then, Gulf leaders have reached out time and time again to demand a sit down meeting with no success. And the facts are that Citi is still invested in fossil fuels that are pushing the climate past critical tipping points, and harming specific communities on the frontlines of fossil fuel extraction, refining, and export:

Since 2015, Citi has given Chevron more than $2.5 billion in loans and investment, literally fueling genocide and war.
Since 2021, Citibank has provided $60 billion to the companies most aggressively engaging in *new* fossil fuel development
Last year, Citi provided $4.3 billion to companies developing new LNG projects, like the CP2 project we’ve been fighting so hard to stop in Louisiana

Gulf leaders and allies are left with no choice but to descend upon Citi's global headquarters in NYC. On Monday, September 23rd, 50 frontline leaders, many of them children and young people, from the Gulf will arrive at Citigroup's HQ in hopes of finally sitting down face-to-face with Citi leadership.

We need as many people as possible to support us on September 23rd.Click here or call (833) 971-2490 to tell Citi CEO Jane Fraser to stop funding fossil fuels. Or, if you can't call, chip in here to support our organizing.

Thanks,

Drew and the 198 methods to defund fossil fuels crew

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