On October 23rd, water protectors and land defenders from nearby territories will converge in Chicago for two powerful events to share information on how our struggles are connected, build relationships and mobilize to shut down the Line 5 oil pipeline.

Rally

2 pm

Canadian Consulate, Lake Street Entrance

Two Prudential Plaza, 180 N Stetson Ave, Chicago, IL 60601

Come support the delegation team as they meet with the Consul for Foreign Policy and Diplomacy at the Canadian Consulate in Chicago. We will rally outside the consulate with signs, banners, puppets and chants. RSVP to get updates.

The delegation:

Cedar (Keesh Kun Dug)

Lorraine Clements, Anishinaabe Territory, Treaty #1, Winnipeg Manitoba

Jannan Cornstalk, Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa, Water is Life Festival

Cheryl Angel II, Sicangu Lakota Spiritual Activist

Dawn Goodwin, Rise Coalition

Joe Bates, Bad River Tribal Elder

Joseph Hill, Seneca Nation, Haudenosaunee

Gathering and Teach-In

6:30-9 pm

(wheelchair accessible, masks required)

Haymarket House

800 W. Buena

Chicago, IL 60613

Come learn about the Line 5 oil pipeline through stories from frontline land defenders that met with the consulate earlier in the day, and meet other people in Chicago interested in protecting Lake Michigan. Get more information about how to engage in acts of mutual aid and solidarity with others along the network of pipelines and refineries that traverse our watersheds. RSVP to get updates.

More Information about Line 5:

Built to last for just 50 years, Line 5 is a 71-year-old pipeline that carries 23 million gallons of crude oil each day. It travels through the Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Chippewa’s land, where it faces imminent rupture due to the meander of the Bad River. Members of the Bad River Band have been fighting to evict Enbridge from their land – a federal judge even ordered Enbridge to do so by June 2026 and pay the tribe over $5m, which Enbridge swiftly appealed.

From there, Line 5 continues east and runs underwater in the Straits of Mackinac, which connect Lakes Michigan and Huron. Here, the pipeline lies exposed on the lakebed in a busy shipping channel – a disaster waiting to happen.

Enbridge’s Line 5 has already spilled one million gallons of oil in its lifetime. A rupture of this aging pipeline could threaten the water source of more than 5 million people, and the entire Great Lakes ecosystem.

For more information about how Line 5 is negatively affecting Great Lakes communities, and how people are joining together to fight back, check out Communities United by Water.

In Solidarity,

Team 350 Chicago