Actions for the week of November 18, 2024
Greetings, Activists,
As we hardly need to remind anyone, it’s been a tumultuous November so far. We hope that you’re all taking care of yourselves, staying connected to your loved ones, and leaning in to community. While the future of our planet looks precarious, it’s now more important than ever not despair and to double down on taking action on behalf of what we care about. However you may be feeling about the recent U.S. election results, know that we have not lost our power to fight back and show up for our environment and each other.
Here’s to the greener future we dream of — and will continue to work for.
Action 1
🔌🧑🔧🌱 Green, Healthy, Comfortable Homes for All
New York is undergoing a massive renewable energy transition, and with that transition comes the opportunity to upgrade, weatherize, and electrify homes and buildings. This includes removing lead and mold, upgrading hazardous wiring, and switching to clean energy sources.
Ask Governor Hochul to fund retrofit readiness and ensure that historically-marginalized and excluded groups can access efficient, healthy homes with affordable heating and cooling!
Action 2
🤝🚧🙅 Uphold the Treaty, STOP STAMP
Join the Tonawanda Seneca Nation Council of Chiefs in calling on State and Federal officials to honor the Treaty of Canandaigua — one of the most important treaties to the Haudenosaunee and remains the law of the land to this day. It is currently being violated by the construction of the WNY STAMP mega-industrial site.
The industrial activities of the two tenants under construction, Plug Power and Edwards Vacuum, directly threaten the health and well-being of the Nation’s citizens and homelands as well as neighboring communities and protected public lands, and undermine the Nation’s treaty protected rights to hunting and fishing.
Use this one-click action to message your officials and stand in solidarity.
Action 3
🛢️⚠️🫷 Help Protect Sacred Lands and Water from a Dangerous Pipeline Reroute
The Yankton Sioux Tribe and others have used the sacred area around and within what’s now known as Pipestone National Monument in present-day Minnesota, and their inherent rights were affirmed in an 1858 treaty with the U.S. government in reserving “free and unrestricted use of the red pipestone quarry.”
In violation of this treaty, the Magellan Corporation is planning to reroute a fossil fuel pipeline that would threaten these sacred lands and waters.
Add your name now to request reconsideration of the decision to approve the dangerous Magellan Pipeline reroute, which threatens the Pipestone National Monument.
Bonus Action
🐢🌍✊ Join 350Brooklyn to learn more: Climate Struggle and the Fight for the Tonawanda Seneca Way of Life
📆 Thursday, November 21, 6:00 pm — 7:30 pm • More info
📍 BPL Central Library, Info Commons Lab • 10 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn • Map
The Tonawanda Seneca Nation is fighting the construction of a mega-industrial site on the border of the Nation’s present-day reservation territory in Western NY. This development would irreparably harm lands and waters where Tonawanda Seneca citizens continue to hunt, fish, and gather traditional medicines, posing an existential threat to the Nation’s collective continuance on their homelands. We’ll hear from a Tonawanda Seneca Nation citizen and non-Indigenous ally and learn how this struggle is linked to the statewide movement for environmental justice and a livable climate. Join 350Brooklyn at Brooklyn Public Library’s Central branch for our November general meeting to learn more.
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