#defunddapl

DEFUND THE DAKOTA ACCESS PIPELINE!

 Join the divestment movement [here] #DEFUNDDAPL

Throughout the months-long resistance effort, pipeline opponents have protested through legal channels as well as peaceful civil disobedience. In return, they have faced dog attacks, water cannons in subzero temperatures, and tear gas, in addition to arrest and trumped up charges.

But tensions have escalated since newly-elected President Donald Trump issued an executive order last month calling for the completion of the controversial pipeline, which the tribe says infringes on treaty rights, and threatens to pollute their water and that of 17 million Americans.

"After the deadline for February 22 at 2pm, we are all at risk of facing arrest, police brutality, federal charges and prison time.”

The single easiest and most impactful thing you can do this very week: divest your money from DAPL.

The one thing the backers of pipeline projects care about is money!

SPEAK THEIR LANGUAGE

Step 1: Find a credit union or a bank that doesn't support pipelines (Amalgamated Bank in New York just for example... but I love my Credit Union!! see if you can sign up for a credit union through your job! Shop around!

Or find local Black-owned banks and credit unions to support through a simple Google search!!)

Step 2: Close your account with banks supporting DAPL and Energy Transfer Partners (BofA, Citi, Chase, Wells Fargo, TD, pretty much all the big ones).

If you're of a dramatic disposition, make a spectacle out of it! Film it! At the very least do take pictures and post them on social media #bankexit #nodapl #defundDAPL

Step 3: contact your branch representative and let them know exactly why you closed your account, because you can't be a part of funding genocide, trampling Indigenous Land Rights, and causing irreparable damage to our air, water, wildlife, and climate.

Encourage them to see the light and invest in clean green energy projects, which are the future.

Again, what these people understand is money. Make investments in Fossil Fuel a losing proposition!

Step 4: Log on to DefundDAPL.org, where they are keeping track of how much money is being divested, and enter your total!! Every little bit helps!

Step 5: Keep fighting! Stay tuned! Keep learning!

Dignity is a sculpture on a bluff overlooking the Missouri River near Chamberlain, South Dakota. The 50-foot high stainless steel statue, by South Dakota artist laureate Dale Lamphere, depicts an Indigenous woman in Plains-style dress receiving a star quilt. According to Lamphere, the sculpture honors the culture of the Lakota and Dakota peoples who are indigenous to South Dakota. SHARE!