UNIST'OT'EN CAMP

Wet'suwet'en

A constantly expanding number of companies have proposed Tar Sands and Fracking Gas pipelines through Unist’ot’en territory.

Three particular companies, Chevron, TransCanada, and Enbridge, are still working without consent from Unist’ot’en.

Our people’s belief is that we are part of the land. The land is not separate from us. The land sustains us. And if we don’t take care of her, she won’t be able to sustain us, and we as a generation of people will die.” – Freda Huson, Unist’ot’en Hereditary Spokesperson

TINY HOUSE WARRIORS

The Tiny House Warrior movement is the start of re-establishing village sites and asserting our authority over our unceded Territories.Each tiny house will provide housing to Secwepemc families facing a housing crisis due to deliberate colonial impoverishment. Each home will eventually be installed with off-the-grid solar power.

We have never provided and will never provide our collective free, prior and informed consent – the minimal international standard – to the Trans Mountain Pipeline Project.

Byhalia Connection Pipeline

There is a pipeline that is going to cut through South Memphis at Boxtown near T.O fuller Park. This is a link to the article shared on our lives this morning as we gather info around the resistance.

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

The National Inquiry must look into and report on the systemic causes of all forms of violence against Indigenous women and girls, including sexual violence. We must examine the underlying social, economic, cultural, institutional, and historical causes that contribute to the ongoing violence and particular vulnerabilities of Indigenous women and girls in Canada. The mandate also directs us to look into and report on existing institutional policies and practices to address violence, including those that are effective in reducing violence and increasing safety.

While the formal name of the Inquiry is “the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls,” our mandate covers all forms of violence. This makes our mandate very broad. By not being limited to investigating only cases of Indigenous women who went missing or were murdered, we can include women and girls who died under suspicious circumstances.

It also means we can address issues such as sexual assault, child abuse, domestic violence, bullying and harassment, suicide, and self-harm. This violence is interconnected, and can have equally devastating effects. Expanding the mandate beyond missing and murdered also creates space for more survivors to share their stories. They can help us look to the future from a place of experience, resilience, and hope.

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women USA

TMMIW USA’s number one mission is to bring our missing home and help the families of the murdered cope and support them through the process of grief. We give them hands-on support and guidance and if we don’t have the answers, we get the answers so that these families do not feel abandoned and alone in this struggle like so many have before them. Our broader goal is to eradicate this problem so that the future generations thrive. We are doing that through education of the threats that they face and self-defense. We just started a monthly program to do just that. It is called Staying Sacred and we educate and have self-defense lessons at every meeting. Our strength lies in the fact that every single one of the staff and volunteers have been assaulted or trafficked and our passion is to be the kind of organization that we needed growing up and beyond.

Stop Line 3

WHAT IS LINE 3

Line 3 is a proposed pipeline expansion to bring nearly a million barrels of tar sands per day from Alberta, Canada to Superior, Wisconsin. It was proposed in 2014 by Enbridge, a Canadian pipeline company responsible for the largest inland oil spill in the US. Enbridge seeks to build a new pipeline corridor through untouched wetlands and the treaty territory of Anishinaabe peoples, through the Mississippi River headwaters to the shore of Lake Superior.

WHY THE OPPOSITION

All pipelines spill. Line 3 isn’t about safe transportation of a necessary product, it’s about expansion of a dying tar sands industry. Line 3 would contribute more to climate change than Minnesota’s entire economy. Minnesota’s own Department of Commerce found our local market does not need Line 3 oil. We need to decommission the old Line 3 and justly transition to a renewable, sustainable economy. Line 3 would violate the treaty rights of Anishinaabe peoples and nations in its path — wild rice is a centerpiece of Anishinaabe culture, it grows in numerous watersheds Line 3 seeks to cross. It’s well-past time to end the legacy of theft from and destruction of indigenous peoples and territories.

WHAT WE CAN DO

We can keep organizing, educating, and advocating to stop Line 3 and build the future we want. Legal and grassroots efforts have kept Enbridge’s Line 3 destruction at bay — it was supposed to be complete in 2017. We are holding events in our homes, community centers, churches, schools, and online. We are talking to our politicians, speaking up at hearings, marching in protests, taking nonviolent direct action together, and reporting Enbridge’s activity along the proposed route. We are teaching and learning from each other. We are growing food and investing in renewable energy. Wherever you are and whatever your skill set, there is a place for you in the movement to stop Line 3.

Border Wall Through Kumeyaay Territory

Kumeyaay people are asking for a change of law to protect sacred sites for time immemorial to come. for updates follow @kumeyaaydefenseagainstthewall on insta.

Updated 7/17/2020.

Bears Ears and Grand Staircase Escalante

The news that the Biden Administration is expanding Shash Jaa’ (Bears Ears) National Monument and the Grand Staircase-Escalante is a bittersweet one. First, there is thanks to be given to the Indigenous women, youth, LGBTQ2+ relatives, and tribal coalitions who have been the backbone for the advocacy, protection, and resistance efforts. Secondly, it is good to hear that some of the damage done by the Trump administration to shrink the National Monument is being undone. However, it is important to remember that the ultimate goal is not for Shash Jaa’ to be a National Monument, no matter how big or small the area is. The goal is for this sacred site to many different peoples, including my own, to be returned and managed by us — the people who have cultural and ancestral ties to this land. Public land is stolen land, and LANDBACK will always be at the forefront of our demands until our human and non-human relatives can live dignified lives.” –Demetrius Johnson, Diné, LANDBACK Organizer, NDN Collective.

Protect Oak Flat

"We remember those who sacrificed and defended our people. We recognize our great leaders and their respect for those who know freedom. We must guide our people to, once again, hold our destiny in our own hands. I challenge each of us to overcome the oppression and begin the process of believing in ourselves. This must be the first step... Usen, we ask for your blessing to guide our current and future leadership so that our children and the unborn will inherit our Apache Way of Life." - Wendsler Nosie Sr.

Vecindarios 901

Hola comunidad! Miembrxs de la comunidad hemos creado un número telefónico para contestar a las redadas de la migra.

Por favor llamen a este número (901)329-7979 si piensan que ven la migra, si la migra les está tocando su puerta o si les tiene detenidxs.

Somos un grupo de voluntarixs que podemos ir a verificar si la migra está en la ubicación reportada o si es posible interferir con la redada.

No somos abogadxs y por favor no llame para consultas.

Si quieren ser voluntarixs por favor manden un mensaje por esta página Vecindarios 901.

Gracias

Mariposas Collective

Mariposas Collective is a grassroots group of people driven by love of our neighbors, feelings of solidarity, and a desire for justice.

Mariposas Collective provides much needed aid to migrants in need of assistance with housing, clothing, food, transportation, and much much more. It is a collective that grew from a need with the help of many community members hard work and the work has adjusted since the COVID-19 pandemic, as it began on the ground in the bus stations and is evolving everyday to continue to meet the need.

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