10/10/2024
💧Join us in Chicago to Shut Down Line 5 and Protect the Great Lakes! 💧
✨ Line 5 is Enbridge’s dangerous oil pipeline and pipeline tunnel that imminently threatens Lake Michigan and the Bad River Tribe’s land and the Straits of Mackinac.
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 and tunnel.
Rally at 2 pm at the Canadian Consulate, Lake Street Entrance (In front of the flags)
Two Prudential Plaza, 180 N Stetson Ave, Chicago, IL 60601
Come to support the delegation team outside the Canadian consulate with signs, banners, puppets and chants. RSVP to get updates!
The delegation: Cedar (Keesh Kun Dug) and Lorraine Clements, Anishinaabe Territory, Treaty #1, Winnipeg Manitoba;
Jannan Cornstalk, Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa, Water is Life Festival;
Cheryl Angel II, Sicangu Lakota Spiritual Activist;
Dawn Goodwin, Rise Coalition;
Joe Bates, Bad River Tribal Elder; and
Joseph Hill, Seneca Nation, and Haudenosaunee
Gathering and Teach-In: 6:30-9 pm (wheelchair accessible, masks required)
Haymarket House, 300 W. Buena, Chicago, IL 60613
Come to 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.
Event Organizers: This event's organizing coalition consists of water protectors/land defenders from nearby territories and people from groups including the Cross Border Organizing Working Group, Le Vivant Se Defend (Life Defends Itself), Communities United By Water, Rising Tide Chicago, and others. Those who wish to support this initiative are encouraged to share the event graphic and information on their own groups social media, within their networks, and with family and friends.
Travel Fundraiser: We are raising $5k for the water protectors train/air fare to Chicago, food, and housing. Any extra funds will be distributed to water protectors as an honorarium. Donations are not tax-deductible!
If you are a group or individual that would like to fully cover someone's associated travel costs, please reach out to [email protected], ko-fi.com/shutdownline5chi, paypal.me/chefmatthew, or on venmo: -mallow.
Please write "water" on venmo/paypal payments!
