EQAT (Earth Quaker Action Team)

05/21/2026

On Thurs 6/11, 12 - 2pm, we're going to Vanguard HQ to make some noise. We want to make sure employees hear that now's the time for Vanguard to invest in a future we can all celebrate.

Come on out and bring your brass instruments? drums? pots & pans? -- and of course your voices! Sign up today to get details as they unfold: https://secure.everyaction.com/jwDOJ5H4cUWO8MfG2Lx8_Q2

📷 by Laran Kaplan & Rachael Warriner

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Graphic with four photos of people with instruments at a protest and green text that says "Come make some noise! Thursday, June 11 at 12:00 pm Vanguard HQ, Malvern, PA eqat.org/events"]

05/20/2026

As Break Free From Plastic, Center for International Environmental Law, Friends of the Earth U.S., People Over Petro, and Texas Campaign for the Environment were releasing new research showing that Vanguard invests💰$182 billion💰 in 🏭the buildout of 34 major petrochemical expansion projects🏭 we went with American Friends Service Committee, CRCQL - Delco Environmental Justice, and RISE ST. JAMES to Vanguard's offices to say 🚫no more financing of polluting petrochemicals🚫

Our action at Vanguard was covered in MyChesCo, and CRCQL's Nolan and EQAT's Eve got to talk about our work on WURD Radio. You can read and listen to all of it at https://eqat.org/eqat-in-the-news/

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05/11/2026

EQAT joined CRCQL - Delco Environmental Justice's Environmental Justice Day march! It was good to walk and chant and bear witness alongside others. We'll keep resisting the deadly frontline impacts of pollution, we'll keep following the money and pushing the financiers to do better, and we'll keep fighting for the futures we deserve.

📢 Reworld new name, same old polluting game

📷 by Eileen Flanagan and Eve Gutman

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1) A person stands in the middle of a march and holds up a sign that says "the people over corporate profits"
2) A person stands in the middle of a march with a sign showing photos of some who has passed away
3) A person speaks into a microphone as they gesture towards a banner with a photo of someone who survived cancer
4) In the crowd of a march, a person holds a sign that says "stop the sacrifice zone"
5) As a crowd marches past a mural of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., they chant "Reworld new name, same old polluting game"]

05/06/2026

04/23/2026

🪧 Happy Earth Week!
🪧 Enjoy the Trees
🪧 Meanwhile...
🪧 Vanguard Fuels Climate Crises!
🪧 eqat.org/never-vanguard

This is what drivers saw on a series of signs one after another as they passed through the neighborhood of Vanguard President and CIO, Greg Davis, and approached beautiful Chanticleer Garden.

We appointed ourselves "Earth Day ambassadors" and spoke to visitors in the garden about Vanguard's destructive investments in the corporations poisoning people, fueling extreme weather, and threatening all of our futures. Dozens of people wrote postcards to Davis, which we're sending off in the mail.

Highlights included talking to Vanguard customers, a Vanguard employee, and ✨a personal friend of Greg Davis✨ Glad to know that Davis will be hearing about our visit from multiple sources!



📷 by Ann Dixon, Eve Gutman, and Lee Smithey

04/16/2026

Onwards until the legislation is passed, onwards until Philly stops burning our waste in Chester, and onwards until we all have clean air to breathe!

04/07/2026

If you've been thinking of applying but haven't gotten around to it yet, now's a great time! Applications submitted through this Sunday will receive full consideration. See original post for more information and the link to apply.

EQAT is hiring! We’re looking for a Campaign Director to lead our volunteer teams to be as powerful as possible in our spirit-led campaigning. Read more about the position and how to apply: https://apply.workable.com/j/87A4B7717F

For much of EQAT's existence, we’ve had a small staff focused on supporting volunteer leadership, and as part of a planned restructuring, we’re moving back towards that model. Lina and Eve are planning on ending their staff roles at EQAT, after many years as volunteers and then staff, while Striff will be staying on staff, soon to be our Operations Director!

So, we’re looking for our next Campaign Director! Do you know someone who has a record of thinking strategically and mobilizing people to build power together, is passionate about corporate campaigns and nonviolent direct action, and loves working with volunteers? Please send them our job posting – or apply yourself: https://apply.workable.com/j/87A4B7717F

It's a full-time position in the Philadelphia region with a base salary of $72,000 per year and benefits. Applications submitted by April 12th will receive full consideration.

📷 by Eve Gutman and Rachael Warriner

[Image description:
Flier that says
"EQAT
We're hiring!
Campaign Director
Philly region
$72k + benefits
App. due April 12th
Role begins in June
We're looking for someone who has a record of thinking strategically and mobilizing people to build power together, is passionate about corporate campaigns and nonviolent direct action, and loves working with volunteers.
More at eqat.org/jobs"]

04/06/2026

Vanguard is the #1 toxic investor, investing $182 billion in 34 major petrochemical expansion projects in the U.S. 🤢 As this research was being released nationally and shared in a press conference in TX, we went to Vanguard’s HQ in PA to bring the research and our demands to its front door.

With allies from the Delaware River (CRCQL - Delco Environmental Justice!) to the Gulf South (RISE ST. JAMES!) and in between (American Friends Service Committee!), we marched, we spoke out, and we tried to hand deliver a letter to Vanguard signed by 30,188 people (collected by Friends of the Earth U.S.). Vanguard refused to accept the letter in person, so we later sent it off in the mail. 📬

These petrochemical corporations, like ExxonMobil and Formosa Plastics, are selling us a bill of goods. We don't actually need the majority of their end products, like single use plastics, and they're not good for us. 🚯 There are healthier materials we can use instead, but the petrochemical industry lobbies and secures financing to keep us trapped in a toxic loop. We’re calling on Vanguard to turn the ship around from toxic investor to truly responsible steward of its customers’ futures.

💚 Can you support EQAT so that we can keep taking the next steps in action? Donate today at https://secure.everyaction.com/ff3fcrWPHUmXQBTjvHLr6Q2?ms=facebook

📷 by Louise, Rachael Warriner, Ray Bailey

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1) A person speaks into a microphone and gestures with papers in their other hand as they stand in front of a half dozen people holding signs
2) A person squats down and gestures as they speak into a microphone, with others standing behind them holding signs and someone filming with a small camera
3) On the edge of a crowd marching outside, a person holds a sign that says "Vanguard invests in gasoline pollution"
4) A person smiles slightly as they talk into a microphone and hold a clipboard, with four people holding signs behind them
5) A person speaks into a microphone while facing a group of other people holding a banner that says "Invest in our communities"
6) A person stands in the foreground while, behind them, a crowd of people listen to something out of the frame]

03/31/2026

On Tuesday, ​​Break Free From Plastic, Center for International Environmental Law, Friends of the Earth U.S., Gulf South Fossil Finance Hub, People Over Petro, and Texas Campaign for the Environment released new research that Vanguard invests $182 billion in 34 major petrochemical expansion projects. These facilities are expected to emit 98,000,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent annually – more than the national emissions of Colombia or Belgium! 🇨🇴 🇧🇪

On Wednesday, American Friends Service Committee, CRCQL - Delco Environmental Justice, Earth Quaker Action Team, RISE ST. JAMES, and dozens of our friends went to Vanguard’s headquarters. We sang, we spoke out, and we attempted to deliver a letter signed by 30,188 people – but Vanguard wouldn’t even accept it. 📣 🪧

So, what can we do?
👀 Check out the research at toxicfinance.org
📨 Tell Vanguard to stop financing the crisis of plastics and petrochemical pollution at actionnetwork.org/petitions/stop-financing-the-crisis-of-plastics-petrochemical-pollution

Fenceline communities are organizing to fight back and hold financial institutions accountable for their role in this preventable pollution crisis. We know that healthy investment in our communities is possible!

📷 by Rachael Warriner and Ray Bailey

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1) A banner that says “Vanguard: #1 toxic investor” near a sign that says “Vanguard Malvern West Brennan Boulevard”
2) A person in a yellow shirt that says Rise St. James speaks emphatically into a microphone while other people stand behind them with signs
3) A person in a black jacket speaks into a microphone and holds their hand in the air while other people stand behind them with signs
4) A person in a red shirt that says AFSC holds a clipboard and speaks out while other people stand behind them with signs
5) Close up of a person offering a stack of papers tied with a string and a manilla envelope and another person speaking to them sternly or skeptically
6) A crowd of about 50 people with banners and signs standing on grass near a sign in the ground that says Vanguard]

03/30/2026

EQAT is hiring! We’re looking for a Campaign Director to lead our volunteer teams to be as powerful as possible in our spirit-led campaigning. Read more about the position and how to apply: https://apply.workable.com/j/87A4B7717F

For much of EQAT's existence, we’ve had a small staff focused on supporting volunteer leadership, and as part of a planned restructuring, we’re moving back towards that model. Lina and Eve are planning on ending their staff roles at EQAT, after many years as volunteers and then staff, while Striff will be staying on staff, soon to be our Operations Director!

So, we’re looking for our next Campaign Director! Do you know someone who has a record of thinking strategically and mobilizing people to build power together, is passionate about corporate campaigns and nonviolent direct action, and loves working with volunteers? Please send them our job posting – or apply yourself: https://apply.workable.com/j/87A4B7717F

It's a full-time position in the Philadelphia region with a base salary of $72,000 per year and benefits. Applications submitted by April 12th will receive full consideration.

📷 by Eve Gutman and Rachael Warriner

[Image description:
Flier that says
"EQAT
We're hiring!
Campaign Director
Philly region
$72k + benefits
App. due April 12th
Role begins in June
We're looking for someone who has a record of thinking strategically and mobilizing people to build power together, is passionate about corporate campaigns and nonviolent direct action, and loves working with volunteers.
More at eqat.org/jobs"]