Stop Line 3
The Line 3 oil pipeline in Minnesota breaks treaties with the Anishinaabe people, threatens the Mississippi river and all our water, and trades our future for greed. While Line 3 construction was underway at breakneck speed in the summer of 2021, UUJAZ responded to the urgent need to take action to stop or delay the pipeline. When indigenous leaders put out an invitation for immediate action, a group of 23 folks answered the call: from BLM Phoenix Metro, O'odham Stronghold, Sunrise Movement, White People Against White Supremacy, UU Young Adults for Climate Justice, UU Ministries for the Earth, UU College of Social Justice, UU Justice Arizona (UUJAZ), Minnesota UU Social Justice Alliance (MUUSJA) and indigenous partners on the ground. Some of our leaders put their bodies on the line to stop the pipeline - among hundreds of folx arrested was UUJAZ board member Elena Perez. We organized fundraisers to help out with bail funds and legal fees for Elena and as many other water protectors as possible.
The Line 3 oil pipeline in Minnesota breaks treaties with the Anishinaabe people, threatens the Mississippi river and all our water, and trades our future for greed. While Line 3 construction was underway at breakneck speed in the summer of 2021, UUJAZ responded to the urgent need to take action to stop or delay the pipeline. When indigenous leaders put out an invitation for immediate action, a group of 23 folks answered the call: from BLM Phoenix Metro, O'odham Stronghold, Sunrise Movement, White People Against White Supremacy, UU Young Adults for Climate Justice, UU Ministries for the Earth, UU College of Social Justice, UU Justice Arizona (UUJAZ), Minnesota UU Social Justice Alliance (MUUSJA) and indigenous partners on the ground. Some of our leaders put their bodies on the line to stop the pipeline - among hundreds of folx arrested was UUJAZ board member Elena Perez. We organized fundraisers to help out with bail funds and legal fees for Elena and as many other water protectors as possible.
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Water Protector Stories
Listen to Len and Kia's story of water protection at Line 3, told at UUCP Together Time in October. |
Get involved: Line 3 Drop the Charges campaign
Hundreds of water protectors are currently facing criminal charges in Minnesota for standing in defense of the water, the climate, and the treaty rights of the Anishinaabe people.
These individuals put their bodies on the line to stop Enbridge's Line 3 pipeline, a massive tar sands project that threatens the state’s lakes, rivers, aquifers and wild rice beds. Police forces - directly funded by Enbridge - have responded to this massive movement with surveillance, harassment, physical torture ("pain compliance"), and trumped-up charges, including felonies. In this time of climate catastrophe, governments must listen to water protectors instead of criminalizing and prosecuting them.
Hundreds of water protectors are currently facing criminal charges in Minnesota for standing in defense of the water, the climate, and the treaty rights of the Anishinaabe people.
These individuals put their bodies on the line to stop Enbridge's Line 3 pipeline, a massive tar sands project that threatens the state’s lakes, rivers, aquifers and wild rice beds. Police forces - directly funded by Enbridge - have responded to this massive movement with surveillance, harassment, physical torture ("pain compliance"), and trumped-up charges, including felonies. In this time of climate catastrophe, governments must listen to water protectors instead of criminalizing and prosecuting them.
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UUMFE presents "Get Rooted, Get Ready"
March 20 – May 23, 2022 Spring for Change: a Season of Sacred Activism — from March 20 (Spring Equinox) through May 22nd (International Day for Biodiversity) — is an invitation to the Unitarian Universalist faith community to embody the transformational, regenerative power of Spring through sacred activism for Earth and all our relations. Learn more about Spring for Change |
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UUJAZ Joins the Poor People's Campaign in Calling Faith Leaders to Help Protect Oak Flat
"Apache Oak Flat is where the Ga’an spirits, or angels, reside. It is a corridor or direct connection to pray to Ussen (Creator of Mother Earth). It is also where generations of Apache girls have had their coming of age ceremonies and where they gather acorns for medicinal and ceremonial purposes. Chi’chil Bildagoteel is a place of beauty and abundance where the Apache honor and offer prayers to the creator and to their ancestors. It is a place deeply tied to who they are as a people. ... We, as moral and religious leaders, stand with the Apache Stronghold in calling on the president and the U.S. government to immediately stop the land transfer to Resolution Copper. We demand that Oak Flat be returned to Apache stewardship and recognized and protected as a sacred place of worship." Read and sign the letter to President Biden here. |
