Colleen Boland ~~ 🌎😷🇺🇦 Profile picture
U.S. Army/Air Force/White House Veteran | Environmental Justice | Board Chair, HouseWithHeart, a home for abandoned children in Nepal | she/her 🏳️‍🌈

Sep 26, 2019, 5 tweets

Today at the NYC Ballet’s Fall Gala
#ExtinctionRebellionNYC demanded the Ballet use its forum to address the #climate crisis and join cultural institutions to declare a #ClimateEmergency. There is no ballet on a dead 🌎.
@ExtinctionR @XR_NYC #TellTheTruth

Silent ghostly-pale spirits danced in meditation wearing dramatic-red cloaks representing the blood of the species that are threatened by #ClimateChange.
@ExtinctionR @XR_NYC #CultureDeclaresEmergency

A die-in followed at the entrance to the Red Carpet. Extinction is the final curtain call for us all.
@ExtinctionR @XR_NYC #CultureDeclaresEmergency

Red-cloaked spirits came back from beyond the grave, to warn us of the grave errors we’re making, pleading with us not to destroy ourselves and our ecosystem. 🌎
@ExtinctionR @XR_NYC
#CultureDeclaresEmergency
#ClimateEmergency
#TellTheTruth

And oh yeah, I’m one of the ones who succumbed to the harms of #ClimateChange today. Who knew it would be at the #DavidKochTheater in Lincoln Center?
The good news: I am resurrected, ready to fight another day.
@ExtinctionR @XR_NYC
#ClimateActionNow
#CultureDeclaresEmergency

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