INTERVIEW THREAD: I'm in Northern Minnesota, where activists prepare for a direct action to interrupt construction of the #Line3 Pipeline all day tomorrow.
"I am here to protect our treaty rights of hunting, fishing, and gathering," says Water Rights activist Debra Topping.
"I am here to protect our treaty rights of hunting, fishing, and gathering," says Water Rights activist Debra Topping.
Rev. Dr. Ambrose Carroll, @Alpha3bc from The Church by the Side of the Road in Berkeley, CA says "our indigenous brothers and sisters are calling for us to help protect the water."
He says Line 3 could affect water purity all down the Mississippi River and affect Black bodies.
He says Line 3 could affect water purity all down the Mississippi River and affect Black bodies.
"Line 3 - like all fossil fuel pipelines at this point - is a desecration," says @greenfaithworld's @revfharper.
"Religions broadly teach that the Earth is a sacred gift, that it's our job to take care of it, and that we've got to wake up and do that."
"Religions broadly teach that the Earth is a sacred gift, that it's our job to take care of it, and that we've got to wake up and do that."
"The goals for tomorrow are really to grab the attention of this administration and ask them to cancel the pipeline, quite simply," says @interfaithpower's @sbhendershot.
"We know that water is sacred, the land is sacred, and of course the treaty rights are sacred as well."
"We know that water is sacred, the land is sacred, and of course the treaty rights are sacred as well."
Here is my full @N2Sreports interview reel from the leaders preparing a direct action for tomorrow. I plan to be out there all day; various factors may preclude livestreaming but I plan to cover the actions and especially however the police respond.
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