Stop the Line 3 Pipeline

First-Person Reports from Friends at Line 3:

“There were dozens of tents set up on the boardwalk, plus donated food, composting toilets, a solar panel so people could charge their devices, and a community filled with joyful solidarity. The group held the boardwalk in constant prayer for 8 days before they were forced to leave, but that stopped pipeline construction for over a week. The Beloved Community emerged in that space, and no one had a need.  I traveled back home to Oregon with a full spirit, with new information and wisdom, with gratitude for the welcome and spiritual groundedness of the Indigenous activists, and with a network of new relationships to work on climate justice at home.” –Cherice Bock, North Valley Friends, Sierra-Cascades Yearly Meeting of Friends

“From the airport, I started fundraising for jail support (knowing that Minnesota counties have been setting outrageous bail amounts) and organizing a solidarity action in Philadelphia for two days later. The idea was to try to raise awareness of what was happening at Red Lake Treaty Camp and Line 3 more broadly by risking arrest myself. Although we were not arrested in Philadelphia, as it happened, 22 people were arrested that same morning at Red Lake Treaty Camp while engaging in a spiritual ceremony. I cried watching video of the violent arrests, confirmed in my commitment to keep speaking out about the Line 3 Pipeline, which is catastrophic for the climate, for the rivers of northern Minnesota, and for the Indigenous peoples of this land.” –Eileen Flanagan, Chestnut Hill Meeting, PhYM