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Fan Forum Legend
Joined: Aug 2016
Posts: 595,930
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Tara Houska — @zhaabowekwe — joined us during @workinprogress’ first season to discuss her work as climate leader, a water protector, and a native woman working to protect the planet. I was (as were many of you) blown away by her. She is, as our friend @ayanaeliza shared today, “one of the most courageous and principled leaders I know.”
Tara is both a water protector and land defender. She is founder of @giniwcollective. And she is a frontline leader in the fight to #StopLine3 pipeline. Line 3 cuts through her Anishanaabe homelands in Minnesota. And she is doing all she can, alongside other water protectors, to stop it.
Her written account (swipe) of violent, purposefully torturous, and deeply degrading experiences at the hands of our government — those tasked to protect and serve — and of the #Enbridge corporation (the ones they are really working for) is both infuriating and heart wrenching.
In honor of Tara, her leadership, and #IndigenousPeoplesDay, please join me as I take up Ayana’s call to support @giniwcollective. I’ll meet her match, and also match $1,000 in donations. Donation link in bio. As @ayanaeliza said, “Put your money where your hashtags are — DM me receipts. 💸
The least we can do for Water Protectors is to make sure their legal fees are covered, while they put their bodies on the line for all of our futures.”
#giniwcollective #mniwiconi #waterislife #StopLine3
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