#nodapl
It’s not unreasonable to stand against a force that threatens our ecosystem, disrespects an already abused nation and ignores all present and long-term consequences of oil contamination in the name of profit.
#NoDAPL#SolidaritywithStandingRock
Prints, shirts and posters that are sold of this will have any sales donated to the reservation! Click here!
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Regram from lovely lady @voyageofbran who writes:
“Newest Wildthorne strand “Mni Wiconi” has arrived in my grateful hands and I couldn’t be more pleased with it. Thank you again Kim! It’s absolutely stunning and layers perfectly with my other strands! It’s such an honor to be able to wear well crafted work filled fill so much love and meaning! ”
I am so grateful to kind friends and spirits like Brandie who have made the choice to choose ethical and conscious adornment. I created the Mni Wiconi “Water is sacred” jewel to help aid the Standing Rock Sioux nation in their preservation of ancestral land and clean water for all people, plants and animals living in the Dakota regions. The big oil industry has since destroyed ceremonial and burial sites of the Sioux over this past weekend, and also used attack dogs and mace against the peaceful protectors including women and children.
Injustice I am saddened to say happens daily in this world and to many people. Change happens when understanding, an open heart, integrity and compassion leads our choices and decisions instead of greed and selfishness. All too often in this world people are motivated to take thoughtlessly from others, without considering the repercussions of their actions. If we would all take a moment to pause and consider not only the words that we speak, (but also type and share) and our inner motivations. I truly believe this planet would be a kinder place.
I give thanks to my wonderful friends here who have helped to donate to the Standing Rock Sioux tribe, as we wait for a deliberation on the 9th, I am preparing and have more jeweled creations to offer to help aid the people. Blessings to you friends, and thank you Brandie for your beautiful and generous heart. #nodapl #mniwiconi #wildthorne #heartcentered #integrity #nativelivesmatter
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The Mni Wiconi - “Water is Sacred” jewel with Turquoise, Aquamarine, Smoky Quartz, Aqua green Quartz, and a Ghostberry . Through the sales of this item and your incredible support I was able to send a donation of $250 yesterday evening to the Standing Rock Sioux tribe for legal and emergency supplies for those at Sacred Stone camp. You can view a screenshot of this on my Facebook page. I have had clients and friends here showing support from different states as well as other countries. It humbles me to see the love and solidarity here in this community. There are still just a few necklaces left before they are sold out. This is a limited edition item. The shell heishi in this jewel was sourced at Stanford pow wow this year, which is fitting as it takes place on Mother’s Day weekend, and the Earth is our mother to be cherished. Thank you so much for your kindness and caring. Together we are stronger. #standwithstandingrock #nodapl #waterislife #mniwiconi
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We all literally see how important water is. We’re literally fighting for water. Tell me about your reformed system.
#BlackLivesMatter #NoDAPL
Shit….
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How to Sell Self-Published Books
In 2010 I wrote the first two chapters. One month in 2013 I wrote the core of the book and started revisions. In 2016 I closed the loops and wrote the final three chapters. . No way is this as interesting to you as it is to me. I get that. Hey, I’m not even asking you to read the damn thing. If you buy the eBook it’s only three dollars, you waste more money than that throwing food away. Nice…
(viahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEke9B5cNo8)
#RenaSpeaks does freestyle on the spot and this is what came out. Spoken Word doesn’t just begin on paper, it starts in the heart. WATCH!!!! -Rena
“Strong people don’t need strong leaders.” - MS. Ella Baker
“It is said that the Chinese word for “crisis” is a combination of two characters: one representing dangerthe other representing opportunity. The election of Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States certainly represents danger, especially to African Americans, Hispanics, members of the LGBTQ community, Muslims, Jews, women, and for everyone who is poor.
This is why he was rejected by a majority of the voters who cast ballots in this past presidential election. However, given the Electoral College system, he is president-elect now and it is important that we do not become paralyzed or overwhelmed and sink into despair. There is also great opportunity to organize and take advantage of America’s great diversity, making it a liberated and safer country for all of its people.
Fearwas at the heart of Donald Trump’s campaign. He successfully exploited the fear and anger that many white Americans feel over changes, both demographic and cultural, that seemed threatening to a way of life they expected to last forever. He used fear to fan hysteria that Mexicans, other Hispanics, Black people and nonwhite people in general are subverting American values and undermining the nation’s “greatness.” He coupled fear to his most blatant lie: that he was a man of the people willing and prepared to take on the moneyed interests that sent jobs overseas causing lost jobs and income here at home.
He also used the ongoing conflict in the Middle East and hyperbole about Islamic terrorism to create great fear of Muslims (and now as his administration comes in, discussion of internment camps for Muslims has begun.) Trump also used similar hyperbole about Black communities to create fear in white America about crime and their safety.
Donald Trump’s slogan, “Make America Great Again” especially sold hope to white male America that people of color would not be political or economic players of any significance; that women would return to the kitchen, gay people would remain in the closet, and that immigrants would come mostly from Europe. He breathed new life into the Ku Klux Klan.
So now what is to be done?
Thousands of people across the country have taken to the streets to display their anger and frustration at the temperament, the policies and the pronouncements of Donald Trump. While all of this is understandable and important, we must now turn our attention to the kind of organizing that will put forward policies and people at the local, state and national levels to make sure that America represents all of its people.
We can do this. Hillary Clinton received 7 million fewer votes than Barack Obama in the 2012 election. Aside from low turnout, Clinton’s poor campaigning and alienation were undoubtedly important parts of the reason for this loss. Now we see media falsely steering post-election analysis into discussion of how to reach the white working class male as if that is where her failure lay. So part of what is needed are efforts to turn the discussion toward the real issues of democracy that have largely been obscured and avoided. Topping this discussion is surely the issue of economic justice, an issue to which Secretary Clinton offered nothing new.
Our main point here, however, is that there is work to be done over the next two years-between now and the mid-term elections-that will shape the Congress, and local and state offices. Indeed, in the final analysis, when we talk about what impacts our lives day-to-day, it is the kind of decision-making at this level that most immediately affects us. Legislators at the state level, for example, drive voter suppression.
Police violence, to give another example, will not be contained until we who are most affected by it gain the levers of power to restrain and end it. And, at a higher level, we have the numbers to end Republican control of the Congress and to put fear into those who do manage to retain their seats. The energy we see on the streets in protest can be most effectively used at the grassroots in the kind of day-to-day organizing that uproots the old order in cities, counties and parishes. This is difficult but necessary work.
Anger is understandable but not sufficient to generate the kinds of changes that are needed; or to mobilize the kind of effort that is needed now. We want to repeat and emphasize what we think is urgently needed: hard, diligent grassroots work; the kind of organizing that will put forward policies and people at the local, state and national levels to make sure that America represents all of its people-the kind of deep community organizing that we of SNCC and the Freedom Movement engaged in to defeat Jim Crow segregation and win voting rights for people of color across the nation.
We can change state legislatures, and city councils, and congressional seats. We acknowledge that this will not resolve every issue confronting us. And the very large question of how best to hold accountable people we put into office through our work, remains. But we can put fear into the minds of those like Trump and his cohorts who think they have been mandated to start this country down a road leading to what amounts to fascism.
November 22, 2016
Washington, DC
SNCC Legacy Project
[email protected]
www.sncclegacyproject.org“
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WHAT HAPPENED:
This is not surprising as Trump holds stock in Energy Transfer Partners, the same company that is building the Dakota Access Pipeline according to Fortune.
WHAT THIS MEANS:
- The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s water supply may be heavily compromised if the pipeline would ever leak.
As environmentalist Bill McKibben noted in the New Yorker, the pipeline was originally slated to cross the Missouri River not far from North Dakota’s capital city of Bismarck, but the route was changed partly due to concerns about the potential contamination of the capitol’s drinking water in the event of a leak or spill. The pipeline is now set to run half a mile from the Sioux reservation near its water supply, Lake Oahe. (x)
- The construction of the pipeline is expected to disrupt the tribe’s sacred burial grounds and other historically significant sites.
- In a broader perspective, the environment would suffer extreme consequences as it will fuel climate change.
Not only is it infringing on Native American rights but this pipeline will quicken the demise of Planet Earth. This is bigger than politics.
#WaterIsLife #NoDAPL
On #IndigenousPeoplesDay Shailene Woodley was arrested for protesting AGAINST the pipeline being built on sacred American Indian Land. To show support for this important cause use the hashtag #NoDAPL & #IStandWithStandingRock on all social media sites, DONATE to the official funds hereandVISIT THIS SITE for various ways to show your support!
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50% of all sales for Small Business Saturday, and through the week will be directly donated. Locals, I’ll be putting together a care package to send to the organization to help as much as possible-get in contact with me if you have supplies you’d also like to donate. Donate directly and sign the #nodapl petition at http://standingrock.orgorhttp://standwithstandingrock.net . #standwithstandingrock #smallbusinesssaturday
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Federal authorities have halted construction of the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline amid growing protests that were expected to draw some 2,000 U.S. military veterans.
Read more here.
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20% of sales tomorrow will go to the Oceti Sakowin Camp in North Dakota fighting the Dakota Access Pipeline! (Link in Profile) #NoDAPL #etsysale #sale #smallbusiness #illustration #art #winter
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TUNE IN RIGHT NOW TO #NoDAPL!!! Water protectors are being met with intense policing and military presence and we need them to know we are watching!! Unicorn Riot and Red Warrior Camp both have live streams. Please check them out and share!!! #powertotheprotectors #waterislife #NoDAPL
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Power to the Protectors! #NoDAPL #waterprotectors #StandingRock #sioux #directaction #nopipeline #protectthesacred
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Happy Thanksgiving ! here is my #WaterisLife selection..hey Obama ..where are you ?
https://soundcloud.com/lady-miss-kier/thankful-mix-waterislife-nodapl
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sneaky lil’ after show dance with some beautiful people. thanks to everyone’s efforts tonight and the help of rising appalachia, we are $1316 dollars closer to our goal for standing rock. #mniwiconi #waterislife #nodapl #risingappalachia #sandiego (at San Diego, California)
stand with standing rock. shit is realer than ever on the front lines right now. ND police are waging war on peaceful protectors. elders and children being maced, tear gassed and being sprayed with water cannons in below freezing weather. a water protector is in surgery right now and doctors are trying to save their arm from being amputated after they were hit by an explosive projectile fired by the police last night. there’s so much info out there about which banks are funding the pipeline. there’s numbers to call. there’s spaces to occupy. the time is now. #istandwithstandingrock #standingrock #nodapl #dapl #waterislife #mniwiconi
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Ok its finished!!!! We Are Water starting at $45 but really whoever bids the highest wins. All profits go straight to Standing Rock. #wearewater #nodapl #istandwithstandingrock #standingrock #waterprotectors
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Pretty much done I think… but I am tempted to paint the orange arch gold now #waterprotectors #standingrock #istandwithstandingrock #nodapl #wearewater
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I’m torn between purple or green as the white space…. #wearewater #nodapl #istandwithstandingrock #standingrock #waterprotectors
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Laying down some paint. #wearewater #standingrock #istandwithstandingrock #nodapl #wearewater
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Final draft before watercolor and ink. #nodapl #wearewater #istandwithstandingrock #standingrock
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Help spread this but dont post it on Facebook as it has takes down the video. Spread this and make sure word gets out.
For more information: http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/u-s-army-corps-says-no-plans-for-forcibly-removing-standing-rock-water-protectors/
Help out here: http://sacredstonecamp.org/supply-list/
