Ally Event: Citi Standoff - Come Down or Shut Down
Start: Monday, September 23, 2024•10:00 AM
Extinction Rebellion NYC supports the Summer of Heat coalition campaign.
For months leaders from Louisiana and Texas who suffer from the impacts of fossil fuel development have been trying to schedule a sit down meeting with Citi Executives to discuss the harms their investments are causing in communities across the Gulf South.
Gulf leaders have been left with no choice but to descend upon Citi's Global Headquarters in NYC to demand a meeting. On Monday September 23rd, fifty community members in the fight against fossil fuel expansion in the Gulf will approach Citi HQ in Manhattan in hopes of finally sitting down face to face with Citi leadership.
Organizers from the Summer of Heat Campaign are threatening to shut down Citi HQ if executives refuse to meet with the Gulf leaders. After months of sustained civil disobedience on wall street, Summer of Heat has amassed an expansive coalition consisting of faith leaders, migrants, scientists, youth, elders, and orcas! If Citi executives refuse to meet with the delegation of Gulf leaders, Summer of Heat organizers plan to unleash their coalition on the Citi HQ, blocking the doors until Citi leadership concedes to a meeting or instructs the NYPD to drag away the peaceful protesters.
