Nov 15 - NoDAPL Day of Action Los Angeles

Start: Tuesday, November 15, 201612:00 PM

End: Tuesday, November 15, 2016 2:00 PM

The movement to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline is growing stronger by the day, and it’s time for all of us to rise up and play a role in this fight.

Join us on Tuesday, November 15 for a solidarity action and rally at the Army Corps of Engineers office at 915 Wilshire Blvd at 12noon calling on President Obama to instruct the Army Corps of Engineers to revoke the permits for this dirty oil pipeline.

No DAPL Los Angeles Day of Action - Nov 15

More Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/1737848889874142/This event is co-sponsored by SoCal 350 Climate Action, Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples, American Indian Movement (AIM) SoCal, Native Voice Network, Indigenous Peoples Day LA Coalition, American Indian Community Council, Semillas Del Pueblo, Idle No More Venice/Los Angeles, Wishtoyo Chumash Foundation, March and Rally Los Angeles, WilderUtopia, Tar Sands Action SoCal, California Nurses Association, Greenpeace Los Angeles, Center for Biological Diversity, Food & Water Watch California, and Labor for Standing Rock.

This day of action is part of a broader call to action happening across the country targeting decision makers & stakeholders at every level. By gathering at the Army Corps of Engineers offices across the country, we hope to call attention to the brave water and land protectors at Standing Rock and encourage President Obama to stop the pipeline.

We will be delivering a signed letter to the Army Corps. We encourage everyone to write their own letter and we will deliver them to the office.

US Army Corps of Engineers Demands:
* Deny Permit to Bore Under the Missouri River
* Full Environmental Impact Statement must be completed.
Please write and bring a letter, to the event, addressed to the Army Corps of Engineers with your concerns about denying a permit to bore under the Missouri River, the permitting process, an Environmental Impact Review, and the protection of sacred and historic cultural sites.

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Transportation: Please take public transportation, if possible. The 7th Street/Metro Center Station is adjacent, with access to the Expo, Red, Blue, and Purple Lines, and connections to the Gold Line. Metro Local Lines 2 and 4, and the DASH Lines D and C service the area. Metro Bus 81 travels Figueroa south and Hill from the north.

Parking can be found at the Figat7th Target, 945 W. 8th Street, and with validation is more economical. More expensive options exist at 811 Wilshire/Figueroa and west of the 110 freeway: 1055 Wilshire at Bixel and 1055 W. 7th Street at Bixel.

Please bring art and banners -- and be sure to share on social media with #NoDAPL. Some sample messages for art include:

  • People over Pipelines

  • #NoDAPL

  • In Solidarity with Standing Rock

  • Obama: Stop the Dakota Access Pipeline

Thanks,

Mark Morris and Jack Eidt

Steering Committee, SoCal 350 Climate Action

Website: SoCal 350.org

Facebook: SoCal 350

Twitter: @SoCalClimate350