Stand with Standing Rock in Port Angeles

Saturday, February 11, 2017, 11:00-Noon

In response to the sudden announcement that the Trump administration is going to abrogate the Environmental Impact Statement process and bulldoze the sovereign rights of indigenous people at Standing Rock in order to push through the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), OCA and others will be picketing outside the U.S. Bank branch in Port Angeles, 134 E. 7th St. (corner of Lincoln), from 11-noon.

U.S. Bank is among a number of banks financing DAPL, and a worldwide movement is calling to divest from these banks if they won’t withdraw their DAPL investments.  Seattle just passed a resolution to divest their accounts at Wells Fargo, another DAPL investor.  In Clallam County, several local governments bank with U.S. Bank, and in coming weeks, we will seek dialogue with these institutions.

This protest is not against our local bank branches, staffed by our neighbors and doing everyday community banking, but rather with their corporate headquarters, who often follow a very different agenda.

Bring signs if you can, and dress for the weather.