rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/petition/north-dakota-is-no-place-for-hate?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-petition-area-north-dakota-is-no-place-for-hate' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Melanie Moniz https://actionnetwork.org/users/melanie-moniz/profile https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/petitions/photos/000/326/699/normal/Screenshot_20220106-232111_Canva.jpg Last month the New York City Public Design Commission and the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Foundation made a deal to relocate a racist, problematic statue of Theodore Roosevelt from NYC to Medora, ND. We are not a dumping ground of the problematic, colonialist tributes that other states are no longer willing to house and North Dakota is no place for hate. Created by James E. Fraser (a sculptor who is known for his problematic and cultural appropriating sculptures as a non-Indigenous artist) the Statue of former President Theordore Roosevelt with Indigenous and Black men in positions of subjugation and glorifies colonialism and racial discrimination. Leaders, advocates, and organizers from across North Dakota are worked tirelessly to end racism and build better relationships in North Dakota, a state with a long unending history of oppression toward the original inhabitants of this land. We can stop this now, let's come together and take action. Sign the petition to the NYC Public Design Commission that reads: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/north-dakota-is-no-place-for-hate