MEDIA ADVISORY The Yesah Tribunal: Mountain Valley Pipeline & the Rights of Rivers

For Release: May 21, 2024  Press Contact: Kasey Kinsella, [email protected], (617) 306-6190 7directionsofservice.com/rights-of-nature Event will be livestreamed from multiple platforms including: Youtube - youtube.com/@7directionsofservice168 Facebook - facebook.com/7directionsofservice Post-event photos and…

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Walk the Talk — Protect Sacred Spaces and Phase Out Fossil Fuels

By Isabella Zizi, Movement Rights' National Organizer Movement Rights was invited to walk 4.5 miles in solidarity with 7 Directions of Service and frontline communities who are being directly impacted…

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Climate Week is Over. Now what?

Casey Camp Horinek is an elder and the Environmental Ambassador for the Ponca Tribe of what is now called Oklahoma. She is also the Board Chair of Movement Rights. As…

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Gathering Tribal Water Protectors in a Fossil Fuel Epicenter

By Shannon Biggs, co-founder, Movement Rights In Oklahoma alone there are 78,000 miles of fresh water that run through the territories of 38 tribes and hundreds of non-tribal communities on…

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2022: The Year of Rights of Rivers and Climate Justice

By Shannon Biggs and Pennie Opal Plant, co-founders, Movement Rights Movement Rights is an intentionally small, Indigenous and women-led organization, focusing on three pillars organizing: frontline-led climate justice, Indigenous Rights,…

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2021 Year in Action & 2022 Looking Forward

By Shannon Biggs & Pennie Opal Plant, co-founders, Movement Rights  The year 2021 marked many changes. COVID-19 continued to shift the landscape of when, where and how we could respond…

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The Climate Frontlines went to Washington: Can you Hear us Now?

By Casey Camp Horinek & Shannon Biggs By the hundreds we came to the so-called seats of power—the White House, the US Capitol, the Department of the Interior and the…

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Generations of Indigenous Women Protecting the Rights of Water

Water is alive. It needs to be respected. We must recognize her as a living entity.— Water Warrior Grandmother Josephine Mandamin, Ojibway By Casey Camp Horinek, Shannon Biggs & Pennie…

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