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# Movement Rights

Advancing the movement for the rights of Indigenous peoples, communities and ecosystems.

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- [A look back at COP 30: A Newbie Perspective](https://movementrights.org/cop-lookback-newbie/) - COP 30 revealed the tension between exclusion and Indigenous-led hope. We showed up, stood firm, and will continue advancing Rights of Nature.
- [A Voice for Antarctica](https://movementrights.org/a-voice-for-antarctica/) - Antarctica is a living being whose wellbeing is inseparable from our own, and her protection is our shared responsibility.
- [Celebrating Rights of Nature Successes with Mashpee Wampanoag Emerging Leaders](https://movementrights.org/celebrating-rights-of-nature-successes-with-mashpee-wampanoag-emerging-leaders/) - “I am the river and the river is me.” This Maori saying gained worldwide attention in 2018 when the legal rights of the Whanganui River in Aotearoa were recognized by the Crown government of New Zealand. The River now has a Maori Guardian and a Crown Guardian. This quote has carried me through the journey
- [Emerging Leaders: Adding Youth Pathways in the Rights of Nature Movement](https://movementrights.org/emerging-leaders-adding-youth-pathways-in-the-rights-of-nature-movement/) - At the upcoming 4th Convening of the 4 Winds, the Emerging Leaders Track will bring together youth from across Turtle Island to learn, lead, and connect. Rooted in Indigenous values and inspired by intergenerational wisdom, this gathering is a space for education, creativity, and collective action.
- [Celebrating A Decade of Action for Mother Earth](https://movementrights.org/movement-rights-celebrates-a-decade-of-action/) - By Shannon Biggs and Pennie Opal Plant, Movement Rights’ Co-founders Our Humble Beginnings Around a Kitchen Table It was just two women, Shannon Biggs and Pennie Opal Plant, both lifelong activists, talking in a kitchen in 2014 about how to move the Rights of Mother Earth forward. Just a decade ago, the Rights of Nature/Mother
- [2021 Year in Action & 2022 Looking Forward](https://movementrights.org/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 to the climate crisis and the need for real systemic change. Despite the ongoing uncertainty, Movement Rights was able to travel to critical actions locally
- [Dear President Biden, An Indigenous Perspective on Your Inauguration](https://movementrights.org/dear-president-biden-an-indigenous-perspective-on-your-inauguration/) - Banner image: "The Last Breath of the Black Snake" painted by Ledger Artist Michael Horse to commemorate the Cowboy and Indian Alliance (2014) by Casey Camp Horinek. Casey is an Elder and the Environmental Ambassador for the Ponca Nation of Oklahoma and leads Movement Rights Ponca and Indigenous Rights of Nature campaigns. Dear President Biden,
- [Movement Rights' 2020 Year in Review & Look Ahead](https://movementrights.org/movement-rights-2020-year-in-review-look-ahead/) - By Shannon Biggs and Pennie Opal Plant, Co-founders, Movement Rights To say the least, 2020 has been unlike any year before. Throughout the fear, grief and loss due to the COVID 19 pandemic, social upheaval and the lack of positive political leadership on all fronts, there have been moments of hope. The collective movements for
- [Trump’s Last Stand Against Indigenous Land](https://movementrights.org/trumps-last-stand-against-indigenous-land/) - By Shannon Biggs and Pennie Opal Plant, Movement Rights' Co-founders “The Trump administration is rushing insane development proposals such as leasing the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Line 3 and KXL pipelines and the 'ONE OKLAHOMA' plan to continue unrestricted and underhanded access to Indigenous homelands.”- Faith Gemmill, Neets’aii Gwich’in/Pit River/Wintu, Arctic Village Council Member, Tribal Court
- [Ponca Nation of Oklahoma to Recognize the Rights of Nature to Ban Fracking](https://movementrights.org/ponca-nation-of-oklahoma-to-recognize-the-rights-of-nature-to-ban-fracking/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 30, 2017 MEDIA CONTACTS: Casey Camp-Horinek, Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma Business Council caseycamphorinek@yahoo.com (580) 716-7015 Shannon Biggs, Co-founder & Executive Director, Movement Rights shannon@movementrights.com (415) 298-9419 Pennie Opal Plant, Co-founder & Director Indigenous Programs, Movement Rights pennie@gatheringtribes.com (510) 390-0386 Ponca Nation of Oklahoma to Recognize the Rights of Nature to Stop Fracking
- [Seeking Climate Justice for the Ponca Nation](https://movementrights.org/seeking-climate-justice-for-the-ponca-nation/) - JOIN US in Oklahoma Saturday Oct.21 for PONCA ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNITY ACTION DAY “We all know that water is life. The years of fish kills related to the fracking and injection wells amount to environmental genocide. It is going to take all of us humans because we’re talking for those without voices, for the deer, for the
- [From Paris to Pittsburgh (and beyond): The Climate Fight Comes Home](https://movementrights.org/from-paris-to-pittsburgh-and-beyond-the-climate-fight-comes-home/) - By Shannon Biggs, co-founder and director, Movement Rights Mere moments after the January 20 inauguration, nearly all references to climate change vanished from the White House website. The only exception was the new President’s vow to eliminate all traces of the Obama administration’s climate policies. In the days that followed, the EPA came under attack,
- [Rivers, Rights and Revolution: Learning from the Māori](https://movementrights.org/rivers-rights-and-revolution-learning-from-the-maori/) - By Shannon Biggs and Pennie Opal Plant, Movement Rights' Co-founders "How do we win now?" is a question many are asking in the wake of the 2017 US Presidential inauguration and the political, social and environmental reality being written using "alternative facts" and an unraveling of rights and protections. And while for the millions of those who marched
- [One way to Bring Standing Rock Home](https://movementrights.org/one-way-to-bring-standing-rock-home/) - By Movement Rights co-founders Pennie Opal Plant and Shannon Biggs “It’s Time to Bring Standing Rock Home,” Movement Rights Board Member, and Ponca Elder, Casey Camp Horinek told a Summit of women in Kauai in early December 2016. “For too long it has been black and brown bodies always first to put their bodies on the
- [Can Rights of Nature Help End Environmental Genocide on Ponca Lands?](https://movementrights.org/can-rights-of-nature-help-end-environmental-genocide-on-ponca-lands/) - By Movement Rights co-founders Pennie Opal Plant and Shannon Biggs The wind blows powerfully in Oklahoma. It is part of the Great Plains and is also home to “tornado alley.” But today the state is known more for a human-made feature, a geological by-product of the petroleum industry: Oklahoma is the earthquake capital of the
- [Lessons from #NoDAPL: We are More Powerful than the Fossil Fuel Industry](https://movementrights.org/lessons-from-nodapl-we-are-more-powerful-than-the-fossil-fuel-industry/) - By Pennie Opal Plant, Movement Rights co-founder Cover photo "Night time in Sacred Stone" (Oct. 2016) by Camille Seaman There is something powerful rippling through humanity right now. It is more powerful than the fossil fuel industry that is harming the system of life that we need to simply exist. It is more powerful than
- [What would the Delta Say? Putting California's Twin Tunnels on Trial](https://movementrights.org/what-would-the-delta-say-putting-californias-twin-tunnels-on-trial/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 22, 2016Contact: Shannon Biggs, Movement Rights (415) 841-2998 shannon@movementrights.orgLinda Sheehan, Earth Law Center (510) 219-7730 lsheehan@earthlaw.org Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore the Delta(209) 479-2053, barbara@restorethedelta.orgBAY-DELTA TRIBUNAL PUTS STATE & NATIONAL LEGAL SYSTEM ON TRIALCalifornia’s Proposed Twin Tunnels Case to be Heard Antioch, CA – “What would the San Francisco Bay-Delta ecosystem say?” is the question a panel
- [The Paris COP21 failure demonstrates climate justice lies beyond the “Red Line”](https://movementrights.org/the-paris-cop21-failure-demonstrates-climate-justice-lies-beyond-the-red-line/) - By Shannon Biggs with Pennie Opal Plant Movement Rights co-founders Shannon Biggs and Pennie Opal Plant were in Paris for the COP 21 climate events, and to promote grassroots alternatives to the current UN process including co-producing a report on Rights of Nature, co- hosting a beyond-capacity Rights of Nature tribunal that turned away over 1,000
- [Rights of Nature report released for Paris Climate Talks](https://movementrights.org/rights-of-nature-report-released-for-paris-climate-talks/) - By Tom B.K. Goldtooth and Shannon Biggs, editors of the new report Rights of Nature & Mother Earth: Sowing seeds of resistance, love and change. This report is a joint publication by Movement Rights, the Indigenous Environmental Network, and Global Exchange, released for the UN Climate talks in Paris. Providing both a critique of the UNFCCC process and an alternative
- [Historic Indigenous Women's Treaty Calls For Action for the Earth](https://movementrights.org/historic-indigenous-womens-treaty-calls-for-action-for-the-earth/) - By Pennie Opal Plant Pennie is the co-founder of Movement Rights and Idle No More Bay Area. There are powerful forces at work in our world. When we are open to them they can guide us into unexpected areas that can be surprising. The journey toward the creation and signing of the historic “Indigenous Women of
- [Are California Communities Running out of Water - or Democracy?](https://movementrights.org/is-california-running-out-of-water-or-democracy/) - By Javan Briggs Javan Briggs is a mother, educator, and experienced community organizer who has recently joined the Movement Rights team. She currently splits her time living in the San Joaquin Valley of California, where her own residential well has run dry, and Los Angeles. She became involved in rights-based organizing while leading a Pennsylvania community group in
- [Would you Bulldoze Your Own Temple?  Native Hawaiians Stand for a Mountain](https://movementrights.org/would-you-bulldoze-your-own-temple-native-hawaiians-stand-for-a-mountain/) - By Shannon Biggs, co-founder and director, Movement Rights They say that Hawaii is Earth's connecting point to the rest of the Universe. Telescopes—those located on Earth and those in orbit—have allowed us to see deep into the galaxy and to the edges of the universe, sparking our scientific imagination. Owing to its low light pollution,
- [CALIFORNIA DROUGHT: A PRECURSOR OF THINGS TO COME](https://movementrights.org/california-drought-a-precursor-of-things-to-come/) - By Maude BarlowWe are honored to share the following article written by Movement Rights board member, Maude Barlow. Maude Barlow is the National Chairperson of the Council of Canadians and the author of Blue Future, Protecting Water for People and the Planet Forever. She is the recipient of the Right Livelihood Award (‘Alternative Nobel’) for her work
- [California, Drought and the Return of ‘Limits to Growth’?](https://movementrights.org/california-drought-and-the-return-of-limits-to-growth/) - Photo above: A housing development in Cathedral City, near Palm Springs. Credit: Damon Winter/The New York Times By Suzanne York It’s shocking, but a mainstream media outlet has actually mentioned the idea of limits to growth and limits of nature. The New York Times, no less, has run a front-page story on the drought in
- [2015 Refinery Healing Walks: Why I am walking for Mother Earth](https://movementrights.org/2015-refinery-healing-walks-why-i-am-walking-for-mother-earth/) - by Pennie Opal Plant, co-founder Movement Rights and Idle No More Bay Area. The Connect the Dots: Refinery Healing Walks 2015 will occur over a four month period in the San Francisco Bay Area: Saturday, April 18th - Pittsburg to Martinez Sunday, May 17th - Martinez to Benicia Saturday, June 20th - Benicia to Rodeo Sunday,
- [Does Apple, Monsanto or Exxon “owe” America anything?](https://movementrights.org/does-apple-monsanto-or-exxon-owe-america-anything/) - * Image credit (above) POCLAD Robert Reich recently wrote a provocative article that nobody outside of a Fortune 500 boardroom wants to believe. He provided evidence that Americans have statistically NO power on policymakers, and corporate decisionmakers who feed like vampires on our economic, political and legal systems don’t owe us anything at all. Nothing. His first point is
- [Exceeding Earth’s Limits](https://movementrights.org/exceeding-earths-limits/) - The following is a guest blog, written by Suzanne York. The world is headed towards a “danger zone,” as it is passing a number of planetary boundaries that could destabilize the earth, according to yet another study by an international group of scientists. While your average citizen is probably not even aware of the concept of
- ['All Eyes on Peru' for Rights of Nature and the Climate](https://movementrights.org/all-eyes-on-peru-for-rights-of-nature-and-the-climate/) - By Shannon Biggs In Lima, Peru this December 1-12, the UN Climate Talks will resume for the 20th Conference of Parties (COP 20). As we approach this year’s conference, environmental and climate justice activists around the world are not expecting the UN to develop a solution to climate change. Mainly, because the UN Climate Change framework is
- [Welcome to Movement Rights!](https://movementrights.org/welcome-to-movement-rights/) - Shannon Biggs and Pennie Opal Plant have been working together for years with the idea of launching this organization to help communities institute real democracy in the town, city, county or reservation where they live. Please stay tuned for upcoming events, actions and tools that you can use in your community.
- [Finding Victories for the Amazon (and beyond)](https://movementrights.org/finding-victories-for-the-amazon-rainforest-and-beyond/) - By Shannon Biggs, co-founder, Movement RightsIf we ever needed a reminder that we are all connected, the Amazon Rainforest provides. With every breath you take, 20% of that air is created by the Amazon. It holds 20% of the world’s fresh water and 40% of the world’s tropical forests. It plays a critical role in
- [Movement Rights Joins International Rights Tribunal in Bolivia to Support Defense of TIPNIS National Park](https://movementrights.org/movement-rights-joins-international-rights-tribunal-in-bolivia-to-support-defense-of-tipnis-national-park/) - The commission, made up of four members of this body, will travel to Beni, to enter the TIPNIS and meet with the 64 indigenous communities that live there.
- [Everything We Do Is About WE At This Point](https://movementrights.org/everything-we-do-is-about-we-at-this-point/) - Cover Image from Mt. Lebanon, PA (photo credit unknown) By Pennie Opal Plant, Co-founder of Movement Rights and Idle No More SF Bay This virus is teaching us and reminding us that to survive we must include the collective WE in what we think and what we do. When we look at graphs like this
- [Can We Sell the Air?](https://movementrights.org/can-we-sell-the-air/) - By Shannon Biggs & Pennie Opal Plant co-founders, Movement Rights Chief Seattle once said, “All things share the same breath…How can you buy or sell the sky?” Today—160 years later—carbon pricing and carbon offsets make this a reality. While the carbon market is often touted as part of a glittering plan to combat climate change,
- [Poisoning Paradise: A Community Fights Back](https://movementrights.org/poisoning-paradise-a-community-fights-back/) - By Annie Dobbs-Kramer and Shannon Biggs Annie is the political director of the North Bay Organizing Project (NBOP) in Sonoma County, CA, and Shannon is the co-founder of Movement Rights. Sonoma, County California is the California Dream. Majestic Redwoods. Rugged coastline. World class dining. Affluence. The Good Life. And 425 wineries in an idyllic country
- [MEDIA ADVISORY: Oklahoma Tribes Under Attack from State](https://movementrights.org/media-release-oklahoma-tribes-under-attack-from-state/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 10/08/2020 For Media Inquiries Contact: Casey Camp Horinek, Environmental Ambassador, Ponca Nation of OK caseycamphorinek@yahoo.com Pennie Opal Plant, co-founder, Movement Rights (510) 390-0386 pennie@gatheringtribes.com Oklahoma Tribes Under Attack from State Governor Stitt Seeks to Undermine Recent Supreme
- [Generations of Indigenous Women Protecting the Rights of Water](https://movementrights.org/from-the-beginning-of-time-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 Opal Plant, Movement Rights The Indigenous world understands that “water is life.” Not just for humans, but for all species interconnected in the system of
- [Indigenous Water Protectors Gather in Oklahoma: The 3rd Convening of the Four Winds](https://movementrights.org/3rd-convening-blog/) - Recognized in over 30 countries, with more than 10 Indigenous Nations of Turtle Island passing tribal laws and statutes, Rights of Nature is the fastest growing environmental justice movement in the world.
- [MEDIA ADVISORY The Yesah Tribunal: Mountain Valley Pipeline & the Rights of Rivers](https://movementrights.org/media-advisory-the-yesah-tribunal/) - For Release: May 21, 2024 Press Contact: Kasey Kinsella, kasey@7directionsofservice.com, (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 video can be found here The Yesah Tribunal: Mountain Valley Pipeline and the Rights of Rivers June 1, 2024 Browns Summit, NC - From 9am-5pm
- [Heart of a Warrior - Indigenous Youth Initiative](https://movementrights.org/heart-of-a-warrior-indigenous-youth-initiative/) - By Isabella Zizi, Movement Rights National Organizer A lot of times “youth” can be seen as its own category or group, but they are experiencing everything happening everywhere alongside everyone, but with a fresh set of eyes and fresh minds. And for some, they are born right in the experience or in Movement spaces and
- [Walk the Talk — Protect Sacred Spaces and Phase Out Fossil Fuels](https://movementrights.org/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 by Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) Southgate, a large gas station and LNG projects. The walk started alongside the Dan River in the town now known
- [Our 2023 Year in Action & 2024 Look Forward](https://movementrights.org/2023-end-of-year-review/) - It has been an incredible year of action and growth for Movement Rights, and the work for 2024 has already begun. Movement Rights is an intentionally small, strategic Indigenous and women-led organization, focusing on three pillars organizing: frontline-led climate justice, Indigenous Rights, and Indigenous-led Rights of Nature. We were asked to speak at key events
- [The Rights of Nature Movement: Reconnecting the Disconnect](https://movementrights.org/rights-of-nature-movement-reconnecting-the-disconnect/) - By Julia Horinek, Movement Rights’ Plains Organizer At one time we all shared a connection to Mother Earth, that part of Nature that exists outside ourselves. We lived as part of the sacred system of life in a way that did not take more than we needed. We acknowledged that we need Her more than
- [It’s a Good Day to Be Indigenous: 5 Ways Indigenous Communities are Reclaiming their Land](https://movementrights.org/its-a-good-day-to-be-indigenous-5-ways-indigenous-communities-are-reclaiming-their-land/) - When we are doing the important work of Rights of Nature and Land Back, sometimes it can be disheartening to hear about all of the setbacks occurring in our communities. This blog will delve into the triumphs and successes in recent months of Indigenous communities reclaiming their lands and the emerging legal frameworks to safeguard
- [Climate Week is Over. Now what?](https://movementrights.org/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 a result of fracking, pipelines and the Conoco Phillips 66 Refinery, the Ponca community live in one of the worst fossil fuel-impacted areas in the
- [The Moment is Now - President Biden, Declare A Climate Emergency](https://movementrights.org/the-moment-is-now-president-biden-declare-a-climate-emergency/) - “We are hurtling towards disaster, eyes wide open. It’s time to wake up and step up…Fossil fuels are a dead end – for our planet, for humanity, and yes, for economies.” – UN Secretary General Antonio Gutterez. By Isabella Zizi, National Organizer, Movement Rights The urgency to declare a climate emergency grows with every new
- [What Happened When the Climate Justice Movement Came to Ponca Tribal Lands](https://movementrights.org/what-happened-when-the-climate-justice-movement-came-to-ponca-tribal-lands/) - By Pennie Opal Plant and Shannon Biggs, co-founders, Movement Rights “Was that an earthquake?” As rivers swelled, floods surged, the earth shook, and tornadoes whipped across Oklahoma—more than 200 Indigenous, POC and frontline leaders from across Turtle Island convened in the state’s oil and gas epicenter. Surrounded by fracking and injection wells, with 2,000 miles
- [Gathering Tribal Water Protectors in a Fossil Fuel Epicenter](https://movementrights.org/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 its way to neighboring states. That water is under threat from many sources including mining, dewatering, industrial agriculture—but most critically from fossil fuels. Some of
- [2022: The Year of Rights of Rivers and Climate Justice](https://movementrights.org/2022-the-year-of-the-rivers-rights-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, and the Rights of Nature. Despite the resurgence of COVID and the onslaught of severe climate-induced weather across Turtle Island, 2022 was one of Movement
- [Rights of Nature Report Addressing Climate Change Released at COP 27 Press Conference](https://movementrights.org/rights-of-nature-report-addressing-climate-change-released-at-cop-27-press-conference/) - MEDIA ADVISORY November 15, 2022 USA Press Contact: Shannon Biggs, Director, Movement Rights, shannon@movementrights.org
- [The water listened to us, and we listened to the water. ](https://movementrights.org/the-water-listened-to-us-and-we-listened-to-the-water/) - Reflections on the first Convening of the 4 Winds By Isabella ZiziIsabella Zizi is Northern Cheyenne, Muskogee Creek and enrolled Three Affiliated Tribes. Isabella attended the first of four Convening of the 4 Winds as a signatory of the Indigenous Women Defending Mother Earth Treaty, helping to organize the Equinox prayer march to ConocoPhillips. She is also a leading member
- [Media Advisory: Ponca Tribe Recognizes the Rights of Rivers](https://movementrights.org/media-advisory-ponca-tribe-recognizes-the-rights-of-rivers/) - For Immediate Release: July 18, 2022 Casey Camp Horinek, Ponca Environmental Ambassador, campcaseyponca@yahoo.com Shannon Biggs, Movement Rights, shannon@movementrights.org (415)942-2434 Ponca Nation, Turtle Island: On July 6th, 2022, the Ponca nation made history for the protection of water. The Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma Business Committee unanimously adopted a new statute recognizing the “immutable Rights of Rivers” for two rivers
- [The Climate Frontlines went to Washington: Can you Hear us Now?](https://movementrights.org/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 Bureau of Indian Affairs. Amidst a pandemic that still rages, we left our families, tribal homelands, caring communities on the frontlines of fossil fuel destruction.
- [Washington Post: Indigenous activists come to D.C. with a message for Biden: Declare a national climate emergency](https://movementrights.org/washington-post-indigenous-activists-come-to-d-c-with-a-message-for-biden-declare-a-national-climate-emergency/) - Link to article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/10/11/indigenous-protest-dc-climate-change/Casey Camp-Horinek, 73, of White Eagle, Okla., who is a tribal elder and environmental ambassador for Ponca Nation, is also in D.C. this week demanding that Biden use his executive authority to take sweeping actions on climate change and to support Indigenous people.“We are going to put our bodies on the line
- [Interview:  The Work of Breaking Free](https://movementrights.org/interview-the-work-of-breaking-free/) - A conversation with YES! Media Executive Director Christine Hanna and Casey Camp-Horinek, Environmental Ambassador, Matriarch and Hereditary Drumkeeper of the Ponca Nation of Oklahoma.BY CASEY CAMP-HORINEK &CHRISTINE HANNAAs originally posted May 10, 2021 Nearly 20 years ago, I was on the board of Zero Waste Washington, a statewide organization that had worked tirelessly for decades, starting with recycling in the
- [Red & Green Podcast: Mother Earth Doesn't Negotiate. On the Rights of Nature w/ Pennie Opal Plant & Shannon Biggs](https://movementrights.org/red-green-podcast-mother-earth-doesnt-negotiate-on-the-rights-of-nature-w-pennie-opal-plant-shannon-biggs/) - Via the Red and Green Podcast:In Cochabamba Bolivia in 2011, tens of thousands were present on Mother Earth Day as the Universal Declaration on the Rights of Mother Earth was declared in response to the “privatization” of nature by the corporate state. This was in alignment with Indigenous worldviews that have accelerated the development of
- [JOB POSTING: Intertribal Rights of Nature (IRON) Coordinator [Contract position] ](https://movementrights.org/intertribal-rights-of-nature-iron-coordinator/) - JOB POSTING: Intertribal Rights of Nature (IRON) Coordinator [Contract position] Movement Rights is seeking to contract with a communications professional with experience working with and in Indigenous communities to support our Intertribal Rights of Nature Campaign. If you are interested in the intersection of climate justice, Indigenous Rights and Rights of Nature, this may be
- [Mother Earth Does Not Negotiate](https://movementrights.org/mother-earth-does-not-negotiate/) - The United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26, will take place later this year in Glasgow, Scotland from Nov. 1-12. Leading up to COP26, this week President Biden has invited 40 world leaders to a virtual climate summit in the hope of negotiating deals with some of the world’s largest emitters of greenhouse
- [Jan 28th: Join us for The Condor and The Eagle](https://movementrights.org/jan-28th-join-us-for-the-condor-and-the-eagle/) - Join us for a screening and discussion of The Condor and The Eagle benefitting Movement Rights! STANDING IN SOLIDARITY:Indigenous Communities and the Fight for Land Justicehttps://event.webinarjam.com/register/149/4v9gva82 Thursday, January 28th9am PST / 12 pm EST / 5pm GMT / 6pm CET & WAT /7pm SAST / 8pm MSK / 10.30pm ISTQ&A starts at 1:40pm ET EcoResolution (IG) & Cara
- [JOIN US online Dec 5 & 6 for The Condor & the Eagle](https://movementrights.org/join-us-online-dec-5-6-for-the-condor-the-eagle/) - THIS WEEKEND: We are excited to share two opportunities to see the award winning film The Condor and the Eagle followed by live discussions with filmmakers, Ponca elder Casey Camp Horinek and Movement Rights team December 5 & 6.With thanks to the filmmakers, our friends at Eaton Workshop, actress Cara Delevingne and EcoResolution we are
- [ONE OKLAHOMA: Governor Stitt’s leaked memo to Congress](https://movementrights.org/one-oklahoma-governor-stitts-leaked-memo-to-congress/) - Oklahoma Governor Stitt’s leaked memo to Congress attempting to undermine Indigenous Sovereignty. Commission_On_Cooperative_Sovereignty_Report
- [[Video] Seeds of Resistance: Indigenous-led Rights of Nature on Turtle Island](https://movementrights.org/video-seeds-of-resistance-indigenous-led-rights-of-nature-on-turtle-island/) - https://youtu.be/4PDVfGl-fO8 Indigenous leadership of Rights of Nature on Turtle Island is critical at this time on Mother Earth. The goals of this webinar are to share the experiences of those tribes who have recognized Rights of Nature in tribal law with each other; to share those experiences with others considering this path; and to explore
- [THE OKLAHOMAN: Ponca ambassador calls for tribes to unite and oppose Oklahoma's environmental oversight request](https://movementrights.org/the-oklahoman-ponca-ambassador-calls-for-tribes-to-unite-and-oppose-oklahomas-environmental-oversight-request/) - A tribal leader is calling for Oklahoma’s Native Americans to unite as the federal government ponders the future of key environmental regulatory activities in Oklahoma’s Indian Country. In July, Oklahoma asked the EPA to grant it the authority to continue regulating key environmental issues across areas of the state designated as Indian Territory before statehood.
- [Beyond Isolation: Reconnecting with Indigenous Wisdom & Women](https://movementrights.org/beyond-isolation-reconnecting-with-indigenous-wisdom-women/) - Casey Camp-Horinek will open this webinar with a collective prayer to all who are sick and struggling, and for those who have passed on. This pandemic is another message from Mother Earth and the sacred system of life. Our work now as we cocoon and look inward as well as forward to listen to what
- [Connecting a Canadian First Nations’ Sovereignty to Dredging the San Francisco Bay](https://movementrights.org/connecting-a-canadian-first-nations-sovereignty-to-dredging-the-san-francisco-bay/) - By Pennie Opal Plant, co-founder Movement Rights and Idle No More SF Bay The recent Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) invasion of Wet'suwet'en territory is directly related to First Nation’s sovereignty, as well as proposals to dredge San Pablo Bay (the northeast end of San Francisco Bay) and the Phillips 66 wharf expansion in California.
- [Support the movement for Rights of Nature and Indigenous rights today](https://movementrights.org/support-the-movement-for-rights-of-nature-and-indigenous-rights-today/) - DONATE TODAY: http://bit.ly/movementrightsWe cannot stop climate chaos when the law treats the Earth as property. Movement Rights works with tribes and communities to align human laws with the laws of Nature by recognizing the role of laws and corporations in the destruction of our world. Corporations use current laws to exploit what we need to
- [Protecting the Sacred: Indigenous Reflections on Maori-led Legal Personhood (Series 1)](https://movementrights.org/protecting-the-sacred-indigenous-reflections-on-maori-led-legal-personhood-series-1/) - The Whanganui Chapter by Neeta Lind (Diné), Director of Community, Daily Kos ABOUT THIS SERIES: In 2018 Movement Rights led a delegation of Indigenous and Rights of Nature Advocates from Turtle Island to New Zealand (Aotearoa) to share experiences and learn from the Maori iwi (tribes) who have recognized legal personhood for the protection of
- [VIDEO: Learning Rights of Nature from the Maori: Movement Rights delegation visits New Zealand (Aotearea)](https://movementrights.org/video-learning-rights-of-nature-from-the-maori-movement-rights-delegation-visits-new-zealand-aotearea/) - https://youtu.be/12JinXMK4lM We have so much to learn from each other. And from the indigenous people who are the world's best protectors of the earth, the Maori have been fighting to change the way that the New Zealand government sees nature. Like most countries, nature is seen as legal property to be used for profit. For
- [Pew Center: "Cities, Tribes Try a New Environmental Approach: Give Nature Rights"](https://movementrights.org/pew-center-cities-tribes-try-a-new-environmental-approach-give-nature-rights/) - “The law as we know it recognizes the earth and ecosystems as human property,” said Shannon Biggs, a co-founder of Movement Rights, which advocates for nature’s rights. “Corporations can frack in communities or blow off the tops of mountains — that’s a privilege that’s been granted to corporations in this country. That’s not going to go easily.”
- [Update on Bolivia: The world is watching](https://movementrights.org/update-on-bolivia-the-world-is-watching/) - After two months of raging fires in Bolivia, the rains came to the rescue of the forests, displaced animals and Indigenous tribes. Indigenous peoples have blood marches throughout the country to protest the slow response of the national government. Like Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil, Bolivian President Evo Morales has been accused of defending the flames of
- [ANALYSIS-That river has rights: new strategy to protect planet](https://movementrights.org/analysis-that-river-has-rights-new-strategy-to-protect-planet/) - In a growing global movement, environmentalists are trying a new legal route to protect the planet - vesting rivers and reefs with "rights of nature"
- [Native Hoop: "Today's Indigenous Warriors are Frontliners"](https://movementrights.org/native-hoop-todays-indigenous-warriors-are-frontliners/) - By Nicky Kay Michael, PhD Via Native Hoop Today's Indigenous warriors, are Frontliners. They face off with private security dogs, are imprisoned in dog cages, and experience militarized psychological warfare at Standing Rock #NODAPL. They hold horrifyingly sad signs bearing the images of missing or murdered loved ones at rallies and hang haunting dresses symbolizing
- [Bolivia: Nature rights tribunal condemns TIPNIS project](https://movementrights.org/bolivia-nature-rights-tribunal-condemns-tipnis-project/) - Via Mongabay News Bolivia has “violated the rights of nature and of indigenous peoples as defenders of Mother Earth and have failed to comply with its obligation to respect, protect, and guarantee the rights of Mother Earth…” the International Rights of Nature Tribunal has ruled. In 2018, a delegation from the tribunal was refused entry
- [International Rights of Nature Tribunal presents judgement in TIPNIS Case in Bolivia](https://movementrights.org/international-rights-of-nature-tribunal-presents-judgement-in-tipnis-case-in-bolivia/) - Via the International Rights of Nature TribunalThe ruling concludes that the Plurinational State of Bolivia has violated the Rights of Nature and of Indigenous peoples as defenders of Mother Earth and establishes a set of immediate reparations for the TIPNIS case. On May 15, the International Rights of Nature Tribunal (hereinafter the Tribunal) released on
- [Bringing the Climate Justice Movement to the Ponca Nation](https://movementrights.org/bringing-the-climate-justice-movement-to-the-ponca-nation/) - By Shannon Biggs and Pennie Opal Plant, Co-founders, Movement Rights Mark your calendars for May 16-18 2019. The Frontline Oil and Gas Conference will bring impacted community members from across the country together in the Ponca Nation in Oklahoma for three days of training and collective work to protect communities from oil and gas related
- [VIDEO: Official report of the International Tribunal for the Rights of Nature Regarding TIPNIS (Bolivia)](https://movementrights.org/video-official-report-of-the-international-tribunal-for-the-rights-of-nature-regarding-tipnis-bolivia/) - PRESENTATION OF THE REPORT OF THE COMMISSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF NATURAL RIGHTS IN THE CASE: INDIGENOUS TERRITORY AND ISIBORO SÉCURE NATIONAL PARK (TIPNIS), BOLIVIA VIEW PDF: Report TIPNIS Commission pdf VIEW PDF in Spanish: Informe Tribunal final pdf WHAT IS THE INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE RIGHTS OF NATURE? The Court is an body
- [Will you be Standing for Rights in 2019?](https://movementrights.org/will-you-be-standing-for-rights-in-2019/) - Dear Relatives, With your support 2018 was a year full of victories and action for Movement Rights. Our plans for 2019 are even more ambitious, there isn’t a moment to lose to take action for the Earth. In California We are working with migrant farm workers, small farmers, tribes and community members in Sonoma County, California
- [Why We are Made for These Times](https://movementrights.org/why-we-are-made-for-these-times/) - https://youtu.be/veQcr9sCQCU Dear Relatives, We live in a time like no other. A climate clock is ticking as politicians sow division. Yet we are not here by accident—we were made for these times. We are resilient. We are needed. And we are fearlessly armed with love. In 2018 Movement Rights had a year of victories, hope
- [Join us Nov 16 in Sacramento: Forest Offsets / Carbon Trading = Climate Disruption](https://movementrights.org/join-us-nov-16-in-sacremento-forest-offsets-carbon-trading-climate-disruption/) - Forest Offsets are Carbon Trading = Climate Disruption RSVP to the Facebook event page here Carbon trading mechanisms allow the fossil fuel industry to continue to emit carbon into the atmosphere, as well as devastate the health of communities living near extraction sites, infrastructure projects and refineries. Tropical forest offsets impact Indigenous people who have
- [Join us online Mon 11/12: GIVING NATURE A VOICE! How the Ponca Nation recognized the Rights of Nature to ban Fracking](https://movementrights.org/join-us-online-mon-11-12-giving-nature-a-voice-how-the-ponca-nation-recognized-the-rights-of-nature-to-ban-fracking/) - Via the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature GIVING NATURE A VOICE! – The Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature’s own Webinar Series – with Shannon Biggs (part of GARN’s Executive Committee) The Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature with its own webinar series is coming around the bend! This time in
- [Mongabay News: Environmental delegation blocked from entering Bolivian national park](https://movementrights.org/mongabay-news-environmental-delegation-blocked-from-entering-bolivian-national-park/) - A delegation from the International Rights of Nature Tribunal was recently refused entry to the Isiboro Sécure National Park and Indigenous Territory (TIPNIS) in Bolivia. The commission had planned a discussion with leaders of the TIPNIS regarding the construction of a highway that would cross through the protected area. Some leaders are in favor of
- [Must Watch: TIPNIS and the Rights of Nature (Video in English/Espanol)](https://movementrights.org/must-watch-tipnis-and-the-rights-of-nature-video-in-english-espanol/) - This video is based on the hearing held on August 17, 2018 by the commission of the International Court of Nature Rights for the TIPNIS case in the community of Trinidacito located in the heart of the Indigenous Territory and Isiboro Secure Park, Bolivia. Via Fundacion Solon https://youtu.be/TqJCCr1R-dc Through the testimonies of the participants in
- [Rights of Nature: Shifting Paradigms and Grounding In the Law](https://movementrights.org/rights-of-nature-shifting-paradigms-and-grounding-in-the-law/) - Sponsored by the Vermont Journal of Environmental Law, Vermont Law School This coming Friday, October 9 from 8am-5pm Shannon Biggs of Movement Rights will be presenting at the Rights of Nature: Shifting Paradigms and Grounding In The Law conference at the Vermont Law School. From the event page: Do environmental statutes work? Should nature take the stand
- [Movement Rights in Ecuador for the International Rights of Nature Symposium](https://movementrights.org/movement-rights-in-ecuador-for-the-international-rights-of-nature-symposium/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 24th, 2018 Media Contact: Hana Begovic (General Inquiries) organizer@therightsofnature.org +593 99 469 5500 María del Mar Iturralde (Communications) mariturralde@gmail.com +593 99 992 5281 Natalia Greene (GARN Executive Committee) nati.greene@gmail.com +593 9944 3724 PRESS RELEASE INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS OF NATURE SYMPOSIUM IN QUITO, ECUADOR QUITO, Ecuador -­From September 27th to September 28th, 2018,
- [Commission of International Rights of Nature Tribunal examines the controversial road project in the heart of TIPNIS](https://movementrights.org/commission-of-international-rights-of-nature-tribunal-examines-the-controversial-road-project-in-the-heart-of-tipnis/) - Via the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature For immediate Release Media inquiries contact Secretariat: Hana Begovic (organizer@therightsofnature.org) Spanish: Alberto Acosta (alacosta48@yahoo.com) and Enrique Viale (enriqueviale@yahoo.com.ar) English: Shannon Biggs (shannon@movementrights.org) Commission of International Rights of Nature Tribunal examines the controversial road project in the heart of TIPNIS Cochabamba, Bolivia — Today, the Commission
- [VIDEO: Bolivia 2018 (English/Español)](https://movementrights.org/video-bolivia-2018-english-espanol/) - Recently, Movement Rights had the opportunity to return to Bolivia as part of the International Tribunal for the Rights of Nature, a Commission which was born out of a gathering in Tiquipaya, Bolivia several years ago. This past August numerous stories were shared about a controversial highway development that will cut directly through protected rainforest and disrupt
- [Join us 9/11 for the Women's Assembly for Climate Justice](https://movementrights.org/womens-assembly-for-climate-justice/) - Join the founders of Movement Rights at the WECAN International Event: Women's Assembly for Climate Justice: Women Leading Solutions on the Frontlines of Climate Change this Tuesday, September 11th from 1-9p.m. in San Francisco. Via the FB event page: Join the Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) International on September 11th, 2018 for ‘Women's Assembly for Climate Justice:
- [Detained in Bolivia While Defending the Rights of Nature](https://movementrights.org/detained-in-bolivia-while-defending-the-rights-of-nature/) - Recently, Shannon Biggs of Movement Rights had the opportunity to return to Bolivia as part of the International Tribunal for the Rights of Nature, a Commission which was born out of a gathering in Tiquipaya, Bolivia several years ago. On August 19th, 2018, the Tribunal members were invited to visit the TIPNIS National Indigenous Territory
- [VIDEO: Press Conference in Bolivia (Aug 20 2018)](https://movementrights.org/video-press-conference-in-bolivia-aug-20-2018/) - Speech by Shannon Biggs at the press conference in Bolivia on August 20th, a day after the Tribunal was detained at the TIPNIS. Transcript in English / Spanish. https://youtu.be/UvxuT99-TmM Transcript (English): I'm going to talk a little bit about the government of the Tribunal and the role of Bolivia in the global movement for the
- [Rights of Nature Tribunal was retained and later released in Isinuta – Bolivia](https://movementrights.org/rights-of-nature-tribunal-was-retained/) - The Commission went to the Polígono 7 section on Sunday, August 19th, to listen to the parties after the invitation of CPITCO (Coordinator of Indigenous Peoples of the Cochabamba Tropics), however, upon their arrival they were detained at the Isinuta bridge, and were not allowed to communicate externally; by a blockade of settlers and coca producing farmers and a union of transporters who are in favor of the construction of a highway that crosses the TIPNIS. They were detained for more than five hours. The Commission was held back without being able to move forward, but also unable to return.
- [Movement Rights Indigenous Delegation to Aotearoa](https://movementrights.org/movement-rights-indigenous-delegation-to-aotearoa/) - May 1, 2018 When Shannon Biggs found out about the Maori/New Zealand Crown Settlement Agreements which recognized the personhood of the Te Urewera rainforest and the Whanganui River she was one of the few who immediately understood the implications as a model for humanity to move forward toward a healthy and balanced world.
- [New Report Shows Rights of Nature Emerges as Alternative to UN Climate Framework](https://movementrights.org/new-report-shows-rights-of-nature-emerges-as-alternative-to-un-climate-framework/) - Movement Rights coproduced a report, Rights of Nature: Rights-Based Law for Systemic Change with our allies Womens Earth and Climate Action Network and the Indigenous Environmental Network as part of our activities in Bonn, Germany for the UN Climate negotiations. The report is available for free download and has contributions from a dozen rights of nature global leaders. BONN,
- [Media Release: PONCA NATION CONSIDERS Rights of Nature FRACKING & INJECTION BAN](https://movementrights.org/media-release-ponca-nation-considers-rights-of-nature-fracking-injection-ban/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 8, 2016 Contact: Shannon Biggs, Movement Rights (415) 841.2998 Shannon@movementrights.org Casey Camp Horinek, Ponca Tribal Council (580) 716.7015 caseycamphorinek@yahoo.com PONCA NATION CONSIDERS FRACKING & INJECTION BAN Hosts Public Events October 15 to Explore ‘Rights of Nature’ Ban on Tribal Lands Ponca City, OK – One month after the human-made 5.8 magnitude earthquake
- [Indigenous Peoples Standing up to Ecuador & Big Oil](https://movementrights.org/indigenous-peoples-standing-up-to-ecuador-big-oil/) - By Pennie Opal Plant & Shannon Biggs, co-founders, Movement Rights “We will fight oil until our last breath,” Manari Ushigua, president of the Zapara tribe (pictured with his sister, Gloria Ushigua) recently told journalists outside Ecuador's Ministry of Strategic Resources. “Our spirit needs a healthy environment.” Imagine that you live in a place where all of

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- [tribal sovereignty](https://movementrights.org/tag/tribal-sovereignty/)
- [Governor Stitt](https://movementrights.org/tag/governor-stitt/)
- [Indian](https://movementrights.org/tag/indian/)
- [fossil fuels](https://movementrights.org/tag/fossil-fuels/)
- [Keystone](https://movementrights.org/tag/keystone/)
- [KXL](https://movementrights.org/tag/kxl/)
- [Native American](https://movementrights.org/tag/native-american/)
- [Tribes](https://movementrights.org/tag/tribes/)
- [Indian Territory](https://movementrights.org/tag/indian-territory/)
- [territory](https://movementrights.org/tag/territory/)
- [pollution](https://movementrights.org/tag/pollution/)
- [clean air](https://movementrights.org/tag/clean-air/)
- [EPA](https://movementrights.org/tag/epa/)
- [land back](https://movementrights.org/tag/land-back/)
- [Trump](https://movementrights.org/tag/trump/)
- [Arctic Wildlife Refuge](https://movementrights.org/tag/arctic-wildlife-refuge/)
- [Turtle Island](https://movementrights.org/tag/turtle-island/)
- [JP Morgan](https://movementrights.org/tag/jp-morgan/)
- [Alberta](https://movementrights.org/tag/alberta/)
- [Minnesota](https://movementrights.org/tag/minnesota/)
- [Lakota](https://movementrights.org/tag/lakota/)
- [Ponca](https://movementrights.org/tag/ponca/)
- [genocide](https://movementrights.org/tag/genocide/)
- [Gwich'in](https://movementrights.org/tag/gwichin/)
- [Winona LaDuke](https://movementrights.org/tag/winona-laduke/)
- [green movement](https://movementrights.org/tag/green-movement/)
- [Enbridge](https://movementrights.org/tag/enbridge/)
- [Faith Gemmill](https://movementrights.org/tag/faith-gemmill/)
- [WECAN](https://movementrights.org/tag/wecan/)
- [sacred rice](https://movementrights.org/tag/sacred-rice/)
- [Chippewa](https://movementrights.org/tag/chippewa/)
- [Biden](https://movementrights.org/tag/biden/)
- [First 100 days](https://movementrights.org/tag/first-100-days/)
- [2020](https://movementrights.org/tag/2020/)
- [Line 3](https://movementrights.org/tag/line-3/)
- [ANWR](https://movementrights.org/tag/anwr/)
- [Haaland](https://movementrights.org/tag/haaland/)
- [BuildBackFossilFree](https://movementrights.org/tag/buildbackfossilfree/)
- [Rights of Rivers](https://movementrights.org/tag/rights-of-rivers/)
- [Salt Fork River](https://movementrights.org/tag/salt-fork-river/)
- [Arkansas River](https://movementrights.org/tag/arkansas-river/)
- [climate crisis](https://movementrights.org/tag/climate-crisis/)
- [People VS Fossil Fuels](https://movementrights.org/tag/people-vs-fossil-fuels/)
- [Build Back Fossil Free](https://movementrights.org/tag/build-back-fossil-free/)
- [Expectus](https://movementrights.org/tag/expectus/)
- [Landback](https://movementrights.org/tag/landback/)
- [White House](https://movementrights.org/tag/white-house/)
- [frontline communities](https://movementrights.org/tag/frontline-communities/)
- [Manoomin Rice](https://movementrights.org/tag/manoomin-rice/)
- [net zero](https://movementrights.org/tag/net-zero/)
- [nature based solutions](https://movementrights.org/tag/nature-based-solutions/)
- [false solutions](https://movementrights.org/tag/false-solutions/)
- [Sharon Lavigne](https://movementrights.org/tag/sharon-lavigne/)
- [Cancer Alley](https://movementrights.org/tag/cancer-alley/)
- [Glasgow](https://movementrights.org/tag/glasgow/)
- [COP 26](https://movementrights.org/tag/cop-26/)
- [Rivers](https://movementrights.org/tag/rivers/)
- [nuclear](https://movementrights.org/tag/nuclear/)
- [climate emergency](https://movementrights.org/tag/climate-emergency/)
- [COP 27](https://movementrights.org/tag/cop-27/)
- [Conference of Parties](https://movementrights.org/tag/conference-of-parties/)
- [Nnimmo Bassey](https://movementrights.org/tag/nnimmo-bassey/)
- [Osprey Orielle Lake](https://movementrights.org/tag/osprey-orielle-lake/)
- [Wounded Knee](https://movementrights.org/tag/wounded-knee/)
- [COP 28](https://movementrights.org/tag/cop-28/)
- [Reservation Dogs](https://movementrights.org/tag/reservation-dogs/)
- [Climate Ambition Summit](https://movementrights.org/tag/climate-ambition-summit/)
- [Dubai](https://movementrights.org/tag/dubai/)
- [PVFF](https://movementrights.org/tag/pvff/)
- [Crystal Cavalier Keck](https://movementrights.org/tag/crystal-cavalier-keck/)
- [Julia Horinek](https://movementrights.org/tag/julia-horinek/)
- [Isabella Zizi](https://movementrights.org/tag/isabella-zizi/)
- [Convening of the Four Winds](https://movementrights.org/tag/convening-of-the-four-winds/)
- [just transition](https://movementrights.org/tag/just-transition/)
- [Mountain Valley Pipeline](https://movementrights.org/tag/mountain-valley-pipeline/)
- [MVP](https://movementrights.org/tag/mvp/)
- [water protector](https://movementrights.org/tag/water-protector/)
- [Indigenous youth](https://movementrights.org/tag/indigenous-youth/)
- [Earth Guardians](https://movementrights.org/tag/earth-guardians/)
- [7 Directions of Service](https://movementrights.org/tag/7-directions-of-service/)
- [GARN](https://movementrights.org/tag/garn/)
- [Haw River](https://movementrights.org/tag/haw-river/)
- [Dan River](https://movementrights.org/tag/dan-river/)