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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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May 20, 2024

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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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March 3, 2024

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Our 2023 Year in Action & 2024 Look Forward

https://youtu.be/BuALPs5BZGkIt 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…

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December 18, 2023

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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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January 15, 2023

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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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January 17, 2022

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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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October 23, 2021

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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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May 18, 2021

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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…

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January 20, 2021

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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…

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December 17, 2020

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Trump’s 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…

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December 14, 2020