NoDAPL National Day of Action Includes Des Moines, Omaha

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Dear Friends,

People have been asking me my thoughts on the election, and why I seem to have been silent. Honestly, I simply haven’t had time to fully collect what I want to say and write, what with a string of summits, actions and concerts on the pipeline this week. After tomorrow’s big Day of Action, I’ll be able to get that done, and will welcome your feedback.

And it may surprise you that I have a somewhat optimistic outlook on how this is going to roll over the next four years.

And yes, the NoDAPL National Day of Action promises to be a really big deal. I hope you can attend the action nearest to you. Click here for detail on the action nearest to you.

For pipeline fighters in Iowa and Nebraska, I hope you’ll join us tomorrow at on or both of these events. Here’s the press release. Thanks! – Ed

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, November 14, 2016
Contact Ed Fallon at 515-238-6404 or ed@boldiowa.org

NoDAPL National Day of Action Includes Des Moines, Omaha

On Tuesday, November 15, tens of thousands of people will be joining together at over 200 actions in all 50 states to stand with Water Protectors at Standing Rock and farmers and landowners in Iowa who are holding the line against the Dakota Access pipeline.

• WHAT: #NoDAPL Solidarity Rally
• WHERE: Neal Smith Federal Building, 210 Walnut St., Des Moines
• WHEN: Tuesday, Nov. 15, 1:00 – 1:30 p.m.

Afterwards, participants will carpool to join Native allies and Bold Nebraska at the Army Corps office in Omaha at 4:30 p.m. They will display banners, flags and signs with slogans such as:

Stand in Prayer. Stop the Pipeline.
Solidarity with Standing Rock and Iowa #NoDAPL
Pres. Obama: Stop the Dakota Access Pipeline

“The Army Corps fast-tracked the Dakota Access Pipeline without proper consultation, and now bulldozers are approaching Standing Rock and working quickly to finish up construction here in Iowa,” said Bold Iowa director, Ed Fallon. “With coordinated, massive demonstrations across the country, we’ll make it clear that we will not allow the Obama Administration or the incoming president to sacrifice Indigenous rights, our water or our climate.”

One of the day’s largest actions is expected in Washington, DC, where hundreds are expected to risk arrest. At 3:00, pipeline fighters will meet at the National Portrait Gallery and walk to the Army Corps Headquarters for a peaceful sit-in at 4:00. That will be followed by a rally, then a march to the White House at 5:00.

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