Dear Friends, The Dakota Access pipeline isn’t finished. Tomorrow, here in Iowa, we’ll continue to stand with our allies at Standing Rock and with Iowa farmers, landowners, Native communities and environmentalists Continue Reading →
Dear Friends, If you live in Iowa, please join us Saturday, January 28 for a big event (that’s tomorrow!). Bold Iowa and Indigenous Iowa are collaborating on a rally to protest President Trump’s decision to Continue Reading →
Dear Friends, [Read the original article here: BOLD IOWA WEBSITE LINK HERE] “Water is Life!” A cry started in the fight against the Dakota Access pipeline has become a national Continue Reading →
Dear Friends, First, a reminder about our exciting event this Sunday with Jane Kleeb and Josh Fox. We’ll watch Fox’s new film on climate, and Jane will update us on Continue Reading →
Dear Friends, I don’t believe I’ve ever included a mainstream media story in its entirety in this weekly update. Yet the story on the Standing Rock Sioux encampment in North Continue Reading →
Dear Friends, While cruising along at 20 mph on my bike recently, my left eye had an intimate encounter with a bug that, from a centmeter out, seemed as big Continue Reading →
Dear Friends, Filling in for me Monday, August 8th at 11:00 on the Fallon Forum is Maria Filippone. Her focus will be on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and her guests include Isaac Christensen with Continue Reading →
Dear Friends, I sound like a one-trick pony lately, but that’s how serious is this fight against the Bakken Pipeline. Led by farmers, landowners, tribal communities, environmentalists and a dedicated Continue Reading →
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sunday, June 5, 2016 Contact: Ed Fallon, Bold Iowa ed@boldiowa.org, (515) 238-6404 Adam Mason, Iowa CCI adam@iowacci.org, (515) 282-0484 “BROKEN HEARTLAND” RALLY OPPOSES PIPELINE Des Moines, IA – With the Continue Reading →
Dear Friends, A year ago today, I was arrested by my friends with the Iowa State Patrol because Governor Branstad refused to hear the stories of landowners I’d met during my 400-mile Continue Reading →