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February 24, 2017 By Lindsey Tarr 1 Comment

Checking In – still on the move in 2017: Standing Rock, alternate facts and real progress!

Tell you what team – I left for an adventure to Standing Rock, October 2016, and it has changed my life!
For those who have been following, supporting, sharing, divesting (!) – Thank You! I’m proud of us, for myself and so many of you, for becoming more engaged than we have in our entire lives; it has been depressing at times, I know; and to keep paying attention is a daily struggle, I know. 

Thank you for your patience – this will be my return to posting since around the time I was arrested.  It is hard to describe how camp works exactly but to say it takes good intentions and a good bit of learning, humility and energy to figure out one’s place – is an understatement.  Anyway, I was just finding my niche around this time and it kept me so busy each day, before the sun rose to after it set that the daily trip to connectivity lost its priority; it felt amazing!

Then, if you keep up on the Transparency log, you will be able to track the expenditure of all your wonderful donations to the cause: driving elders, gathering winter supplies, and transporting new water protectors to camp!

Since that time:

  1. Thousands of Veterans arrived to camp to protect the water protectors from the Army Corps of Engineers’ December 5th, eviction notice.
  2. In response to the mobilization,  Obama ordered another halt on the project, required the Army Corps to stand down and enforce the completion of the Environmental Impact Statement (of which public comments are needed) – therefore No more impending doom for the winter!
  3. Most essential personnel stayed at camp through the harshest part of winter – awaiting Trump’s inauguration day and alternate facts.

I came home to California and knew my life would never be what it was before…

(How does one speak boldly without excluding someone?)

Friends, please know it is Very important to me that you know I support you just as you have supported me. I do not, I Cannot judge your lives or life’s work.  We each have a purpose the fulfilling of which is unique to each of us. In the case of differences – bipartisan, orientation, spiritual, etc. – differences of any nature, I can only be the best Me in trying to understand, and in trying to focus on commonalities and grow love from these.  Even of my enemies, I hope this from myself and others…

That said, thankfully my bogus Morton County Felony was dropped but… going forward, I will always be the person in your life who went to North Dakota and stood in civil disobedience against racism and numerous (and still counting) violations against humanity by “public servants” on the ground up to the highest offices of our country for the sake of profit and “progress”; and the saga continues. 

My eyes have been opened to many things – ultimately to the facts:

  • There are organized forces in this world operating in darkness under the prerogative that any means justify the ends and are operating by day in positions which control how and what media networks cover and what they do not, what airs and what does not, what is spoken about in Presidential candidate debates and what is not.
  • The rest of us work so much, so much more than the 40-hour-week we commute to, that doing anything else feels impossible. Keeping up with our family and closest relationships, our own health – outside of work (!) is hard enough.

Yet, We can sense the brokenness of it all (there is our common ground) – education, healthcare; our very own democracy and “American Dream” is no longer our freedom, it’s our debt!  Where do we begin with that?! It’s all so big.

My eyes have been opened and there Is hope (how about that #womensmarch; and the tallying wins as conveyed via the Resistance Report).


I knew when I began this journey not everyone would be able to come and I understand this. I understand the obligations you have to your families and I know they are not obligations at all, but Blessings… the joys of life.  It is the obligations we’ve built around these things that are illusions we’ve been marketed and it is upon all of us to open our eyes and acknowledge, disown, reject, organize, boycott and divest (how to do it and where to go) from the things that have become Unacceptable during our complacent time of abundance and comfort.  EXAMPLE of Unacceptable: CDC Knew Its Vaccine Program Was Exposing Children to Dangerous Mercury Levels Since 1999.

I’m uncovering things. This is the journey you have supported thus far.  What next?

I’ve written a book (!)…captured a piece of history that shall never be forgotten with inklings, how-to’s, of replicating the efforts of reclaiming our humanity from greed.

I’ll continue to go where not all can and to uncover buried things.  To further study my hunch about Reverse Progress, our most pertinent mission to go backward in order to go forward – like putting heart back into everything we do (as the Lakota have reminded me to do), like taking chemicals back out of food and water and clothing, like taking money back out of democracy; remembering what life once was and must always be: shelter, food, water and those yet unborn.

In all of my travels, tribulations, and simple joys – you, my family, all my relatives, are always with me. Me/We!

Cheers!

–

Z

Bug

Lindzo

Lindsey lou

 

As always, make sure you are divested from the Unacceptable things!

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September 22, 2016 By Lindsey Tarr 4 Comments

Part 1: Standing Up for Standing Rock

Hey everyone!  I need your help.

Where? Why? And what will come of it?   Well….

What do 80,000 Irish folks [1] know that many Americans do not?  And that 200,000 Pharrell Williams Facebook fans [2] know that many of your friends do not?

Standing rock is happening!  Implications include oil, water, oil in water – human rights and safety, native rights, destruction to private property, fossil fuels, energy independence and environmental impact. It is an epic drama of our times. 

The paraphrased facts according to:

  • Energy Transfer Group [3]
    • We are building an 1,172-mile pipeline to pull domestically produced sweet crude oil from North Dakota and deliver it in the most cost-effective manner and safest way possible to coastal and foreign markets.
    • Accommodations, minimal disruption and full restoration of impacted land is our stance toward private landowners.
    • This is a good thing for our country because we need to be fossil fuel independent; it will create jobs, increased business for local services, increased property taxes revenue for local infrastructure improvement; and by requiring less railcar demand other industries, like agriculture, will benefit also.  
  • Standing Rock Sioux tribe [4], and the many who have already officially signed on in support like the United Nations, 300+ tribes, cities and first nations, 80,000 Irishmen also fighting privatization of basic rights like water, Pharrell Williams, numerous nurse organizations, Jesse Jackson Sr, Congressman Ruiz, Bernie Sanders, to name a few
    • “…the pipeline has already led to the destruction of our sacred sites.”  [The destruction of burial sites is inherently irreparable.]
    • Millions have chosen to stand in opposition of the destruction of land, resources, water and sacred sites – they’ve chosen to ignore us.
    • The fight will not be over until there is permanent protection from the pipeline.
    • We will peacefully, diligently pursue all legal, legislative and administrative options to stop the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline.
  • The Government
    • Obama has halted construction pending the Army Corps of Engineers full impact analysis; there will be a court decision of whether or not construction can proceed based on this.

My initial takeaways: 

This is an All-American issue.  Everyone should #NoDAPL. Many at this time do not.

In this case, an oil pipeline would run alongside the Missouri River in North Dakota – through native burial sites, and again further down river.

As my good friend and fossil fuel divestment analyst, Thomas Cyr, has said, “If they wouldn’t run it through Arlington Cemetery, this shouldn’t be any different.” More so, if they wouldn’t run it through Mexico or Canada without absolute agreement, then this should Not be any different.

It is not just about preserving sacred land for a select group of people, though it would be nice to think that if it was JUST about that, that more Americans would step up to help, But it isn’t. It IS about EVERYONE living downriver, and EVERYONE who wants to be treated fairly in our country.  It is relevant to all cities and states downriver from this pipeline because of the high risk of damage to the water source.  These relevant states include: North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri.

St. Louis sits where the Missouri runs into the Mississippi River, so every connected state down river from this point which would also be affected is: Illinois, Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana.  

Additionally, the most important food crops [5] of these specific states are grains, with the exception of Louisiana, whose most lucrative crop is sugarcane.

So everyone who lives in a state in which people consume bread, rice, cereal, hot pockets, lunchables, alcohol, soda and candy should also Google: Dakota Access Pipeline and  “Lists of pipeline accidents in the US in the 21st century”.


The truth is we are all connected and the Natives have taken a stand for what’s right.  Not just for them, for All of us. The time is Now.

On October 8th I’m going to the pipeline because they need help in protecting this land, a land that was already taken from them once, and a water source that feeds into so much. Their neighbor, no, not even their neighbor – a company from Texas, has violently trespassed into their front yard with dozers. Their need is urgent.  This much is clear.

For those of you with family, kids, a mortgage, some health-related priority… I’m going for us!  Not just to stand, but to help build a way forward.

For those of you who can’t go, immediate help needed (30 minutes please):

1) For Standing Rock (est. time with scripts and email template : 23 minutes)

“Hello, I hope you’re having a peaceful day. ? ____________(Your name, date, location): I do Not support the violation of the Standing Rock Sioux’ rights or of any human rights for the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. [This is an all-american issue.  One pipeline accident could create contamination affecting the health and safety of millions.  Your inaction to help stop it will be unacceptable]…”  (quick pace, limited voicemail time)

  • Call, voicemail if no answer, email if voicemail full. *email template below – BCC your contacts so they may easily repeat process
    • North Dakota Governer Jack Dalrymple 701-328-2200  (very nice assistent)
    • The White House 202-456-1111 (wait on the line, very nice administrator) “…halting it is not enough. The President  needs to rescind the Army Corps of Engineers’ Permit for the Dakota Access Pipeline.”
    • The Army Corps of Engineers 202-761-5903 “…halting it is not enough. We demand you Reverse the permit for the Dakota Access Pipeline.”
    • The Executives benefitting from the projects profits: “…we demand you Stop sacrificing human rights for the continued development of the Dakota Access Pipeline.”
      • Lee Hanse, Executive VP, Energy Transfer Partners, L.P.
        210-403-6455
        lee.hanse@energytransfer.com
        800 E Sonterra Blvd #400, San Antonio, Texas 78258
      • Glenn Emery, Vice President, Energy Transfer Partners, L.P.
        210-403-6762
        glenn.emery@energytransfer.com
        800 E Sonterra Blvd, #400, San Antonia, Texas 78258
      • Michael (Cliff) Waters, Lead Analyst, Energy Transfer Partners
        713-989-2404
        michael.waters@energytransfer.com
        1300 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77002
  • Sign (don’t forget: email verification required, to confirm you’re not a robot)
    • Petition to the White House to Stop DAPL
    • Standing Rock Pledge of Resistance to DAPL
    • Change.org petition to stop DAPL
    • Food and Water Watch stop DAPL
    • EarthJustice stop DAPL
    • any other orgs you support already with a petition to stop DAPL
  • Donate
    • Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
    • Defense Fund
  • Join an action near you

2) For me! Lindsey Lou on the Move (est. time 12 minutes)

  • Recommend me on LinkedIn
  • Follow me on this at Lindsey Lou on the Move: Standing Rock!

I’ll use that page to share with you facts and news from the front lines.

  • Tell EVERYONE I need help on this.  Please copy and paste the updates from the site and share with your own networks via FB, Twitter, Email, text,GroupMe, Whatsapp etc.

We all need clean water to live.  After all, this is merely one case in which a large corporation has overstepped laws, potentially endangering safety and basic needs;(Interesting to note, local and national nurse organizations are often the first to rise up, sign on and voice urgency in solidarity on such clearly egregious human rights, health and safety issues)

  • Watch out for my crowd fund launch!   Yes a crowd fund!

The MOST Important thing about this stand is the Outcome!  In this case, a new way forward must be the solution, not just for Standing Rock, but for Standing Rock FIRST.  I’m determined to help build that solution.   This will take time, resources and ALL the support you can give to the crowd fund and otherwise.

 

3) For everyone standing (est. time: 1 hour to gather, 1 hour to deliver)

Winter is fast approaching.  Cannonball, North Dakota averages 10 degrees (F) during the cold season.  Survival items needed include:

  • Jackets, boots, hats, gloves, scarves, socks, sweaters, underwear, sunglasses
  • Canvass Tents, Extreme cold sleeping bags, blankets, pillows
  • Toiletries, personal and feminine personal hygiene items
  • First Aid Supplies
  • Non-perishable food
  • School Supplies
  1. You can deliver these items to a local drop off, please contact me for drop-off location information or
  2. You can purchase them via:
    • Standing Rock Amazon Wish List
    • Lindsey’s Amazon Wish List –  leaving Oct 8th, quick ship needed; New address soon

 

There’s only one promise I can make, the one I’ve made to my family, my friends, mentors and to myself –

I’ll do my best, I won’t let you down.

Lindsey


*Email template: Stop DAPL

Hello Mr. [them] ,

I’m [your name], writing in from [your location].

  • I do not support the violation of the Standing Rock Sioux’ rights or any human rights for the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline.
  • This is an all-american issue.  One pipeline accident could create contamination affecting the health and safety of millions.  
  • Your inaction to help stop it will be unacceptable

We demand you Stop sacrificing human rights for the continued development of the Dakota Access Pipeline.

We do not want it!

Sincerely, [You!]

“Let us put our minds together and see what life we can make for our children.” ~Sitting Bull


[1] https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10206784101873331&set=a.1236455323707.29651.1598956245&type=3&theater

[2] https://www.facebook.com/Pharrell/photos/a.274187742627627.65665.213641182015617/1122702441109482/?type=3&theater

[3] http://www.daplpipelinefacts.com/

[4] https://www.facebook.com/402298239798452/photos/a.422881167740159.110630.402298239798452/1367092976652302/?type=3&theater

[5] http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2015-01-16-PaleMapOfFoodCrops-thumb.jpg

 

Filed Under: Blog, Standing Rock, To Do Tagged With: @Right2WaterIRL, #noDAPL, Bernie Sanders, Congressman Ruiz, Dakota Access Pipeline, Do something, Jesse Jackson Sr., North Dakota, Obama, Pharrell Williams, Standing Rock, United Nations

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