Join the International Week of Action to Defund Coastal GasLink starting December 20

Banks and private equity companies are pouring billions on a massive fracked gas pipeline to cross Wet’suwet’en territory: Coastal GasLink.

Indigenous Hereditary chiefs and supporters have responsibilities to defend the sacred, pristine headwaters of the Wedzin Kwa, in Wet’suwet’en law. They hold uninterrupted title to the land, in colonial law. For peacefully acting in accordance with the law and defending our shared future, land defenders, allies and journalists were removed at gunpoint.

Banks and investors bankroll the violence it will take to complete and operate Coastal GasLink. It’s time to tell them that no investment is worth damaging the lands and waters of Wet’suwet’en Yintah and the climate all of us share.

Feel free to reach out to info@bankingonabetterfuture.org with questions about this event!

Follow and Retweet or Share

  • Twitter: Gidimten Checkpoint: @gidimten, @likhtsamisyu

Hashtags for the week of action:

#DefundCoastalGasLink, #DefundCGL, #DivestCGL, #AllOutForWedzinKwa,

#WetsuwetenStrong

Twitter

Follow:  @gidimten, @likhtsamisyu,

Twitter: Week of Action

  • .@RBC is funding climate destruction and Indigenous rights violations by bankrolling Coastal GasLink. Join the week of action the week of December 20th to call out the financiers making profit off of Indigenous rights violations. #AllOutForWedzinKwa https://bit.ly/Dec20toolkit 
  • .@kkr_co is refusing to meet with Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs while funding Coastal GasLink on their territory. Join the week of action the week of December 20 to call out the financiers making profit off of Indigenous rights violations. #AllOutForWedzinKwa https://bit.ly/Dec20toolkit 
  • Join us the week of December 20 to call on @RBC, @Chase, @kkr_co, and other global finance giants to drop toxic fossil fuels including Coastal GasLink. Learn more and register your action ➡️  https://bit.ly/Dec20toolkit #DefundCoastalGasLink
  • If we stop the flow of money, we can stop the flow of fracked gas. Let’s organize on the week of December 20 to support frontline Indigenous leaders about the impacts of Coastal GasLink @RBC, @KKR_Co, and @chase needs to drop ➡️ https://bit.ly/Dec20toolkit 

Hashtags: #DefundCoastalGasLink, #DivestCGL, #AllOutForWedzinKwa,

#WetsuwetenStrong

Instagram Graphics:

  1. Download graphics to add to these posts here! [Orgs are welcome to make their own].

  1. Tag key accounts for solidarity and so we can amplify you.
  2. Include a hashtag or two!  #DefundCoastalGasLink, #DivestCGL, #WetsuwetenStrong #ShutdownCanada

Facebook

DECEMBER 20 Week of Action Alert: All out for Wet’suwet’en! Fill the streets to demand an end to funding for the Coastal GasLink pipeline

RBC, KKR, and Chase are all bankrolling and profiting off destroying Wet’suwet’en land. We urgently need you to take action in your own communities to stop the profiteering.

Register here: https://bit.ly/Dec20toolkit 

Sample Email

Dear friend,

Over the past year, major banks RBC and Chase and private equity giant KKR have ignored countless requests to meet with communities impacted by the fossil fuel projects that the company is funding. These companies are bankrolling Wet’suwet’en people being removed at gunpoint from their land.

We refuse to let these pipeline financiers get away with it. The week of December 20th Indigenous land defenders are calling for a week of action calling out the corporate giants behind Coastal GasLink.

Can you sign up to organize an action? Register an action here: https://bit.ly/Dec20toolkit 

We need to show these financiers that this is a risky project, and that they need to respect Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs. That’s why I’m inviting you to get out into the streets in solidarity with Indigenous organizers the week of December 20.

We’re coming together to demand that RBC, Chase and KKR respect Indigenous rights and stop funding Coastal Gaslink’s major fracked gas expansion. Join Indigenous and frontline leaders, grassroots activists to discuss RBC’s destructive climate and human rights record and how our campaign is ramping up the pressure on key executives.

Ready to start organizing a solidarity action for the week of the 20th? Use this toolkit to register your action and start planning.

In solidarity,

[NAME]

Other relevant Graphics

Artwork by

(These are by Christi Belcourt, Nov 20, “These are free to use. No need to credit me or ask permission.”)

Could use them as elements in some graphics for this action or just offer them as posts with the hashtag.

Defund CGL Twitter List accounts:
Link to sample list

Frontlines account: @gidimten
@likhtsamisyu

Solidarity tweets for during the week of action:

Key points:

  • RBC, Chase, and KKR are violating the rights of the Wet’suwet’en Hereditary chiefs by finding the Coastal GasLink pipeline.
  • This week of action comes one month after RCMP raided Wet’suwet’en land, arresting 32 people (Land Defenders, Elders, journalists, and allies).  

Tweets ready to go:

  • Stop funding climate destruction and violence @RBC, @kkr_co. Coast to coast and around the world, we all know it’s time to #DefundCoastalGasLink. We're with you, #WetsuwetenStrong! @gidimten @likhtsamisyu

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  • Fund the @CoastalGasLink invading their territory but refuse to meet with @gidimten Hereditary chiefs, @kkr_co? Shame. Stop violating #WetsuwetenStrong law and collective rights and for putting your investors’ profits over our shared climate. #DefundCoastalGasLink

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  • @RBC, @Chase, @kkr_co are finance giants bankrolling fossil fuel projects that put us ALL at risk, like @CoastalGasLink. Investor profits and toxic jobs aren't worth the fires, floods and famines they cost. I stand with #WetsuwetenStrong and @gidimten. #DefundCoastalGasLink

Copy (ctl+C) and paste (ctl+V) text OR click this link: https://ctt.ac/aDn89 

  • Stop the flow of money, stop the flow of fracked gas, @RBC, @Chase, @kkr_co! We know you’re the bucks behind the @CoastalGasLink threat to the sacred waters of #WetsuwetenStrong. End the denial and delay, face our shared climate reality. #DefundCoastalGasLink

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Create your own tweets:

Personalized tweets energize land defenders on the front lines, connect in solidarity, add impact to the action and show your contacts you care about the issue (even if there are typos!)

Sample:  @RBC, @Chase, @kkr_co, I want you to stop funding @CoastalGasLink because __________#DefundCGL @gidimten

Sample: I stand with @gidimten. It’s time to #DefundCoastalGasLink. Stop _____________,  @RBC, @Chase, @kkr_co. #WetsuwetenStrong