WATERFALL
UNITY
ALLIANCE
A 30” fracked gas pipeline, called the Constitution Pipeline, has been proposed by the Oklahoma-based Williams Companies. Rejected in 2016 by New York State as a danger to our water, the pipeline has returned to line the pockets of big corporations.
The pipeline would cut through 125 miles of wild rivers and forests in New York and Pennsylvania and provide a corridor of power for AI data centers – along with fracked gas power plants, deafening compressor stations, and acid rains that will destroy our way of life and the health of our ecosystems.
We refuse to allow these projects that put profit over life. We choose thriving communities, rich soil, productive farms, abundant fish, waterfalls, wildlife, clean water, healthy air, a stable climate, and the rich biodiversity of our forests.
On August 8, 2026 we will begin a 95 mile prayer walk through towns along the route of the Constitution Pipeline in New York State. The prayer walk is led by women, but all people of all faiths and traditions are invited to walk with us and support our prayer for the water and for all life. Our walk will begin just outside of Damascus, NY on the banks of the Susquehanna River and continue to the Town of Wright in Schoharie County where the Iroquois Compressor Station, the proposed terminus for the pipeline, is located.
We are walking the path of this pipeline through the ancestral territories of the Lenape, Susquehannock, and Haudenosaunee Peoples with a prayer of transformation – to turn this pipeline route into a songline of remembrance of the truths that we hold to be self-evident.
We the People affirm our rights under Article I, Section 19 of the New York State Constitution to clean air, water, and a healthful environment; and under the U.S. Declaration of Independence to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. It was 250 years ago, in 1776, that the United States of America came into being based on these principles, nourished by the original beauty and spirit of this land.
WHO WE ARE
We are the womb carriers, sisters, mothers, and grandmothers who have been given a sacred responsibility to protect the water, land and all life for the generations to come. We are leading this water prayer walk to uphold the Laws of Nature and call people into awareness regarding a grave threat to our communities.
Our symbol is the blue heron, a sacred water bird of these lands that reminds us of our right to self-determination and how to live in balance, guided by thoughtful, deliberate action.
We stand in unity with all like-minded brothers and sisters and invite all allies, teachers, students, farmers, neighbors, workers, artists, faith leaders, elected representatives and concerned relations to walk with us. One step at a time, we are planting seeds of love, action and change for the generations yet to come.
ORGANIZING COUNCIL
ELDER CIRCLE:
Grandma Clara Soaring Hawk
Abuela Kunana
Grandma Mona Polacca
PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS:
Bless the Streets
Mustang Valley Sanctuary
Waterfall Unity Alliance
For more information contact erin@waterfallunityalliance.org
More information on the Constitution Pipeline can be found here.
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LIST OF PARTICIPATING WALKERS:
1. Grandmother Clara Soaring Hawk, Ambassdor of the Ramapough Lenape
2. Abuela Kunana
3. Bethany Yarrow, Waterfall Unity Alliance (West Fulton, NY)
4. Cheryl Angel, Water Protector
5. Tatiana Blackhorse
6. Estefany Gonzaga, Bless the Streets
7. Kaila Paulino, Bless the Streets
8. Graciela Fairy Hawk, Bless the Streets
9. Anneli Marceles, Bless the Streets
10. Karenna Gore, Center for Earth Ethics
11. Owl Steven Dennison Smith
12. Theresa Bear Fox
13. Mary Beth Yarrow
14. Erin Dudley
15. Mary DeBonis, Mustang Valley Sanctuary (West Fulton, NY)
... and many more will be added soon... !