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. This summer we are leading a prayer walk to uphold the Laws of Nature and call people into awareness regarding a grave threat to our communities.

 

A 30” fracked gas pipeline, called the “Constitution Pipeline”, has been proposed by the Oklahoma-based Williams Companies. 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.

 

Rejected in 2016 by New York State as a danger to our water, the pipeline has returned to line the pockets of big corporations. 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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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 are here to sing a new world into being as we spread our wings of protection around all creation.

 

We stand in unity with all like-minded brothers and sisters and invite all allies, teachers, students, farmers, neighbors, workers, artists, 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.

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ORGANIZING COUNCIL 

 

ELDER CIRCLE:
Grandma Clara Soaring Hawk
Abuela Kunana
Grandma Mona Polacca 
 

PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS:
Bless the Streets
Waterfall Unity Alliance

 

For more information please contact erin@waterfallunityalliance.org

 

More information on the Constitution Pipeline can be found here.

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