A Blog Posting by Tish O’Dell & Emelyn Lybarger of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, from January 7, 2017.
In 2016 we witnessed resistance to environmental harms and social injustices, the likes of which we have not seen for several decades.
For months, people from all over the country traveled many miles to Standing Rock, ND. They gave both their time and spent personal resources to make the trek, showing solidarity with the Native Americans who live there, and opposing a pipeline. This is what we need: people coming together, unified, to protect health, safety, and welfare.
On January 21st, another collective action is taking place, albeit for one day only: the Women’s March in Washington, D.C. People are traveling in from across the U.S, giving both their time and spending personal resources to make the trek, coming together in solidarity to oppose the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump and what he represents. Again, this is what we need: people coming together, in a collective, to speak their truth and protest an undemocratic process that gave us President-elect Trump.
It has been – and is – inspiring and galvanizing.
Is it enough?
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