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Watch this clip from “This Changes Everything”, a film by Avi Lewis + Naomi Klein:
Featuring Crystal Lameman of the Beaver Lake Cree Nation.
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Wenatchee, WA 350.org host fundraising screening for the Tar Sands Trial
Our allies in Washington State are screening "The Human Element" in support of the Beaver Lake Cree Nation. Renowned photographer James Balog (CHASING ICE) uses his camera to reveal how environmental change is affecting the lives of everyday Americans. Following the...
Learn Cutting Edge Online Fundraising + Organizing Strategies: Webinar!
Interested in learning more about organizing + fundraising? Join a webinar with RAVEN's Ana Simeon and Tar Sands Trial organizer Brendan Campbell on November 6th, 4:30 P.S.T. RSVP: ana@raventrust.com. RAVEN (Respecting Aboriginal Values and Environmental Needs) has...
Double Your Impact with Matching Funds
Starting November 1st, every donation will be DOUBLED thanks to a coalition of matching funds donors! This is a serious boost to this campaign that means every action you take will have twice the impact, from making a donation to fundraising online to organizing an...
Victoria hosts Cole Gladue of Beaver Lake Cree at Tar Sands Trial fundraiser!
Join us for an evening of story-telling and solidarity. All are welcome! NOVEMBER 7th, 2018 Doors open: 6:30pm Featuring: COLE GLADUE, Beaver Lake Cree Nation SUSAN SMITTEN, RAVEN (Respecting Aboriginal Values and Environmental Needs) Musical Stylings by Lorraine...
Meet Brendan, Tar Sands Trial Campaigner
Brendan is a Cree undergraduate student was born and raised on Treaty 4 territory, but moved in 2014 to Nogojiwanong (Peterborough), which is within the territory of the Mississauga Anishinaabeg. Here, he continued his studies as part of the Indigenous Environmental...
Healing Walk Victoria: an inter-faith journey
By Terry Dance-Bennink I came back a changed woman after my river pilgrimage to the tar-sands in September 2013, determined to take action. I shared the story of my pilgrimage at my local church, Esquimalt United, and to my delight, our minister, Leanne Benoit,...
A healthy climate is good for business.
Businesses can send a powerful message about the importance of standing up for treaty rights. Did you know that new Canadians must take a pledge to honour the treaties? The vast majority of our employment & industry is dependent on a healthy ecosystem and the...
A move to real reconciliation
If you held the winning card in a life or death game — would you play it if you knew it also came with a price that would leave you, your family and all your relations destitute for possibly generations to come? And knowing that the price of not playing it would leave...
Beaver Lake Cree Bring the Power of the Sun to Tar Sands Ground Zero
When you live in the middle of the biggest sacrifice zone on Earth, how do you keep up your spirit? When the plants and animals that sustained your community are gone, how do you pass on land-based cultural teachings to the next generation? The Beaver Lake Cree have...