[evoz] Walk 4 the Salish Sea Tomorrow
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Pulling Together: All-Nations Gathering Against Kinder Morgan
May 25th, 2017
1st night of the Walk 4 the Salish Sea!
6-9 pm
Tsawout First Nations
7728 Tetayut Rd, Saanichton
W̱SÁNEĆ territory
www.walk4salishsea.ca
The Tsawout First Nations are hosting a community potluck feast with speakers and music on the first night of the Walk 4 the Salish Sea!, a 4-day 77 km all-ages march from Victoria (Lekwungen territory) to the Kinder Morgan marine terminal in Burnaby (Tsleil-waututh territory), against the dramatic increase of fossil fuel export projects on the Salish Sea.
The event is a fundraiser to support indigenous-led action against the Kinder Morgan pipeline and tanker expansion. This project... will lead to a seven-fold increase in tanker traffic carrying toxic diluted tar sands bitumen across the Salish Sea, with risks that are unacceptable to coastal communities. The project was approved without the consent of 59 First Nations and 22 municipalities and violates First Nations constitutional and Douglas Treaty rights.
The evening will begin with the Willy Thomas Pow wow Singers followed by local W̱SÁNEĆ speakers from the Tsawout and Tsartlip First Nations including: Tsawout Elders Belinda Claxton, Eric Pelkey, Councillor Mavis Underwood, Tsartlip Chief Don Tom, carver Charles Elliot and North Saanich-Gulf Islands MLA Adam Olsen and Saanich and the Islands MP Elizabeth May and others, with musical performances by Phil Vernon and prominent youth folktivist singer-songwriter Luke Wallace.
Proceeds from the fundraiser will be allocated 50/50 to the Pull Together legal defense fund for the Coldwater, Tsleil-waututh and Squamish nations fighting the pipeline in court and the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs, Coast Protectors.
Visit our the facebook page for the Walk 4 the Salish Sea!:
https://www.facebook.com/events/955947501203696/
...as well as the kick-off from mile"0":
https://www.facebook.com/events/1346357342110145/
or visit www.walk4salishsea.ca
The Walk 4 the Salish Sea! is a volunteer grassroots effort supported by the following organizations: Social Environmental Alliance ( SEA) Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs (UBCIC)- Coast Protectors, Pull Together ( Raven Trust, Sierra Club BC, Force of Nature Alliance) Burnaby Residents Opposing Kinder Morgan Expansion (BROKE) Greenpeace (Victoria volunteer group), Leap-Victoria, Victoria Council of Canadians, Turning the Tide, KAIROS, BC/Yukon chapter, Wilderness Committee, Greenpeace Canada, North Shore No Pipeline Expansion (NSNOPE) Non-violence International Canada, Georgia Strait Alliance, Mining Justice Committee.
More more information call: Bobby Arbess 778-265-3564
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