<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Rachel Storm</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rachelstrm@gmail.com">rachelstrm@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 8:18 PM<br>Subject: Stand in Solidarity with Standing Rock<br>To: "secs.uiuc" <<a href="mailto:secs.uiuc@gmail.com">secs.uiuc@gmail.com</a>><br>Cc: Kate Insolia <<a href="mailto:kjinsolia@gmail.com">kjinsolia@gmail.com</a>><br><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">​​</div><div style="font-family:times new roman,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)" class="gmail_default"><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman","serif"">Chaŋtémawašte
hípi! Glad you are here!</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman","serif""><br></span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman","serif"">I'm writing to ask if your organization will join local Native-American/Indigenous organizers to protect our water this upcoming Friday, Sept. 16th from 5pm-7pm. The rally is being organized by local Native-American groups, who will speak at the beginning of the rally, followed by organizations and allies. Will your organization plan to attend and speak out? We'd love to have you!</span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman","serif""><br></span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman","serif"">Read on for the details sent out in a press release. <b>To get on the speaker schedule, contact Kate Insolia (cc'd), at <a href="mailto:kjinsolia@gmail.com" target="_blank">kjinsolia@gmail.com</a>. </b>There will also be an opportunity on Friday at the rally to sign up to speak. <br></span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman","serif""><br></span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman","serif""><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)">Additionally, if your organization would like to add it's name to those supporting the rally, please add your name here: <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QCYfhF6QNc2w6ldBUh0ns6trJdcKFqyjuSTaNEtf3MI/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/<wbr>document/d/<wbr>1QCYfhF6QNc2w6ldBUh0ns6trJdcKF<wbr>qyjuSTaNEtf3MI/edit?usp=<wbr>sharing</a></span><br></span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman","serif""></span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman","serif""><br></span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman","serif"">We hope you can join us in protecting our water! <br></span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman","serif""><br></span></p><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman","serif"">Kate Insolia</span><br></p></div><div style="font-family:times new roman,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:times new roman,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)" class="gmail_default"><div style="font-family:times new roman,serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)" class="gmail_default"><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman","serif""> </span></p>

<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="font-family:"times new roman","serif"">Rally in Solidarity with Standing
Rock</span></b></p>

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<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="font-family:"times new roman","serif"">Friday, September 16th from
5:00pm-7:00pm.</span></b></p><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="font-family:"times new roman","serif""><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1787572761459012/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/<wbr>events/1787572761459012/</a> <br></span></b></p>

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<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman","serif"">“Chaŋtémawašte
hípi! Glad you are here!”</span></p>

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<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman","serif"">On Friday, Sept. 16^th,
Native American/indigenous organizers and their allies will gather for a
peaceful rally in Scott Park beginning at 5pm in solidarity with the Camp of
the Sacred Stone at Standing Rock in North Dakota. </span></p>

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<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman","serif"">The Camp of the
Sacred Stone has become the site of one of the largest examples of Native-American
peaceful protest in history led by the activism of the Standing Rock Sioux
Nation to protect our water and resist construction of a controversial oil
pipeline that would cut across the American Midwest and end in Illinois. </span></p>

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<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman","serif"">Community members
in Champaign-Urbana—joining the efforts of over 200 Native-American tribes to protect
our water and our environment—call upon their neighbors, friends, and
colleagues to join them in standing in solidarity with those protecting our
earth. </span></p>

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<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman","serif"">Over the Labor Day
weekend, security guards for pipeline used attack dogs and pepper spray against
the protectors in a manner reminiscent of civil rights protests in the 1960s. Last
Friday, a federal judge denied the Standing Rock Sioux's request to stop
construction of the 1,172-mile pipeline, but the Justice Department, the
Department of the Army, and the Interior Department then blocked construction,
pending further discussion</span>. T<span style="font-family:"times new roman","serif"">he
pipeline is desecrating land sacred to the Standing Rock Sioux and putting
critical water supplies at risk of contamination. One of the protectors,
Barbara Boring (Cherokee) explained, “this situation lends clarity to a
remarkable array of issues surrounding care for our beautiful planet Earth and
all of the people and other creatures who share it,” adding “The events in
North Dakota are an extraordinary example both of capitalist institutions
aligned against pro-human, pro-environmental interests, and the 21st century
model of how genocide is aimed at Indigenous peoples. This is not a time to
stay silent or passive to determine what we do. Come and join the movement
instead!”</span></p>

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<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman","serif"">Nonetheless, mainstream
media coverage of these events has been largely absent to date, and most news
is being transmitted via social media. Those gathering at Scott Park aim to
stand in solidarity with #NODAPL aim to lend their voices to the cause. </span></p>

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<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman","serif"">Local
Native-American and Indigenous organizers emphasize that this event is
Native-organized, requesting “our entire community to join us, but honor our
request for this to be a Native-led and Indigenous-centered space.” They plan
to begin with a schedule of Indigenous speakers, followed by an open mic for
all in attendance. “Community, please join us. In our tradition, all our
children are our children. Everyone belongs here!”</span></p>

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