MEDIA ADVISORY: Oklahoma Tribes Under Attack from State
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 10/08/2020 For Media Inquiries Contact: Casey Camp Horinek, Environmental Ambassador, Ponca Nation of…
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September 7, 2020
Casey Camp Horinek speaks at a protest that was part of the Frontline Oil and Gas conference in Ponca City, Oklahoma.
What Happened When the Climate Justice Movement Came to Ponca Tribal Lands
By Pennie Opal Plant and Shannon Biggs, co-founders, Movement Rights “Was that an earthquake?” As rivers swelled, floods surged, the earth shook, and tornadoes whipped across Oklahoma—more than 200 Indigenous,…
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June 5, 2019
Bringing the Climate Justice Movement to the Ponca Nation
By Shannon Biggs and Pennie Opal Plant, Co-founders, Movement Rights Mark your calendars for May 16-18 2019. The Frontline Oil and Gas Conference will bring impacted community members from across…
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March 8, 2019
Can Rights of Nature Help End Environmental Genocide on Ponca Lands?
By Movement Rights co-founders Pennie Opal Plant and Shannon Biggs The wind blows powerfully in Oklahoma. It is part of the Great Plains and is also home to “tornado…
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October 28, 2016
Lessons from #NoDAPL: We are More Powerful than the Fossil Fuel Industry
By Pennie Opal Plant, Movement Rights co-founder Cover photo "Night time in Sacred Stone" (Oct. 2016) by Camille Seaman There is something powerful rippling through humanity right now. It is more…
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October 3, 2016
What would the Delta Say? Putting California’s Twin Tunnels on Trial
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 22, 2016 Contact: Shannon Biggs, Movement Rights (415) 841-2998 shannon@movementrights.org Linda Sheehan, Earth Law Center (510) 219-7730 lsheehan@earthlaw.org Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore the Delta(209) 479-2053, barbara@restorethedelta.org BAY-DELTA TRIBUNAL…
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March 22, 2016
Are California Communities Running out of Water – or Democracy?
By Javan Briggs Javan Briggs is a mother, educator, and experienced community organizer who has recently joined the Movement Rights team. She currently splits her time living in the San Joaquin Valley of…
July 16, 2015
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CALIFORNIA DROUGHT: A PRECURSOR OF THINGS TO COME
By Maude Barlow We are honored to share the following article written by Movement Rights board member, Maude Barlow. Maude Barlow is the National Chairperson of the Council of Canadians and the…
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May 28, 2015
California, Drought and the Return of ‘Limits to Growth’?
Photo above: A housing development in Cathedral City, near Palm Springs. Credit: Damon Winter/The New York Times By Suzanne York It’s shocking, but a mainstream media outlet has actually…
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May 5, 2015
2015 Refinery Healing Walks: Why I am walking for Mother Earth
by Pennie Opal Plant, co-founder Movement Rights and Idle No More Bay Area. The Connect the Dots: Refinery Healing Walks 2015 will occur over a four month period in the…
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April 1, 2015