Light a fire in solidarity with Indigenous elders, WEA and Grounded during COP26

November 1, 2021

Minga Indigena, Grounded and Women’s Earth Alliance invite you to join us on November 7th at 9AM (your time) to stand with Indigenous communities around the world, many of whom have been excluded from COP26. On November 3rd, Indigenous Elders from Minga Indigena will light a Sacred Fire at COP26 in Glasgow to amplify Indigenous voices. This fire will remain lit…

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These Indigenous women are organizing a movement to stop a deadly pipeline

August 19, 2021

Water Walk in opposition to the Mountain Valley Pipeline, May 2021. Video: Mothers Out Front. When Desirée Shelley moved from Maryland to a rural valley near Roanoke, Virginia in 2017, she knew plans were underway to build a methane pipeline that would pass just eight miles from her house. But Desirée thought she and her…

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Indigenous Leaders Walk to Protect Water

May 17, 2021

Photo credit: Crystal Cavalier-Keck On Sunday, May 2, 2021, over 90 teams of walkers, runners, cyclists, and paddlers participated in a Water Walk from Virginia to North Caroline to protect local water sources and sacred sites from the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP). Organized by an Indigenous-led coalition of grassroots organizations and activists—including U.S. Accelerator Alumni…

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Who CAREs? Earth Day 2021 Event: Meet Rebecca Jim

March 24, 2021

Founder of LEAD (Local Environmental Action Demanded), Rebecca Jim has been a powerful advocate and spokesperson for Oklahoma’s Tar Creek Superfund site since the river “turned bad” in 1980, and became the official Tar Creekkeeper in 2016. . Tar Creek is considered to be one of the most toxic environments in the world and includes…

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