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PRESS RELEASE: Rising Tide Chicago Demands Chase Bank #DefundClimateChange in National Day of Action

April 11, 2019
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Chicago, Ill. (April 10, 2019) — Chicagoans, led by the group Rising Tide Chicago, took to the streets Wednesday to demand that JPMorgan Chase & Co. pull all of their assets from the fossil fuel industry and make a swift transition to renewable energy sources to avert the worst effects of climate catastrophe. Rising Tide…

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Posted in Uncategorized Tagged activism, Chase Bank, Chicago, Climate Change, divestment, fossil fuels 1 Comment

PRESS RELEASE: Chicagoans tell Chase Bank: “The Great Lakes are not an ATM”

February 24, 2019
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS CONTACT: Angie Viands: angiemarierev@gmail.com, (312) 217-0145 Chase plan risks contaminating the Great Lakes with dirty Tar Sands oil; Residents tell Chase Midwest Chair Melissa Bean to halt project Chicagoans tell Chase Bank: “The Great Lakes are not an ATM” Chicago, Ill. (Feb. 23, 2019) — This Saturday, members of Rising Tide…

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Posted in Uncategorized Tagged activism, Chase Bank, Chicago, Climate Change, divestment, fossil fuels 1 Comment

Holiday Gathering-Fundraising & Letter Writing for Incarcerated Water Protectors, Mon. Dec. 17th @ 6:30 p.m.

December 14, 2018
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Letter Writing & Fundraising for Incarcerated Water Protectors When: Monday December 17, 6:30-9:00 pm Where: Uri-Eichen Gallery, 2101 S. Halsted St. Chicago, IL  Gather with members of Rising Tide Chicago and friends as we write incarcerated water protectors to send love and support during the holiday season. While the northern portion of the Dakota Access…

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Join Us on March 10th to Tell Citibank to Stop Funding Bayou Bridge Pipeline

March 1, 2018
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  Rising Tide Chicago is hosting a solidarity action at a Citibank Branch in downtown Chicago to demand that they stop funding the Bayou Bridge Pipeline and all other dangerous fossil fuel projects. What: Protest and Letter Delivery at Citibank Branch Where: 539 N. Michigan Ave. When: Saturday, March 10th @ 11:30 a.m.

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Fundraiser for Makwa Initiative-Line 3 Resistance Sunday Dec 17

December 15, 2017
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Join Rising Tide Chicago for a holiday fundraiser to raise money for Makwa Initiative- Line 3 Frontline Resistance Details: Folks throughout Minnesota and Wisconsin have been organizing for more than a year to stop Enbridge’s line 3 pipeline. They have been using a variety of tactics, some political others more direct action oriented. In Wisconsin,…

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Chase Bank Occupied to Urge Divestment from DAPL

December 2, 2016
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Chicagoans Interrupt Business at Chase Bank to Urge them to Divest from the Dakota Access Pipeline Chicago, IL— More than two dozen people protested at a Chase Bank at branch on the Magnificant Mile Thursday morning, ten inside the bank and a dozen outside to demand that the bank stop funding the construction of the…

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5 Arrested at Chicago Citibank for Financing the Dakota Access Pipeline

November 20, 2016
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Photo Credit: Kelly Hayes #NoDAPL: 5 Arrests at Chicago Citibank Branch Occupied for Financing the Dakota Access Pipeline CHICAGO 11/19, 11:30AM — Chicagoans from Rising Tide Chicago, Chicago’s League of Abolitionist Whites (CLAW), Lifted Voices and Showing Up for Racial Justice Chicago occupied a Chicago Citibank branch located at 2555 N Clark St. risking arrest to demand that funding…

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Citibank Occupied to Protest Dakota Access Funding

September 17, 2016
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For Immediate Release: September 17, 2016 Press Contact: Angie Viands, angiemariev@gmail.com, 312-217-0145 Chicago Citibank Branch Occupied for Financing the Dakota Access Pipeline Chicago, IL–Chicagoans occupied a Citibank Branch on Chicago’s Magnificant Mile shopping district to demand they stop funding the Dakota Access Pipeline immediately. Over the past several weeks, thousands of Native Americans and allies…

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Posted in Uncategorized Tagged citbank, Climate Change, Direct Action, nodapl, non-violent direct action, protest 1 Comment

Banner Drop at BNSF

July 29, 2016
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  For Immediate Release: July 12, 2016   Chicagoans Drop Banner at BNSF Rail Yard Warning of Explosive “Bomb” Trains during Week Oil Train Week of Action CHICAGO, IL – Tuesday, a giant 25 ft banner that had the words “Oil Train Blast Zone” was held on the rail overpass and Burlington Northern Santa Fe…

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Invenergy CEO Home Demo: No Fracked Gas Plant!

July 29, 2016
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Banner Hang at Invenergy CEO’s Mansion to Protest Profit from New Fracked Gas Plant For Immediate Release: April 21, 2016 Chicago, IL–Early Thursday morning, activists with Rising Tide Chicago, hung up banners on metal fencing outside a mansion in Chicago’s gold coast neighborhood that Michael Polsky, CEO of Invenergy, owns and occupies.  The banners read,…

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