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Three Climate Activists Arrested at Chase Bank at 150 N. Michigan Ave for Protesting Chase as #1 Funder of the Climate Crisis

September 23, 2019
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Protest Part of International Week of Climate Action Media Contact: Colin Crowley 217-720-9803, jccrowley@gmail.com CHICAGO, IL –A Chase Bank branch at 150 N Michigan in downtown Chicago was shut down when three people locked to one another and refused to leave the bank. The activists shut down the bank and were arrested. This action was…

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Rising Tide Chicago Joins Resistance Against Line 3

September 11, 2019
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Over 50 water protectors successfully stopped work at an Enbridge office on Aug. 19, 2019. Photo courtesy of @ResistLine3. Members of Rising Tide Chicago recently returned from a weekend action camp to support the resistance against the Line 3 tar sands pipeline in what’s now known as northern Minnesota. It was a humbling weekend of…

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Frontline Leaders Hold Rally and Deliver Letters to Chase Bank Shareholder Meeting at Chase Tower

May 22, 2019
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, May 20, 2019 Photos, video and interviews available on request Press Contacts: Blair Fitzgibbon, Soundspeed PR, (202) 503-6141, Blair@soundspeedpr.com Angie Viands, risingtide.chi@gmail.com Frontline Leaders Hold Rally and Deliver Letters to Chase Bank Shareholder Meeting at Chase Tower Broad coalition of groups calls on Chase Bank to divest from fossil fuels https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=IEPJ1iead90…

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Frontline Leaders Hold Rally and Deliver Letters to Chase Bank Shareholder Meeting at Chase Tower

May 21, 2019
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=IEPJ1iead90 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, May 20, 2019 Press Contacts: Blair Fitzgibbon, Soundspeed PR, (202) 503-6141, Blair@soundspeedpr.com Angie Viands, risingtide.chi@gmail.com Frontline Leaders Hold Rally and Deliver Letters to Chase Bank Shareholder Meeting at Chase Tower Broad coalition of groups calls on Chase Bank to divest from fossil fuels WHEN: Tuesday, May 21, 2019 Rally: 11am-12:30pm…

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Rally to Shut Down Chase and Stop Line 3!

May 7, 2019
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Join us for a rally calling on Chase Bank and CEO Jamie Dimon to divest from tar sands and other dirty fossil fuels, in solidarity with frontline leaders fighting the Line 3 pipeline. Tues. May 21, 2019 11am-12:30pm Chase Tower, 21 S Clark St, Chicago, IL RSVP on Facebook and Action Network. While Chase shareholders…

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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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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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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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Direct Action and Movement Building in the Trump Era -May 13

May 4, 2017
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When: Saturday, May 13th @ 1 p.m. Where: Logan Square Library, 3030 W. Fullerton Ave. RSVP: FB event here Details:  Rising Tide Chicago invites you a workshop and discussion on direct action and movement building in our current political moment. Come to learn more about direct action: what it is, why people use it and how it’s been…

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