Help Black Mesa Residents Get to St. Louis for Important Anti-Peabody Training and Action!

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** Peabody Energy is Headquartered in St. Louis...
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** This January, help Black Mesa residents hold them accountable!
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This January, BMIS in coalition with Radical Action for Mountain Peoples’
Survival (RAMPS) and Missourians Organizing for Reform and Empowerment
(MORE), will participate in organizing a month-long action training camp
that culminates in non-violent direct action against the five major coal
companies based in St. Louis, including Peabody Energy. (You can find out
more about the action here:
http://blackmesais.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bb9ecfdb5d711f67f04ee3551&id=80e04cd444&e=50dca366f9).
We know that Indigenous peoples the world over are disproportionately
impacted by resource extraction. We feel that it is absolutely vital that
the Indigenous voices from the communities most affected--communities that
have undergone forced relocation and cultural genocide, and are standing
as the very blockade to continued mining--are centered in this important
action.

We are asking for your financial support to help cover the costs of travel
for residents of Black Mesa to get to St. Louis. Their presence at the
camp will help folks make connections between dirty energy production and
the devastation of Indigenous communities and will ensure that climate
justice is understood inherently as a struggle for Indigenous people's
survival, rights, land, and self-determination. The camp includes housing
and food, so sponsoring a Black Mesa/Big Mountain resident to get there
will cost $200--this includes gas money from Big Mountain to Flagstaff,
and a round trip train ticket between Flagstaff and St. Louis. We are
asking organizations to consider sponsoring one to two residents, and
individuals to sponsor one resident, or to contribute whatever is
meaningful to them--everything helps! Make checks out to "Black Mesa
Indigenous Support" with "St. Louis Travel" in the memo line. Send to
3214 N. Grandview Dr. Flagstaff, AZ 86004. Your donations can
be tax deductible upon request.

The Black Mesa residents travelling to St. Louis will also need
sheepherders while they are away. This is another incredibly important
way to make travel possible. Please consider coming out to Black Mesa to
herd sheep for a travelling resident this January. If you are interested
in attending the training as a participant--it will include direct action,
community organizing, and media tracks--you can apply here
(http://blackmesais.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bb9ecfdb5d711f67f04ee3551&id=320592cf09&e=50dca366f9)
. Please note, it is a 2-3 week commitment. The direct action at the end
of the training (the 3rd week of January) will be open to the public.
Stay tuned for updates on exact dates and details for the action.


Many Thanks! We look forward to hearing from you soon,

The BMIS Collective

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