“Honoring Responsibility”
Channel: ARTivism Virginia
Date: 2021-08-19

**TWO-YEAR UPDATE** - July 2023 - Coalition call to action to fight MVP & MVP Southgate

As construction begins again on the Mountain Valley Pipeline mainline, MVP Southgate is seeking to gain an extension of its FERC certificate and will be applying to gain needed permits to be built through Rockingham and Alamance counties, North Carolina. It must be stopped!

Sign on at http://www.stopmvpsouthgate.com to stay connected with frontlines resistance, learn about opportunities to engage, and stay tuned for calls to action!

*WEDNESDAY, JULY 5TH, 2023, 6:30PM EDT*
Zoom FERC Comment Writing Party w/ 7 Directions of Service
Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regis...

*SUNDAY, JULY 16TH, 2023, 3-5PM EDT*
Haw River Ballroom, Saxapahaw, NC
No MVP Southgate Community Event w/ 7 Directions of Service!
https://actionnetwork.org/events/stop...

Sign up with and follow:

7 Directions of Service
http://www.7directionsorservice.org

Protect Our Water, Heritage Rights Coalition (POWHR)
http://www.powhr.org

Appalachian Voices
http://www.appvoices.org

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Rest in power, Chief John Blackfeather Jeffries of the Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation. We deeply appreciated his support of the community resistance to MVP Southgate and the making of this short film. - ARTivism Virginia, January 2023

From the Bundle of Arrows gathering, 2021:

We are inviting all two-leggeds working to stop the Mountain Valley Pipeline, MVP Southgate extension, and the proposed Lambert Compressor station to join us for the “Bundle of Arrows” gathering near Burlington, North Carolina on the weekend of August 27th & 28th. 

For more details, register here:
https://actionnetwork.org/events/south-eastern-woodlands-bundleofarrows

Facebook event here:
https://fb.me/e/1CJYP0L7K

For safety's sake and due to the recent surge in the COVID Delta variant, we have amended our first plan for a three day encampment as below.  

*Friday, August 27th, 11:00 AM - 7:00 PM (ONLINE):*
Workshops for indigenous leaders and environmental activists. Workshops will include: Free Prior Informed Consent Health Effects of Fracking, How to Lobby and Rights of Nature. Schedule to follow registration. 

*Saturday, August 28th, 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM:*  
We will gather near Burlington, NC for a COVID-safe rally, art share and concert. (Outdoors, masks & vaccinations required for our children’s safety.) Register and stay tuned for more information.  

Musical Guests include:  

Alexis Raeana & Charly Lowry (duo)
http://www.alexisraeana.com
http://www.charlylowry.com/

Høly River
https://www.holyrivermusic.com

Joshua Vana, Co-Director of ARTivism Virginia 
https://youtu.be/mX2eYTpqRjQ

MC & Spoken Word: Jason Crazy Bear Campos-Keck

Let us honor our responsibility to Mother Earth by joining our power and our voices to stop Mountain Valley Pipeline, MVP Southgate, and the proposed Lambert Compressor Station. 

Follow 7 Directions of Service here:
https://7directionsofservice.com
https://www.instagram.com/7directionsofservice/
https://www.facebook.com/7DirectionsofService

And ARTivism Virginia here: 
https://www.youtube.com/c/ARTivismVirginia/
https://www.facebook.com/ArtivismVirginia
https://www.instagram.com/artivism_virginia/

Videography by Sarah Hazlegrove

Music: "Weaving Waters"
Written By Bernadette "BJ" Lark
Performed by the SUN SiNG Collective

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