GreenFaith - Citi: stop destroying the Gulf South!

Time is flying and we're getting closer and closer to Faith Week of the Summer of Heat! Alongside thousands of people, we are putting pressure on CitiBank to stop financing fossil fuels and human rights abuses.

The last I heard, there are twenty-six people traveling to NYC from the frontlines of climate injustice on the Gulf Coast for Summer of Heat Faith Week-- please help us show them a warm welcome of solidarity and community!

Join us for an action hour online or at Citi Plaza in NYC on August 1st at 4pm ET / 3 CT / 2 MT / 1pm PT.

And if you haven't yet done so, please sign the petition letter that we will be delivering at this action, and ask your faith community to sign as well!

With gratitude,
Rev. Chelsea MacMillan, GreenFaith NY Organizer

P.S. - for those in the greater NYC and north New Jersey area, there are a few other action opportunities during Faith Week as well -- please reach out if you want to be more involved!

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Dear Rev.,

Yesterday, as part of a coalition-wide campaign called Summer of Heat, I marched with brave folks from Texas and Louisiana who traveled hundreds of miles to New York City this week to demand that financial institutions like KKR, BlackRock, and Citibank stop pouring billions of dollars into the very fossil fuel infrastructure that is destroying their lives in the Gulf South.

Along with our Southern comrades, we will keep returning to Citibank, the second largest funder of fossil fuels, to keep the pressure up. On August 1, we will bring hundreds of people of faith to the steps of Citi HQ and lift our voices in song, prayer, and righteous rage. If you are in the NYC metro area, please join us as we bring our faiths into public action! RSVP here.

And, if you can’t join us in person, join us for a Virtual Action Hour on August 1 at 4pm ET as we flood Citibank with phone calls.

In the meantime, you can take action now!

Sign this letter calling on Citibank to stop funding fossil fuel expansion in the Gulf South, invest in clean energy, and reverse the environmental racism that they have been bankrolling for years.

We must keep making our voices heard and stand in solidarity with frontline communities.

As we marched and sang yesterday, it struck me that it’s far too easy for bankers and investors to sit up in their air-conditioned skyscrapers while making decisions that affect the lives of real people. Communities across the south are being ravaged by the fossil fuel industry – whether it’s cancer, asthma, or infertility caused by the air pollution of energy operations or pipelines being built right through farmland, disrupting the livelihoods of many.

We hope you will join us in sending a strong, moral message to Citibank. Read and sign the letter here.

Please forward this email to a friend!

With gratitude,

Rev. Chelsea MacMillan, GreenFaith NY Organizer

PS – If your congregation banks with Citibank, we want to know! Just reply to this email and I will be in contact with some ways to apply pressure to Citi as customers and shareholders.