Voices from the frontlines: Youth Resisting Extraction

Gitxsan and Wet’suwet’en Youth will deliver an update from the frontlines on their territories, where they are resisting fossil fuel and LNG build-out, in particular the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission and Coastal Gaslink Pipeline phase 2. The webinar will include a call to action for students, youth, and workers on post-secondary campuses to take action on March 20 in solidarity with Indigenous land defenders, targeting Canada's big banks and those funding the destruction of Indigenous land and our collective futures.

Featuring Speakers:
Drew Harris, Gitxsan Youth of the Lax Yip and Shaylee Holland, Wet'suwet'en Youth

Students and young people have a unique power to dissuade banks and funders from continuing to finance the destruction of Indigenous lands and our shared climate. Join us to hear youth voices from the frontlines and join the fight for climate justice and Indigenous sovereignty on campuses and beyond! Although this webinar is aimed at a youth and student audience, non-student allies and community members are encouraged to join us and hear this powerful message from the land defenders.

About Banks Off Campus:

Banks like RBC invest heavily in building a positive brand perception with young customers, including programs like the RBC On Campus branches. At the same time, they fund billions of dollars in fossil fuel expansion, violating Indigenous rights and destroying our livable futures on a healthy planet. If we target banks at our schools and damage their reputation by kicking them off our campuses, we can push them to divest from fossil fuels and respect Indigenous sovereignty, or risk losing future customers and talent from Canada's universities. Change Course supports students across the country in taking action against fossil fuel funders on their campuses.

Change Course is a youth-led nonprofit based in so-called Canada. We support grassroots organizing on campuses and in communities, targeting fossil fuel funding banks, and advocating for climate justice and Indigenous Sovereignty. Together we are demanding an end to all financial support for the fossil fuel industry.

Decolonial Solidarity supports grassroots community organizers targeting the financial system in solidarity with Indigenous land defenders.