Symbiosis raises funds supporting Dakota Access Pipeline protesters
"To support their efforts so that sacred sites and water for all peoples may be protected”
Symbiosis Gathering has announced its support for the activists in Standing Rock, North Dakota protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) by raising funds to aid them in the winter months ahead.
For every ticket sold to 2017’s Oregon Eclipse festival, Symbiosis will donate $2.50 to the Honor The Earth foundation. Environmental protection advocate Winona LaDuke helped set up the foundation in order to create awareness and support for Native environmental and community issues using music, the arts, the media and Indigenous wisdom.
At the time of publication the festival has raised over $20,000 in support of the cause and will continue the initiative until November 11.
Co-producer of Symbiosis Gathering, Kevin KoChen, gave a statement touching on why the festival is supporting the foundation: “As we build excitement for one of the most amazing spectacles in nature, a different environment is afoot at Standing Rock. While we understand that there are many nuanced issues in play, we stand in solidarity and support this movement mobilizing to protect the Earth from unfettered corporate interests.”
Oregon Eclipse 2017 is a festival held in Oregon during what will be the first total solar eclipse viewable in the US since 1979, and will take place from August 17 23.
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