The Spring Spark ignites a Summer of Heat on Wall Street

This week, we’re launching the spring spark of direct actions against Citibank’s Environmental racism. If you missed our webinar and rally on monday, you can check out the recording below, but we’re confronting Citibank’s involvement in environmental racism, LNG and petrochemical projects, health impacts, violations of Indigenous rights, and their contributions to climate change.

Actions are already planned in several cities on Wednesday, April 24th and Thursday, April 25th to hold the financiers of climate chaos accountable.

• Click here to learn more and join us in Washington, DC;
• Click here to learn more or join us in Dallas, TX;
• Or click here to learn more and join us in NYC

Click on the picture to see a recording of Monday’s curtain-raising event:

You can also click here for a social media toolkit with more talking points, links, graphics, and everything you need to recruit for this week’s actions!

For those of you who prefer to read, here’s a quick synopsis of why we’re taking action, and why we’re focussing on Citibank:

Citibank’s investments in LNG and petrochemical projects perpetuate environmental racism by disproportionately harming marginalized communities, including Indigenous peoples and communities of color. These projects pose significant health risks to nearby residents, including respiratory illnesses, cancer, and more. The legacy and accumulation of these impacts is especially clear in the Gulf South. For example, Citibank’s investment in Formosa Plastics, responsible for the 2013 chemical plant explosion in Point Comfort, TX, highlights its complicity in environmental disasters and community harm.

Citibank has also shown disregard for Indigenous rights in its financing decisions, which exacerbates environmental injustice and violates fundamental human rights. And the bank funds climate change by investing in fossil fuel projects that undermine President Biden’s climate goals, as well as global efforts to combat the crisis.

All of this is just the sporing spark that will ignite our summer of heat on Wall Street, a massive, multi-week, inter-generational, multi-racial cavalcade of actions to stop the money pipeline that is funding the climate crisis forever. There will be lots more information, new websites, and additional tools to get connected to the Summer of Heat campaign after this week’s actions, but if you’re already ready, check out the crew toolkit to start putting together your crew of 5 or more people to take action.