Using spiritually grounded nonviolent direct action, Earth Quaker Action Team (EQAT) challenges corporations to turn away from fossil fuels and toward a livable future.
EQAT continues its work growing the Vanguard S.O.S. campaign, an international effort calling on Vanguard, the world’s largest investor in the fossil fuels driving the climate crisis, to use its power ethically and invest for a livable future.
This summer, EQAT organized a rally and march attended by hundreds of people from across North America at Vanguard’s headquarters in Pennsylvania. Many people attending the Friends General Conference Gathering nearby joined the protest and contributed their spirit. Demonstrators heard from people fighting Vanguard’s harmful investments, such as toxic incinerators and dangerous pipelines in Appalachia and East Africa. Protestors sang while marching, then worshiped in silence at the entrance to Vanguard’s campus. This was the largest climate change protest at Vanguard to date.
This fall, EQAT is supporting groups across the country to hold more Vanguard S.O.S. actions.
The list of customers moving their money and the number of people pledging to not do business with Vanguard until it makes a serious course correction on climate change is growing.
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