I’m excited to return to blogging, after a few months’ hiatus, at a time when many I follow are focused on national politics and the recent election of President-elect Donald Trump. Locally, the election meant a lot more to me, seeing more tangible effects, and a write-in campaign on the part of myself, Todd Kowinsky in my ward as well, and Maria Mann in the Second Ward, all losing to the two candidates that ran more or less together on the Republican line. Politics aside, I spent the good portion of that time writing and compiling a poetry series and a forthcoming poetry chapbooks, to be discussed in detail in another article.
Here, I want to say thank you to all those coming to this blog from BriezyMelodie. That site will stay up until of it’s work is organized into a page off of this site (perhaps). Organizing all the places that I keep and create content is an arduous task that I haven’t encountered to this level, and look forward to, in addition to creating new content and doing reporting.
Today is the National Day of Action in Solidarity with Standing Rock, as well as Staples’ American Recycling Day. To further assist those Water Protectors who #StandWithStandingRock, here’s info:
Find a local action to support the International Day of Action on November 15th
To find the nearest event, visit the #NoDAPL International Day of Action homepage
https://actionnetwork.org/event_campaigns/nov-15-nodapl-day-of-action-at-army-corps-of-engineers
Donate to support the people resisting the Dakota Access Pipeline
Chip in to support the Standing Rock Sioux
http://standingrock.org/news/standing-rock-sioux-tribe–dakota-access-pipeline-donation-fund/
Donate items from the Sacred Stone Camp Supply List
http://sacredstonecamp.org/supply-list/
Contribute to the Sacred Stone Camp Legal Defense Fund
Support the Sacred Stone Camp
https://www.gofundme.com/sacredstonecamp
Call the decision-makers to tell them to stop this pipeline:
Army Corps of Engineers
Demand that they reverse the permit to build the pipeline: +1 202 761 5903
Energy Transfer Partners (the company building the pipeline)
Lee Hanse, Executive Vice President: +1 210 403 6455, Lee.Hanse@energytransfer.com
Glenn Emery, Vice President: +1 210 403 6762, Glenn.Emery@energytransfer.com
Michael (Cliff) Waters, Lead Analyst: +1 713 989 2404, Michael.Waters@energytransfer.com
North Dakota governor Jack Dalrymple
Demand that he stop the use of state violence against peaceful protestors: +1 701 328 2200.
The White House
Tell President Obama to rescind the Army Corps of Engineers’ Permit for the Dakota Access Pipeline: +1 202 456 1111, +1 202 456 1414.
If you are a customer of the banks investing in the project, you can call their customer service or press contact lines and demand that they drop funding for the pipeline.
Bank DNB
Customer service: +47 915 04 800
Press: +47 400 16 744, Even.Westerveld@dnb.no
Deutsche Bank
Customer service: +1 212 250 2500
Press: +1 212 250 7171, press-media-relations.americas@db.com
Renee Calabro, Head of Press Office: +1 212 250 5525 renee.calabro@db.com
Citibank
Customer service: +1 888 248 4226
Press: +1 212 793 0710
HSBC
Customer service: +1 800 975 4722
Press: +44 20 7991 8096, pressoffice@hsbc.com
ING
Customer service: +1 877 886 5050
Press office: +31 20 576 5000
Raymond Vermeulen, Head of Media Relations: +31 20 576 63 69 raymond.vermeulen@ing.com
Royal Bank of Canada
Customer service: +1 800 769 2553
Press contacts:
(Atlantic Canada) Lori Smith; Office: +1 902 421 8121 Email: lori.smith@rbc.com
(Quebec) Denis Dube; Office: +1 514 874 6556 Email: denis.dube@rbc.com
(Toronto) Mark Hamill; Office: +1 416 974 3900 Email: mark.hamill@rbc.com
(Ontario South West) Saira Husain; Office: +1 905 639 5404 Email: saira.husain@rbc.com
(Ontario North and East) Anika Reza; Office: +1 613 291 3520 Email: anika.reza@rbc.com
(Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario) Robb Ritch Office: +1 204 988 3516 Email: robb.ritchie@rbc.com
(Alberta, NWT, Yukon and Nunavut) Pamela Brown; Office: +1 403 292 3372 Email: pamela.brown@rbc.com
(British Columbia) Ian Colvin; Office: +1 604 665 4031 Email: ian.colvin@rbc.com
TD
Customer service: +1 888 751 9000
Press contact: Judith.Schmidt@td.com
TD Securities
Customer Service: +1 866 222 3456
TD Corporate and Public Affairs, Alison Ford: +1 416 982 5401
TD Investor Relations: +1 416 308 9030
Credit Suisse
Customer service: +11 41 848 880 844
Press contact: Tel. +41 844 33 88 44
Email: media.relations@credit-suisse.com
(USA) Karina Byrne: +1 212 538 83 61
(EMEA/UK) Christiana Marran (Head Communications EMEA/UK): +44 207 888 89 11
(Switzerland) Christoph Meier (Head Media Relations): +41 44 334 58 88
UBS
Customer service: +1 800 354 9103
Press contact: +1 212 882 5857
Royal Bank of Scotland
Customer service: +11 44 118 373 2181
Press contact: +44131 523 4205
Chris Turner, Director of Media Relations: +44 20 7672 4515
Societe Generale
Customer relations: +33 1 42 14 31 69
Press contact: +33 1 42 13 23 49
Florence Schwob, Media Relations Manager: florence.schwob@socgen.com
Credit Agricole
Customer service: service.client@ca-paris.fr, +33 1 44 73 26 74
LCL Banque et Assurance: + 33 1 42 95 70 00
BBVA
Customer Service: +1 800 266 7277
Christina Anderson, Press contact: +1 205 524 5214 christina.anderson@bbva.com
Al Ortiz, Press contact: +1 281 433 5640 al.ortiz@bbva.com
BNP Paribas
Customer Service: +33 157 082 200 (worldwide)
Press: pressoffice.paris@bnpparibas.com,
Julia Boyce, Head of Media Relations: julia.boyce@bnpparibas.com
Scotiabank
Customer Service: +1 800 472 6842
Rick Roth, Media Relations: +1 416 933 1795, rick.roth@scotiabank.com
Kate Simandl, Media Relations: +1 416 866 6806, kate.simandl@scotiabank.com
SunTrust
Customer Service: +1 800 786 8787
Sue Mallino, Chief Communications Officer: +1 404 813 0463, sue.mallino@suntrust.com
Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ
Customer Service: +1 800 2121 1034 (international toll free, where available), +81 3 3512 5105, customercare@my.mufg.jp
Press for MUFJ (financial group parent company):
Lauren Sambrotto: +1 212 782 4909, lsambrotto@us.mufg.jp
Daniel Weidman: +1 213 236 4050 dweidman@us.mufg.jp
Mizuho Bank
Customer Service: +120 324 638, contact.us@uk.mizuho-sc.com
Patrick Phalon, VP Media Relations: 212 282 3867
ABN Amro Capital
Customer Service: +31 10 241 1720
Hans van Zon, Head of Public Relations: +31 20 383 4483, hans.van.zon@nl.abnamro.com
Brigitte Seegers, Senior International Press Officer: +31 20 628 3365, brigitte.seegers@nl.abnamro.com
Sign petitions asking President Obama to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline:
Via SumOfUs
https://actions.sumofus.org/a/banks-need-to-divest-from-the-dakota-access-pipeline-now/
Via Credo Action
https://act.credoaction.com/sign/NoDAPL
Via Whitehouse.gov
Thank you for reading friends,
Brienna Parsons
