By Gabija K., Earth Quaker Action Team volunteer November 6th, the day after the 2024 presidential election, was like any other day this fall – in the sense that I wondered where the rain went. October had come and gone, but the dry spell that started on September 30th persisted. I, like many Americans, spent…
By Amy Covill This fall, we held a national coordinated day of action calling on Vanguard – the world’s largest investor in fossil fuels – to start investing for a livable future. From Pennsylvania to Arizona, from North Carolina to Wisconsin, and beyond, over 150 people across the country showed up. Youth, elders, community advocates,…
By Lisa Graustein Friend of Earth Quaker Action Team Writing from Neponset Band of the Massachusetts/Boston Last month, people from across the country – elders, youth, Vanguard customers, and people of faith – gathered in nonviolent direct action at the global headquarters of Vanguard in Pennsylvania. We were there to say that we need Vanguard to…
By Emily Kerimian Before my sophomore year at college, I considered myself a climate and social justice activist, but I had never heard of environmental justice. Following my semester in an Environmental Justice class, where I learned about how polluting industries are often purposely placed in Black and Indigenous communities, which then have to defend…
By Hans Peters The morning felt chilly and fresh as I boarded the 6:19am train for the long ride from Somerton to Paoli. I was on my way to a bold, four-pronged action planned by EQAT and our partners in the struggle to get Vanguard to steer away from fossil fuel investments. This action was…
By sade nickels Vanguard recently withdrew from its biggest climate commitment, the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative. EQAT showed up in action at a Vanguard office last week to remind company leadership of the real-life stakes of their decision. The choice to continue to invest in fossil fuels or transition to a clean energy economy…
By Marc Brier It was chilly and damp when we left the house for an action at Vanguard’s headquarters in Malvern. Having my wife Amy as company helped ease my nervousness that everything would go well. I had signed on as action lead only a few weeks before. The planning team had done most of…
By Betsy Torg In hope, in prayer, we find ourselves hereIn hope, in prayer, we’re right here Tim Buckley is the CEO of Vanguard, one of the world’s largest investment management firms. Vanguard holds about $300 billion invested in fossil fuels, with about $101 billion invested in coal. As such, he has incredible power and…
By Jo CordonHill I woke up at 6am on Wednesday September 21st with my mind, as the old song says, stayed on freedom—freedom from fossil fuels that is. In an action organized by EQAT, I and seven others planned to go to Vanguard’s Malvern headquarters and ask for a meeting with John Galloway, head of…
By Dana Robinson Over the years, I encountered so many positive references to INVESTING in our communities, in our infrastructure, in our future, in research, in our children, etc. that I developed a vague, unreflective feeling of trust in the corporations that handle investments in our economy. Then EQAT organized a “points of destruction” tour…
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