{"id":2320,"date":"2023-10-11T15:32:07","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T15:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eqat.org\/?page_id=2320"},"modified":"2024-01-09T19:40:40","modified_gmt":"2024-01-09T19:40:40","slug":"blam-campaign","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eqat.org\/blam-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"BLAM! 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.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2320_af556e-57[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2320_af556e-57\"]{font-size:var(--global-kb-font-size-lg, 2rem);line-height:1.2;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2320_af556e-57 mark, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2320_af556e-57[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2320_af556e-57\"] mark{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading2320_af556e-57 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading has-theme-palette-3-color has-text-color\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2320_af556e-57\">In 2010 EQAT launched its first campaign \u2014Bank Like Appalachia Matters (BLAM!)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>EQAT asked PNC Bank, a historically Quaker bank with whom our community has had a long relationship, to withdraw financing from corporations who engage in mountaintop removal coal mining. The campaign began with a meeting with Regional President of PNC Bank, J. William Mills, who insisted PNC would not take any action to curb their investments. EQAT waged an escalating series of actions until PNC met our demands in 2015.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below is a brief history of the campaign. For a more detailed timeline, click&nbsp;below.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kb-btns2320_7c1a88-7f{gap:var(--global-kb-gap-xs, 0.5rem );justify-content:flex-start;align-items:center;}.kt-btns2320_7c1a88-7f .kt-button{font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn kb-buttons-wrap kb-btns2320_7c1a88-7f\"><style>ul.menu .wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn .kb-btn2320_4303d2-7b.kb-button{width:initial;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-btn2320_4303d2-7b.kb-button .kb-svg-icon-wrap{display:block;}}<\/style><a class=\"kb-button kt-button button kb-btn2320_4303d2-7b kt-btn-size-standard kt-btn-width-type-auto kb-btn-global-inherit kt-btn-has-text-true kt-btn-has-svg-false wp-block-button__link wp-block-kadence-singlebtn\" href=\"https:\/\/eqat.org\/blam-action-timeline\/\"><span class=\"kt-btn-inner-text\">BLAM! 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EQATers, joined by students from Swarthmore and Reverend Billy&#8217;s Gospel Choir, built a mountain (made of dirt) and urge PNC to stop destroying mountains.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-kadence-listitem kt-svg-icon-list-item-wrap kt-svg-icon-list-item-2320_36abd4-06\"><span class=\"kb-svg-icon-wrap kb-svg-icon-ic_bullhorn kt-svg-icon-list-single\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 8 8\"  fill=\"currentColor\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"  aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M6 0v6c.03.01.07 0 .09 0h.81c.05 0 .09-.04.09-.09v-5.81c0-.06-.04-.09-.09-.09h-.91zm-1 .5l-2.91 1.47c-.05.02-.13.03-.19.03h-1.81c-.06 0-.09.04-.09.09v1.81c0 .06.04.09.09.09h.91l1.03 2.72c.11.25.44.36.69.25.25-.11.36-.44.25-.69l-.75-1.78c.03-.14.13-.22.28-.22v-.03l2.5 1.25v-5z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"kt-svg-icon-list-text\"><strong>By October 2010, PNC released their first policy limiting investments on mountaintop removal.<\/strong>\u00a0The bank pledged to stop financing any corporation that gets more than 50% of its coal from MTR sources\u2014which due to their investment mechanisms apparently has no effect.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-kadence-listitem kt-svg-icon-list-item-wrap kt-svg-icon-list-item-2320_653aa4-9b\"><span class=\"kb-svg-icon-wrap kb-svg-icon-ic_bullhorn kt-svg-icon-list-single\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 8 8\"  fill=\"currentColor\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"  aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M6 0v6c.03.01.07 0 .09 0h.81c.05 0 .09-.04.09-.09v-5.81c0-.06-.04-.09-.09-.09h-.91zm-1 .5l-2.91 1.47c-.05.02-.13.03-.19.03h-1.81c-.06 0-.09.04-.09.09v1.81c0 .06.04.09.09.09h.91l1.03 2.72c.11.25.44.36.69.25.25-.11.36-.44.25-.69l-.75-1.78c.03-.14.13-.22.28-.22v-.03l2.5 1.25v-5z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"kt-svg-icon-list-text\"><strong>On March 9, 2011, we returned to the Philadelphia Flower Show<\/strong>\u00a0this going going inside to PNC\u2019s exhibit and creating a \u201cFlower Crime Scene,\u201d highlighting PNC&#8217;s hypocritical environmental policy. We were escorted out by police.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-kadence-listitem kt-svg-icon-list-item-wrap kt-svg-icon-list-item-2320_a51b0b-4b\"><span class=\"kb-svg-icon-wrap kb-svg-icon-ic_bullhorn kt-svg-icon-list-single\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 8 8\"  fill=\"currentColor\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"  aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M6 0v6c.03.01.07 0 .09 0h.81c.05 0 .09-.04.09-.09v-5.81c0-.06-.04-.09-.09-.09h-.91zm-1 .5l-2.91 1.47c-.05.02-.13.03-.19.03h-1.81c-.06 0-.09.04-.09.09v1.81c0 .06.04.09.09.09h.91l1.03 2.72c.11.25.44.36.69.25.25-.11.36-.44.25-.69l-.75-1.78c.03-.14.13-.22.28-.22v-.03l2.5 1.25v-5z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"kt-svg-icon-list-text\"><strong>On December 6, 2011, we built windmills inside the lobby of PNC Bank<\/strong>\u00a0in downtown Philadelphia to show that we believe that PNC has alternatives. Five people were arrested.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-kadence-listitem kt-svg-icon-list-item-wrap kt-svg-icon-list-item-2320_5ea9a9-90\"><span class=\"kb-svg-icon-wrap kb-svg-icon-ic_bullhorn kt-svg-icon-list-single\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 8 8\"  fill=\"currentColor\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"  aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M6 0v6c.03.01.07 0 .09 0h.81c.05 0 .09-.04.09-.09v-5.81c0-.06-.04-.09-.09-.09h-.91zm-1 .5l-2.91 1.47c-.05.02-.13.03-.19.03h-1.81c-.06 0-.09.04-.09.09v1.81c0 .06.04.09.09.09h.91l1.03 2.72c.11.25.44.36.69.25.25-.11.36-.44.25-.69l-.75-1.78c.03-.14.13-.22.28-.22v-.03l2.5 1.25v-5z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"kt-svg-icon-list-text\"><strong>When PNC Bank still had not responded, we organized a 16 day, 200 mile walk across the state of Pennsylvania<\/strong>, departing from Philadelphia on April 30, 2012, visiting PNC Banks, Quaker Meetings, and other sympathetic congregations and organizations, and ending at PNC National Headquarters in Pittsburgh on May 16, 2012.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-kadence-listitem kt-svg-icon-list-item-wrap kt-svg-icon-list-item-2320_5478e0-31\"><span class=\"kb-svg-icon-wrap kb-svg-icon-ic_bullhorn kt-svg-icon-list-single\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 8 8\"  fill=\"currentColor\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"  aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M6 0v6c.03.01.07 0 .09 0h.81c.05 0 .09-.04.09-.09v-5.81c0-.06-.04-.09-.09-.09h-.91zm-1 .5l-2.91 1.47c-.05.02-.13.03-.19.03h-1.81c-.06 0-.09.04-.09.09v1.81c0 .06.04.09.09.09h.91l1.03 2.72c.11.25.44.36.69.25.25-.11.36-.44.25-.69l-.75-1.78c.03-.14.13-.22.28-.22v-.03l2.5 1.25v-5z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"kt-svg-icon-list-text\"><strong>On March 13, 2013, EQAT members and allies fasted for 40 days<\/strong>\u00a0in solidarity with the resistance efforts in Appalachia against mountaintop removal coal mining, and to prepare ourselves to prepare ourselves for an escalated approach of targeting individual PNC board members.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-kadence-listitem kt-svg-icon-list-item-wrap kt-svg-icon-list-item-2320_c8b54b-22\"><span class=\"kb-svg-icon-wrap kb-svg-icon-ic_bullhorn kt-svg-icon-list-single\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 8 8\"  fill=\"currentColor\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"  aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M6 0v6c.03.01.07 0 .09 0h.81c.05 0 .09-.04.09-.09v-5.81c0-.06-.04-.09-.09-.09h-.91zm-1 .5l-2.91 1.47c-.05.02-.13.03-.19.03h-1.81c-.06 0-.09.04-.09.09v1.81c0 .06.04.09.09.09h.91l1.03 2.72c.11.25.44.36.69.25.25-.11.36-.44.25-.69l-.75-1.78c.03-.14.13-.22.28-.22v-.03l2.5 1.25v-5z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"kt-svg-icon-list-text\"><strong>On April 23, 2013 EQAT members broke their fast at the PNC Shareholder\u2019s meeting.<\/strong>\u00a0Having previously protested outside their meetings, EQAT members went inside and held a Quaker-style meeting for worship during the shareholder meeting, which included asking each board member to stop supporting mountaintop removal. PNC executives rushed the agenda and ended the meeting in a mere 20 minutes. PNC was now on the defense.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-kadence-listitem kt-svg-icon-list-item-wrap kt-svg-icon-list-item-2320_dac730-7e\"><span class=\"kb-svg-icon-wrap kb-svg-icon-ic_bullhorn kt-svg-icon-list-single\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 8 8\"  fill=\"currentColor\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"  aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M6 0v6c.03.01.07 0 .09 0h.81c.05 0 .09-.04.09-.09v-5.81c0-.06-.04-.09-.09-.09h-.91zm-1 .5l-2.91 1.47c-.05.02-.13.03-.19.03h-1.81c-.06 0-.09.04-.09.09v1.81c0 .06.04.09.09.09h.91l1.03 2.72c.11.25.44.36.69.25.25-.11.36-.44.25-.69l-.75-1.78c.03-.14.13-.22.28-.22v-.03l2.5 1.25v-5z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"kt-svg-icon-list-text\"><strong>EQAT began spotlighting individual board members<\/strong>\u2014showing up at public events (such as PNC board member Jane Pepper\u2019s horticultural trip to England) and as time went on even their neighborhoods and homes.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-kadence-listitem kt-svg-icon-list-item-wrap kt-svg-icon-list-item-2320_72af7e-40\"><span class=\"kb-svg-icon-wrap kb-svg-icon-ic_bullhorn kt-svg-icon-list-single\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 8 8\"  fill=\"currentColor\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"  aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M6 0v6c.03.01.07 0 .09 0h.81c.05 0 .09-.04.09-.09v-5.81c0-.06-.04-.09-.09-.09h-.91zm-1 .5l-2.91 1.47c-.05.02-.13.03-.19.03h-1.81c-.06 0-.09.04-.09.09v1.81c0 .06.04.09.09.09h.91l1.03 2.72c.11.25.44.36.69.25.25-.11.36-.44.25-.69l-.75-1.78c.03-.14.13-.22.28-.22v-.03l2.5 1.25v-5z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"kt-svg-icon-list-text\"><strong>On October 21, 2013 EQAT held the biggest bank branch action in U.S. history<\/strong>, with 16 actions at PNC branches as part of the PowerShift conference. Most of the bank actions were in Pittsburgh. PNC shut down numerous branches, even arresting seven EQAT supporters at one bank.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-kadence-listitem kt-svg-icon-list-item-wrap kt-svg-icon-list-item-2320_4428fb-27\"><span class=\"kb-svg-icon-wrap kb-svg-icon-ic_bullhorn kt-svg-icon-list-single\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 8 8\"  fill=\"currentColor\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"  aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M6 0v6c.03.01.07 0 .09 0h.81c.05 0 .09-.04.09-.09v-5.81c0-.06-.04-.09-.09-.09h-.91zm-1 .5l-2.91 1.47c-.05.02-.13.03-.19.03h-1.81c-.06 0-.09.04-.09.09v1.81c0 .06.04.09.09.09h.91l1.03 2.72c.11.25.44.36.69.25.25-.11.36-.44.25-.69l-.75-1.78c.03-.14.13-.22.28-.22v-.03l2.5 1.25v-5z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"kt-svg-icon-list-text\"><strong>April 22, 2014, in a move widely credited to their worry about EQAT, PNC moved their shareholder meeting to the farthest corner of their bank footprint<\/strong>\u2014to Tampa, Florida. The day of their shareholder meeting, 22 Floridians and 6 Philadelphians from EQAT held an action at the shareholder\u2019s meeting.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-kadence-listitem kt-svg-icon-list-item-wrap kt-svg-icon-list-item-2320_27e068-ac\"><span class=\"kb-svg-icon-wrap kb-svg-icon-ic_bullhorn kt-svg-icon-list-single\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 8 8\"  fill=\"currentColor\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"  aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M6 0v6c.03.01.07 0 .09 0h.81c.05 0 .09-.04.09-.09v-5.81c0-.06-.04-.09-.09-.09h-.91zm-1 .5l-2.91 1.47c-.05.02-.13.03-.19.03h-1.81c-.06 0-.09.04-.09.09v1.81c0 .06.04.09.09.09h.91l1.03 2.72c.11.25.44.36.69.25.25-.11.36-.44.25-.69l-.75-1.78c.03-.14.13-.22.28-.22v-.03l2.5 1.25v-5z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"kt-svg-icon-list-text\"><strong>On July 3, 2014 the chorus of support was blooming.<\/strong>\u00a0Over 200 people joined EQAT for a direct action in Pittsburgh targeting seven local bank branches.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-kadence-listitem kt-svg-icon-list-item-wrap kt-svg-icon-list-item-2320_cdad4c-bd\"><span class=\"kb-svg-icon-wrap kb-svg-icon-ic_bullhorn kt-svg-icon-list-single\"><svg viewBox=\"0 0 8 8\"  fill=\"currentColor\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"  aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M6 0v6c.03.01.07 0 .09 0h.81c.05 0 .09-.04.09-.09v-5.81c0-.06-.04-.09-.09-.09h-.91zm-1 .5l-2.91 1.47c-.05.02-.13.03-.19.03h-1.81c-.06 0-.09.04-.09.09v1.81c0 .06.04.09.09.09h.91l1.03 2.72c.11.25.44.36.69.25.25-.11.36-.44.25-.69l-.75-1.78c.03-.14.13-.22.28-.22v-.03l2.5 1.25v-5z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"kt-svg-icon-list-text\"><strong>December 6, 2014 was the largest single day of action with over 30 actions in 12 states and the District of Columbia<\/strong>\u00a0to demand that PNC Bank stop financing companies engaged in mountaintop removal coal mining. Participants ranged from 1 to 87-years-old with eleven pairs of parents and children. 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